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Beauty

How to Launch a Black Beauty Brand

In a three-part series, The Business of Beauty explores how Black founders Monique Rodriguez, Danessa Myricks and more built, launched and scaled their multi-million-dollar businesses. In part one, a look at how these entrepreneurs found their niche and harnessed early lessons that were critical to their growth

Marketing

Western Wear Was Already Big. Then Beyoncé Released Cowboy Carter.

The blockbuster album, whose cover features the pop star in a red, white, and blue Rodeo-inspired outfit, could be another watershed moment for the red-hot trend.

Workplace & Talent

AI’s Big Bias Problem

Generative AI holds vast potential when it comes to streamlining HR tasks and eliminating manual work, but there are mounting worries about its tendency to magnify racial and gender biases.

Beauty

Whatever Happened to the ‘Fenty Beauty’ Effect?

In 2017, the launch of Rihanna’s ground-breaking Fenty Beauty forced the beauty industry into unflattering light. Shade inclusivity was supposed to become table stakes, but in many ways, the industry is backsliding.

Beauty

Sephora Kicks Off First Impact Summit for BIPOC-Founded Brands

The event is the latest of the retailer’s initiatives to support founders of colour.

Workplace & Talent

The Fifteen Percent Pledge Gala Moves to Los Angeles and Debuts Sephora Beauty Grant

The nonprofit founded by Aurora James is expanding its largest fundraising event as it looks to double down in a challenging climate for diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Workplace & Talent

How AI Is Changing Fashion’s Recruiting Process

A growing number of fashion and beauty brands are looking to AI to solve age-old recruiting challenges, from wading through piles of résumés to writing job postings — but even with all their promise, these new technologies aren’t without shortcomings.

Retail

Lululemon Seeks Distance From Founder Chip Wilson’s Diversity Comments

“I think through this whole diversity and inclusion thing that they have become — trying to become like the Gap, everything to everybody,” Wilson, 68, told Forbes. “You’ve got to be clear that you don’t want certain customers coming in.”

Technology

How Fashion Schools Are Tackling AI’s Blind Spots

Professors at fashion schools including Parsons and Central Saint Martins are proactively training students to mitigate generative AI’s biases and other shortcomings.

News & Analysis

BoF VOICES 2023: AI and the Human Touch

Artificial intelligence, preserving a sense of humanity and the power of representation were just a few of the topics covered by speakers including Chanel CEO Leena Nair.

Workplace & Talent

At Lululemon, Being Black Is ‘Off-Brand’

Like many companies in fashion and other industries, the $50 billion yoga apparel brand created a new department in 2020 it said would help improve its diversity and inclusion and create a more equitable playing field for minorities. In interviews with BoF, 14 current and former Black employees said things have only worsened since then.

Workplace & Talent

What Fashion Recruiters Are Looking for in Job Candidates Today

BoF Careers gathers advice from recruitment executives, HR managers and DEI leaders from fashion brands and businesses on their top tips for emerging talent navigating fashion’s job market.

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