Hot Smart Rich Maggie Sellers On $50M Lawsuits, Fake Birkins, And The Future Of Beauty (Ft. Katie Sellers)
Apr 23, 2025
39:49
In this episode of Hot Smart Rich, Maggie Sellers and Katie Sellers break down the five biggest stories shaping beauty, retail, and the startup lifestyle—$50M lawsuits, fake Birkins, rebrand flops, and the future of K-beauty.
We get into:
- The truth about K-beauty medical tourism (and what went wrong for one woman who lost her vision)
- Why Olive Young might eat Sephora’s lunch—and what beauty from the inside out really looks like
- How Boy Smells lost the plot with their rebrand (and their core customer)
- How TikTok creators in China are exposing luxury markups—and what that means for the future of fashion houses and consumer trust
- What the Revolve lawsuit reveals about influencer marketing, taxes, and the fine print no one talks about
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