Marc Bain

Gilt Groupe was once one of the hottest startups in fashion. After its launch in 2007, the site soared on its model of selling discounted, off-season designer clothes in short ”flash” sales to reach a private valuation of $1 billion by 2011. But it struggled to become profitable, and despite years of flirting with the idea, the company never went public as investors hoped.

The Jordan brand was built on basketball, but its future may be with soccer.

We’re just a few days into 2016, but it already looks to be a big year in the battle among sportswear brands to track your every step.

At the British Fashion Awards in December, 31-year-old designer Jonathan Anderson accomplished an unprecedented feat when he took home the award for womenswear designer of the year as well as menswear designer of the year, both for his label, J.W. Anderson.

Luxury label Dolce & Gabbana, known for its signature Sicilian style, is taking its brand in a much more modest direction with the launch of a line of abayas and hijabs.

In the final weeks of 2015, shares of activewear pioneer Lululemon took a hit amid concerns that the company was overloaded with high-price inventory, in a crowded market.

Nike prides itself on innovation, and as it works to hit its goal of $50 billion in annual sales by 2020, it’s undoubtedly thinking about what innovations will get it there.

Even if you don’t know it, you may already be familiar with the “dab,” a dance move that started in Atlanta and has since taken off across the internet and in the realm of US professional sports. Cam Newton, quarterback of the Carolina Panthers, performed it at length after scoring a late touchdown against the Tennessee Titans earlier this year.

For many shoppers, sales are all about getting the lowest possible price. But this year, one brand has put a psychological twist on clearance shopping that may make you think twice.

Louis Vuitton, one of the world’s most luxurious and historic fashion houses, has cast an offbeat new model in its latest campaign. She’s a sword-wielding warrior with hair dyed pink—or is it rose quartz?—and she’s technically more pixels than person.

Airbus invested $15 billion developing its new A350 XWB line of jets, and they are lighter, more fuel-efficient, and more aerodynamically engineered than previous generations of commercial aircraft. But for a prospective passenger, none of that matters as much as this: They’re also designed to mitigate jet lag.

“2015 was the single greatest calendar year ever for the Nike brand,” Trevor Edwards, Nike brand president, said on the company’s Dec. 22 earnings call.

There’s probably a cheaper version of that fancy razor, soap or shirt, sitting just a few aisles down in the men’s section, and the main reason it costs less is because it’s aimed at guys.

The holidays are a time of good will and gift giving, which makes them an ideal moment for scammers to take advantage of others.

China is such a big buyer of luxury goods that the country’s economic slowdown this year put a serious dent in some companies’ sales. On Dec. 15, Prada reported a 38% drop in its quarterly profit owing largely to a slump in China, and Burberry’s struggles in the country have been enough to frighten investors at times.

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Earthquakes are terrifying, dangerous events, especially so if one wakes you suddenly from sleep. Right now, the internet hivemind is having a collective nightmare over one dreamed-up solution.

The next time you buy a piece of mass-produced clothing, check to see if it’s got any details that look like they were done by hand. Those might include elaborate embroidery, painstakingly attached sequins, or buttonholes carefully stitched by a person rather than a machine. If so, there’s a good chance the garment was quite literally homemade, at least in part—and most likely by a woman who was paid a pittance for it.

The US women’s national team faces China tonight (Dec. 16) in a friendly soccer match in New Orleans. It’s the final game of the reigning World Cup champions’ victory tour, but more importantly, it brings to an emotional close the extraordinary career of Abby Wambach, America’s greatest soccer player.

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Most years it isn’t too presumptuous for retailers to stock up on cold-weather clothing to sell as temperatures drop through the fall in the Northern hemisphere. But this year’s unseasonably warm weather is wreaking havoc on that game plan, on both sides of the Atlantic.

Guns are a hot issue in the US right now, given a recent spate of deadly mass shootings. At the same time, Americans of all ages are eagerly awaiting the Dec. 18 opening of a movie loaded with futuristic weapons and gunfights: Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

China doesn’t mind that its people love foreign goods. It just wants them to buy more of those goods in China.

Traditionally, the average mall Santa is a plump fellow in a fake beard and red flannel pajamas trimmed in polyester fur. But there’s a new, svelte Santa in town, and his name is Fashion Santa.