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From Rhode to LORE: What makes a brand worth following?
A closer look at the visuals, curiosity and creative choices behind the fragrance brand I keep saving. I’m always paying attention to what’s new. Launches, rebrands, new products. A visual that makes me stop because I haven’t seen anything quite like it before. I love discovering things and learning how they were created. What was the reference? How did they get there? Who thought of that? There are brands I save and share as references way too often. LORE has become one of t

Paula Ironside
Sep 155 min read


Culture isn't chasing beauty yet. But it's about to.
What a sports marketing report reveals about the next five years of wellness and beauty growth For decades, sports brands chased culture. Fashion, music, and streetwear told sports what mattered, and sports tried to get close to it. Highsnobiety's Guide to Good Sports Marketing 2026 opens with a simple observation: that flow has reversed. A fashion stylist joined the NFL. Fenty partnered with the WNBA. Naomi Osaka's tennis outfits generate more conversation than her matches.

Paula Ironside
Jul 175 min read


Imagination, voice, point of view
What last week's campaigns are really telling founders Every week there's a new batch of campaigns to admire, dissect, or scroll past. But every so often the week's stories line up just right, and a pattern emerges that's bigger than any single launch. Last week, it was five of them: Meta baking Kylie Jenner's literal voice into AI glasses. Prada and Gentle Monster choosing imagination over technology in the same breath. Alo floating a tennis court in the middle of the ocean

Paula Ironside
Jul 15 min read


The structure behind trust: brand, design, marketing
Why brand strategy, not campaigns, is the foundation of trust, consistency, and long-term growth. If the past few weeks of writing have circled around one idea, it’s this:Strong brands are not built through more content, more campaigns, or more output. They are built through clarity, consistency, and deliberate decisions over time . This piece sits underneath all of that. Because none of those things, codes, clarity, cohesion, can exist without a strong foundation. And that f

Paula Ironside
Apr 25 min read
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