If you’re ready for a job interview but don’t have a suit ready, clothing store H&M is here to help. AdAge is reporting that the international clothing retailer will offer their suits for free rental for 24 hours. The effort is not only meant to promote their new “H&M Men” clothing line, but to help young men get back on their feet in the wake of the pandemic. In addition to providing a fresh, clean suit, the retailer is providing tips on how to ace interviews — which seems essential these days. H&M developed the program together with Uncommon Creative Studio and it’s being promoted with a video directed by Anonymous Content director Mark Romanek (“One Hour Photo”) . In addition to providing hope and encouragement to men who need it in these changing times, the company is also pushing the concept of “sustainable fashion,” which is quickly becoming the norm these days with companies like ThredUp and StitchFix at the forefront of the concept. H&M first began their sustainable...

With fashion technology, designers are connecting with consumers in more direct, innovative ways, and Coy Griffin wants more people of color at the forefront of that discovery. The Bronx-born Afro-Latina didn’t take the conventional path to fashion technology. She landed in the industry after gaining a slew of on-the-job experience at corporate internships and gigs at IBM and Johnson & Johnson. “When I was in college, I interned for Johnson & Johnson as a regular data analyst punching numbers all day,” she said. “At that point, I wanted to pivot into the fashion industry using my knowledge of data analytics, so I just started Googling fashion analyst jobs, and that’s when I discovered trend forecasting.” Even after discovering forecasting and working at a variety of fashion-tech startups, the Clarkson University graduate launched Your Own Creativity to truly marry her passion for fashion and technological innovations. The YOC is a content platform that helps make fashion tech easy...