Bella Hadid for Prada BeautyPhoto: Courtesy of Prada Beauty
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Thursday.Prada names Bella Hadid as its first global beauty ambassadorPrada Beauty has appointed Bella Hadid as its first global beauty ambassador. Hadid stars in the brand’s latest campaign for its Prada Touch cream-to-powder blush. In a press release, Prada Beauty notes that Hadid “inherently embodies Prada’s avant-garde vision of beauty that reveals the authentic self through a compelling interplay of skin and refined dimension.” {Fashionista inbox}Full Beauty Brands relaunches 11 Honoré with plus-size evening collectionFull Beauty Brands is relaunching 11 Honoré, the luxury label dedicated to plus-size women, and the brand has named Da’Vine Joy Randolph as its ambassador. Operating under the Eloquii brand umbrella, 11 Honoré has been reimagined as a luxury house built specifically for sizes 10-28. The relaunch features a 15-piece, limited-edition evening capsule priced from $229 to $799 and designed in-house by Eloquii Creative Director Yesenia Torres. {WWD/paywalled}Shein opens its supply chain to smaller labelsShein’s Xcelerator program opens up its manufacturing and distribution infrastructure to select smaller labels. Shein officially launched the program in September 2025 and currently has around 20 brands in the Xcelerator, with another five being onboarded in the coming months. The “supply chain as a service” model gives Shein another way to profit from its operational prowess. {Business of Fashion/paywalled}Estée Lauder Companies sues Jo Malone for trademark infringementEstée Lauder Companies is suing Jo Malone, her fragrance brand Jo Loves and Zara’s U.K. business over the use of Malone’s name on certain products. Estée Lauder Companies bought Malone’s eponymous perfume brand and the rights to use her name in 1999. Malone left the company in 2006 and launched Jo Loves in 2011. The company said the use of “Jo Malone” on the packaging of “Jo Loves” fragrances sold by Zara formed the basis of the lawsuit, which was filed in a British court on Wednesday. {Reuters}F1 Academy appoints Sephora as its official beauty retail partnerF1 Academy has named Sephora as its official partner and the official beauty retail partner of the series. Sephora will host glam bars and fan activations at select races. Spanish driver Natalia Granada will compete in the “Sephora operated by PREMA” car. “This collaboration will give us an incredible opportunity to engage with audiences from Shanghai to Austin, bringing our unique brand experience to fans while supporting the dreams of these athletes,” Sephora’s Global CMO Deborah Yeh said in a statement. {Fashionista inbox}Fashionista’s audience includes 1 million site visitors, 110,000 newsletter subscribers and 4.74 million social media followers. Want to know how to reach them? Learn more.
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