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These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Monday.
How prizes and incubator programs actually benefit designers
While prizes and incubator programs provide opportunities for independent designers, they produce many more finalists and winners than stable businesses. The often short-lived benefits are well-intended, providing networking opportunities, financial support and more, but designers aren’t often taught how to continue once support cedes. Bella Webb and Maliha Shoaib break down the true benefits of such programs and explore paths to improvement for the Vogue Business column ‘Debunking the Dream: Part Two’. {Vogue Business/paywalled}
Photo: Courtesy of Zara
Zara collaborates with Samuel Ross
Zara’s latest designer collaboration is with Samuel Ross‘s SR_A (which stands for Samuel Ross_Access and Studio Research_Attire). The line will be designed by Ross, founder of A-Cold-Wall and longtime collaborator of Virgil Abloh, and engineered by Zara. “I am proud to announce our visionary apparel joint venture with Zara,” Ross said in the release. “We have established a synergy that is focused on developing expressions of strength, utility and freedom through leisure.” The collaboration will span multiple seasons, with the first collection set to launch early next year. {Fashionista inbox}
Photo: Courtesy of GCSW
Gran Canaria Swim Week Spring 2025 wraps
Gran Canaria Swim Week wrapped its Spring 2025 season on Oct. 5. Victoria Cimadevilla was named the best collection of the week, with Econaked taking home the award for best sustainable collection and Chacho Svnrs winning best emerging collection. {Fashionista inbox}
Discount retail booms amid department store struggle
Full-line department stores have struggled since the pandemic, but demand for discount retailers like Nordstrom Rack, Burlington, Ross and TJX continues to rise. While the holiday season could still turn things around for companies like Macy’s, J.C. Penney and main-line Nordstrom stores, analysts see them as perpetually vulnerable compared to their off-price counterparts that plan to open hundreds of locations in the coming years. {Retail Dive}
Teenage boys are influenced in their skin-care routines, too
Thanks to social media and the get-ready-with-me phenomenon, young men are influencing each other as they uncover their routines online and erode stigmas that once surrounded male skin care. According to Mintel, nearly 70% of Gen Z men ages 18-27 use skin-care products, and the trend is unlikely to slow down. Brennan Kilbane explores the shift for The Cut. {The Cut}
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