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Time for my favorite part of the week, ICYMI!!!

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♡ This Week’s Mantra: Trust your instincts, even when advice from others suggests otherwise.

♡ This Week’s Quote: “The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.” - Malcolm Gladwell

♡ This Week’s Long Read: Paul Graham’s essay on Founder Mode.

This Week’s Mood Board

Welcome to New York

@maggiesellers_

You can try, but you will never rain on my parade #nyc

Welcome back, Queen Serena. I spent the best week in NYC and stayed at my home away from home, The Standard, East Village, who was truly the best host (you can use code HOTSMARTRICH for a friends and family rate). From a Columbia campus tour, to the ShopMy NYFW event, Paris Hilton’s album launch party, and the men’s semi finals at the US Open, I think its fair to say I was BUSY! But there’s nothing quite like September in NYC.

You can find all the pieces I wore in NYC on ShopMy!

Consumer News

♡ the brands, people, places, things that have captured my attention ♡

♡ Women’s Health & Beauty ♡

• The women’s health and beauty supplements market is taking over - (from PR Newswire)

• Goop refocuses business on beauty, food, fashion and Goop Kitchen raises $15M from Uber co-founder - (from WWD)

• The Shiseido-OSEA deal is no more - (from Yahoo Finance)

♡ Media, Entertainment & Creator ♡

• Paris Hilton drops her new album, Infinite Icon - (on Spotify)

• Selena Gomez reaches billionaire status - (from Bloomberg)

• Can Snap snapback? Even Spiegel reflects on 13 years of Snapchat - (from Snap Newsroom)

• How the Honey Deuce became a $10M obsession at the US Open - (from NY Post)

• Pinterest issued it’s fall 2024 trend report - (from Pinterest)

♡ E-Commerce, Retail & Social ♡

• Loro Piana & New Balance Prove Dad Shoes Can Be Quiet Luxury - (from HighSnobiety)

• J. Crew fans, get ready: the catalog is back - (from the WSJ)

• Nordstrom might be going private - (from Retail Dive)

♡ Tech, Business, & Investing ♡

• The biggest trends young NYC investors are bullish about - (from TechCrunch)

• The founder mode debate is raging in Silicon Valley - (from NYTimes)

• The design agency behind Summer Fridays and Rare Beauty snags a PE investment - (from BoF)

HSR Updates

♡ everything fun and exciting in the land of HSR ♡

♡ Maggie is featured as one of the faces of the launch of the re-formulated Clarins Double Serum

♡ The waitlist is OPEN for Locker’s Shopping Payback feature that will allow all Locker shoppers to earn rewards for shopping and sharing their favorite finds!

♡ De Soi co-founder, Katy Perry, launched the Orange You Glad I Love You Smoothie at Erewhon featuring Spritz Italiano for an extra little sparkle on your tongue.

TYSM, I♡U!!!!

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