The Quiet Giants

From Washington D.C. to Hollywood, some of the style highs and lows of the week.

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Seiff discusses e-commerce, online consumer behavior and new technologies.

The spring 2016 collections had everything from necessities like luggage taken to new heights of chic to smart and chunky midheight heels.

The spring collections in Paris wound down with designers transporting us to places both familiar and exotic.

Athletes and those who want to look like them are demanding more than a little flex from their performance fabrics — and the textile industry has taken notice.

The move from slim to slouchy suits has created a conundrum for retailers.

Raf Simons’ spring show for Christian Dior included a man-made hill built in the courtyard of the Louvre.

Jamie, Blake, Erik and Pete Nordstrom may be lowkey and low profile, but they run one of the most innovative department store groups in the world – and are aiming for sales of $20 billion by 2020.

As activewear has become a hot category for fashion and performance in recent years, more brands have sprung up with strategies to distance themselves from the increasingly dense pack. Here are a few to keep an eye on.

Jim Bankoff, chairman and chief executive officer of Vox Media, isn’t exactly a typical start-up ceo.

Pintrill releases new limited-edition collections of pins each week with design that range from emojis to Kim Kardashian’s crying face.

For fall, the brand has collaborated with Wolverine on the Peninsula Cap, a variation of its original hat.

The splashy public stock offering isn’t the brass ring it was just a few years ago.

Lynne Greene, Sylvie Ganter, Sandra Main, Lorraine Coyle, Rita Mangan, Shannon Curtin and Kathy O’Brien will be cited on Friday for career achievements.

With Aubrey Peeples, Jem is back in all her bubblegum-pop glory in a new movie.

The beer company has introduced a capsule collection of men’s wear made up of six pieces inspired by its vintage ads.

The 20-year-old, Brooklyn-based model, whose mesmerizing face and waist-length hair have cemented her status as a rising editorial star, hails from a small town in Siberia.

Fans of this fragrance praised it as being airy and fresh — even vivacious in a modern way — and pleasant as a nice spring day. But others, while saying it was pleasant, also found the scent unmemorable to the point of derivative.