Nakery Beauty built a $21M business by listening to women over 50
The Tampa Bay founder turned overlooked needs into a $21M beauty brand.
Fashion
Sarasota’s BSWANKY lands NY Fashion Week debut
A Sarasota luxury design house stepped onto one of fashion’s most visible stages this month. BSWANKY Atelier & Design Gallery created custom handbags for Christian Cowan’s Fall/Winter 2026 runway show at New York Fashion Week, placing the Sarasota-based brand alongside a designer known for dressing Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B and other global entertainers. … Read more
Tampa-based Campus Course rethinks Florida college apparel
A Tampa-based startup is building a collegiate-first apparel brand rooted in Florida schools, golf culture and understated design.
For the Bay turns Tampa fandom into a family-built brand
For the Bay Clothing has grown from a kitchen table idea into one of Tampa Bay’s most recognizable family built brands.
The Good Life: Louis Vuitton’s new Icon bags and Alfa Romeo Tonale
Louis Vuitton has released new icon bags with the Capucines, Coussins, revealed at Nicolas Ghesquière’s Spring-Summer 2021 show, and Twist bags. Prices range from $4,450 to $9,000. us.louisvuitton.com. Named after one of Italy’s highest mountain passes, the Tonale encapsulates the organic curvatures, bends and lines found in nature. Signature features include Alfa Romeo’s V Scudetto … Read more
The Good Life: Louis Vuitton LV Volt
A new chapter opens in the iconic LV Volt collection designed by Francesca Amfitheatrof, Louis Vuitton’s artistic director for jewelry and watches. A highlight of the new collection, the LV Volt Upside Down Play bracelet, blends the beauty of contemporary design with the impact of a joyful, rhythmic pattern. Bracelet’s range between $3,000 to $4,000. … Read more
Fashion Designer Silvia Tcherassi bringing runway collection to Tampa Museum of Art event (PHOTOS)
The Tampa Museum of Art’s fundraising event CITY: Fashion+Art+Culture will feature an appearance by Fashion Designer Silvia Tcherassi and a runway fashion show of her latest collection. Forbes named Tcherassi one of Colombia’s 50 most powerful women of 2020. As a designer and entrepreneur, she became the first Latin American designer to be invited to … Read more
The Good Life: How to look dapper this spring
By Chris Cyrille, founder and men’s wardrobe stylist at Canopy Road Retail Spring 2022 is here, and we are finally back outside. Over the past couple of years, the invisible enemy has wholly upended our lives. I will refrain from addressing it by name because, by now, I’m sure you may be just as tired … Read more
Gucci launches Valentine’s Day collection (PHOTOS)
This Valentine’s Day, Gucci has collaborated with Los Angeles-based visual artist Ariana Papademetropoulos to create a limited-edition magazine called “A Love Story Presented by Gucci.” Displayed through a low-tech graphic novella format, the pages of the digital and printed versions capture a tiny fairy, played by Ariana herself, as she searches for a love her … Read more
The Good Life: BSWANKY debuts American Alligator Luxury Tote
Sarasota-based luxury design house and atelier, BSWANKY, known for their attention to quality and iconic handbag designs, has partnered with a South Florida alligator farm operation, Alligators International, which practices a “Marsh to Market” mentality. Gretchen Bauer, founder of BSWANKY, says she became inundated with requests for special order alligator accessories from both trophy hunters and enthusiasts. Bauer … Read more