

Source: @emmaleger
The Real Question Beneath the Launch
When an influencer launches a collection, the internet immediately asks one question: did it sell out? But that’s the wrong question.
Sell-outs are easy to engineer. Limited inventory, heavy promotion, a tight launch window. What’s much harder to manufacture is longevity and longevity is what actually tells you whether a collaboration worked as a business. Not just as content.
That’s why Emma Rose Léger releasing a third collection with Revolve matters. Volume 3 doesn’t signal hype. It signals that the partnership survived internal scrutiny, operational friction, and the moment when novelty wears off. By the time a collaboration reaches this stage, no one is chasing virality anymore. They’re looking at numbers.
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