Jill Manoff

Assouline, the publishing house turned luxury lifestyle brand, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year — but, it seems, it’s just getting started. Largely driven by Alexandre Assouline — the company’s chief of operations, brand and strategy and the son of its founders — Assouline is in growth mode: In addition to rolling out new product categories and services, it’s expanding its physical footprint and introducing new digital products, including a digital magazine and podcast.

To get in front of target audiences and forward their aspirational alignment, fashion and Porsche are increasingly, officially and unofficially, getting in bed.

This week, a look at an emerging, private-jet-focused, beauty business opportunity. Plus, the question surrounding Mytheresa’s rumored Net-a-Porter buy, and highlights from Glossy’s “ State of Luxury ” series.

This is an episode of the Glossy Fashion Podcast, which features candid conversations about how today’s trends are shaping the future of the fashion industry. More from the series →

Next month, Rent the Runway will celebrate its 15th anniversary. Co-founder and CEO Jennifer Hyman plans to celebrate by starting from scratch — in terms of her approach to leading the company, anyway. “I need to evaluate the market as a new CEO who is just joining [the company],” she said during a keynote speaking session kicking off Shoptalk Fall on Wednesday. “The speed at which things are moving is 10 times what it used to be. … We need to stop acting like it’s 2009.”

Good food, art and music, good people, and good times. For those who attended Billy Reid’s Shindig festival, which concluded on Sunday, it’s easy to put the brand’s ethos into words. Hosted in Florence, Alabama, the three-day event included an organized tour of Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, where Lynyrd Skynyrd first recorded music and Keith Richards wrote “Wild Horses.” There was also a Tennessee Riverside tailgate with football and barbecue, intimate concerts featuring Gillian Welch and The Kills, a late-night rooftop show with the brand’s namesake founder-designer on guitar, ever-present bites by James Beard Award-winning chefs, multiple art and photo exhibits, and a fashion show featuring staffers and friends.

Brandon Brubaker, co-founder of the 10-year-old SoCal sneaker brand Clearweather, is somewhat of a sneaker legend. In the sneaker game for 30 years, he first designed iconic sneaker styles for Vans after being recruited by the company at age 20. He then went on to launch the multimillion-dollar skate sneaker division at Nike-owned Converse. Today, Brubaker is hitting the gas on growing his own company, with a fresh round of funding, a new business partner, a relaunched website and big plans for international expansion.

Even in today’s unpredictable retail environment, it’s a safe bet that 42-year-old jewelry brand Pandora will have a successful fourth quarter. With charms as a company signature, the trend cycle is working in its favor. Plus, as of 2022, it’s behind a growing lab-grown diamond jewelry business, as people are pinching pennies and the stigma around the lab-grown option has all but faded. In diversifying its offerings, now catering to more customer demographics, it’s landed on “it” items at different ends of the pricing spectrum. And, at the same time, it’s been on a growth trajectory that’s expected to stick.

In February, Arriel Stoddard joined 13-year-old MeUndies as its chief revenue officer, transitioning from Fabletics where she spearheaded the launch of its menswear and scrubs categories. Now, she has grand growth plans for MeUndies, which has for years experienced double-digit growth and profitability.

Launched last week, with three clutch handbag styles priced $5,800-$7,800, Eittem was intentionally designed to straddle the line between fashion and art. Its pieces can just as easily be worn about town or placed on a coffee table as decorative objects. “They’re functional sculptures,” said Erin Saluti, the brand’s founder and creative director.