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Get To Know The Folks Behind Indie Beauty Brand Malin+Goetz” y 1 mas

Get To Know The Folks Behind Indie Beauty Brand Malin+Goetz

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 07:30 AM PDT

I love indie beauty brands. Part of the reason is that not everyone is carrying it around with them (exclusivity counts for something), and finding a good indie line of products is sort of like unearthing a treasure at a flea market or something. The other part is that I like knowing I'm buying something unique from someone with a face and a story, rather than an impersonal, massive corporation.

Malin + Goetz has been around for about seven years, but it is still an independent brand, and is fairly selective about how it has grown its business and where it chooses to sell product. Matthew Malin and Andrew Goetz, the chatty and lovely founders of the brand, have a small company of 30 employees and they're happy with their size. While they've flirted with the big-time, like doing special products with LVMH, they're wary about maintaining control in distribution.

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Quote of the Day: Daphne Guinness Calls Victoria Beckham An “Ugly Pig”

Posted: 14 Mar 2011 06:20 AM PDT

“[She is] an ugly pig!…Downbeat, miserable and awful. Of course she’s going to make money–she’s backed by Simon Fuller. I don’t have anyone! She annoys the shit out of me.”

–Daphne Guinness tells the UK’s Sunday Times Magazine how she really feels about Victoria Beckham. No “congrats on your baby girl” from Ms. Guinness. (Via Vogue UK.)