Gallery: Highlights from the 2023 Vogue Business Founders’ Forum with Withersworldwide

Fashion and beauty’s next generation of founders have a few things in common. They’re prioritising slower, more intentional growth — a break from the recent rise of fast-growing consumer brands — while investing in retail and marketing channels that support that steady-handed scale. They’re also more confident that meaningful customer relationships are critical to their businesses’ trajectory, and that knowledge is shaping their paths forward.

These topics and more were at the centre of discussion at the Vogue Business Founders’ Forum in partnership with Withersworldwide. The event brought together speakers from across fashion, beauty, sustainability, resale, Web3, venture capital, technology and more, to share their stories on how they’re launching and growing the businesses of the future. Hosted at Citizen News in Los Angeles, the event invited Vogue Business Members to join the discussion with like-minded professionals.

See below for highlights from the day’s panels and keynote conversations, including conversations on next-gen retail with Merit, Myavana and Thirteen Lune; two deep-dive sessions into the rise of resale and the future of digital fashion with Fashionphile and DressX, respectively; and a thought-provoking discussion on sustainable manufacturing with Bomme Studio, The New Norm and Christy Dawn. To find out where the money’s heading, we also heard from Greycroft, Creative Artists Agency and SuperOrdinary.

Full coverage and additional details can be found here.