Trust Me, I’m Not Real
AI-generated personas are entering the feed. But in a world of curated illusion, does it matter who, or what, is speaking to us?
Do Fashion And Beauty Want To Risk Wading Into AI Companions?
With AI companion app revenue climbing sharply, and therapy and companionship emerging as some of generative AI’s leading uses amongst consumers, could a “style friend” bring new depth to personalisation?
AI & The Future Of Luxury, Status, Differentiation, And Ownership
As artificial intelligence evolves, luxury fashion faces an identity check.
What Fashion And Beauty Can Teach One Another About Digital Transformation
What fashion and beauty get right, and where they can learn from each other as digital transformation deepens.
The Fashion And Beauty Impact Of China’s Robotics Push
China is investing heavily in ‘embodied robotics’, with a vision for factory floor automation that could offer a practical answer to the ongoing question of supply chain uncertainty.
The AI Outlook With Chelsea Barnes & Chelsea Snyder of Kalypso
We talk to the Senior Manager of Data Science and Digital Transformation, and the Technical Consultant, Retail Industry Expert at Kalypso on how fashion brands can move beyond generative AI hype to build human-centred, data-driven strategies that deliver real business value across the entire product lifecycle.
Payments And World Models – Two Very Different Angles On AI
As The AI Report 2025 showed, AI for fashion and beauty is firmly in its product era, with new applications aimed at real problems big and small. But AI research is still ready to throw curveballs both industries’ way.
The AI Outlook With Julius Harling of Graswald AI
Graswald AI’s Founder & CEO unpacks how generative systems are changing workflows, and where human judgement still matters.
The Impact Of Tariffs On EU Beauty Exports, And The Hunt For Fixes In The Fine Print
A newly-inked EU-U.S. trade deal could complicate the calculus of exporting cosmetics and beauty products to America. Use of the “First Sale” clause might blunt the impact, but also reshape the retail channel mix in the process.
AI In Practice
How menswear brand Perry Ellis refined a structured, smart, and sensitive roll-out of AI.
From Authenticating Users To AI Coding, The Fast-Evolving Responsibilities Of Running A Digital Brand
What fashion can learn from other industries about how digital risks are exposed, and how the contract with consumers should be managed.
The AI Outlook With Maximilien Abadie of Lectra
Lectra’s Deputy CEO on AI’s evolution—and how it’s transforming the entire fashion value chain, from design to sustainability.
The AI Outlook With Jason Wang Of Alvanon
Alvanon’s COO on how AI is quietly transforming fashion’s backend—from fixing sizing and reducing returns to slashing waste and empowering smarter, faster product development at every scale.
Circular Beauty Logistics
The Tech and Ops Stack Behind Take-Back, Refill, and Reuse.