Next time you need something to eat, wear or clean with, consider one of these three corporate hippies — Dr. Bronner’s Dr. Bronner’s comes first in our hearts because it is probably the most batshit brand success story in US history — a story that hasn’t been told enough. Let’s get into it. In 1936, family patriarch Emanuel Heilbronner escaped the burgeoning Nazi party and fled to the US…

This article was originally published on Highsnobiety. When we talk about fashion, we talk about Paris, Milan, New York, London, and Tokyo. Sometimes Rome, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, or even Moscow might get a mention. But few will have heard of Ponzano Veneto. …

In the world of buzzwords, perhaps none has been more overused and less understood than storytelling. There are 216 TED Talks tagged with #storytelling. “Narrative” is thrown around brainstorms globally for such compelling products as diapers and beer. …

Of note — this piece was pitched to about every fashion and lifestyle publication out there, and no one would publish it. This shows the power that traditional legacy print media still holds — despite their massive declining cultural relevance. Ad dollars are the opiate of the industry. …

The biggest name of Paris Fashion Week is a designer who is not showing and hasn’t stepped foot on the scene for two years. French-Tunisian-Italian designer Hedi Slimane is probably the most copied man in fashion today, and arguably the most influential force in the industry since the beginning of…