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Lauren Sherman

Lauren is the preeminent fashion journalist of her generation, offering incisive reportage on all aspects of the industry and its biggest players. She was formerly a top executive at Business of Fashion.

THE LATEST ARTICLES
NEWSLETTERS
The looming question is how badly Bezos’s Amazon wants to be become a player in fashion retail.
Lauren Sherman • January 22, 2024
Can Amazon Be the Amazon of Luxury?
For the past decade, I’ve been trying to understand why Amazon, the ultimate brandless brand, keeps investing in fashion. Could the potential for a deal with Saks solve Jeff Bezos’s luxury problem?
Georgina Chapman attends the red carpet on the closing night of the Red Sea International Film Festival 2023 on December 07, 2023 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Lauren Sherman • January 18, 2024
Georgina on My Mind
News and notes from L.A., Paris, and New York on the reinvention of Georgina Chapman; the industry chatter surrounding Pharrell’s new, Western-inspired collection; and the collapse of Something Navy.
jose neves farfetch
Lauren Sherman • January 15, 2024
So Farfetch Away
An examination of the online luxury retailer’s headaches—past and future—as it navigates the purgatory of Coupang’s bridge loan.
There’s significant upside for big talent agencies, like François-Henri Pinault’s CAA, in hoovering up smaller agencies that specialize in image-making.
Lauren Sherman • January 11, 2024
When Fashion Went to Hollywood
As the rumor mill spins about the fate of Art Partner, it seems like neither CAA nor WME have truly figured out how to make money in the image-making game.
Raúl Martinez, Anna Wintour’s favorite creative director, is returning to Condé Nast after a two-year stint at Victoria’s Secret.Raúl Martinez, Anna Wintour’s favorite creative director, is returning to Condé Nast after a two-year stint at Victoria’s Secret.
Lauren Sherman • January 8, 2024
As I Lay Designing
Notes on the third, and likely final, creative collaboration between Anna Wintour and her favorite (print) designer, Raúl Martinez.
Phoebe Philo
Lauren Sherman • January 4, 2024
Phoebe or Not to Be?
That is the question.
Will Kering C.E.O. François-Henri Pinault’s controlling position in CAA mean that the talent agency will have to overcompensate with the LVMHs and Chanels and Brunello Cucinellis of the world?
Lauren Sherman • January 2, 2024
Ozempic Mysteries, Estée Succession & The CAA-ification of Fashion
Seven predictions, questions, and concerns for the fashion business in 2024.
When it comes to Hailey Bieber, she mostly works with Dani Michelle for her street looks and Karla Welch (who also styles her husband, Justin) for red carpet.
Lauren Sherman • December 28, 2023
Galliano Lessons, Life After Madewell & My Men’s Jeans Guide
Answers to all your burning mailbag questions and beyond as we sail into ’24.
The luxury retailer Matches, once worth $1 billion, was bought by former Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group for $63 million.
Lauren Sherman • December 21, 2023
Matches on Fire & The Great Fashion Correction of ’23
Matches’ fire sale and Farfetch’s predatory bridge loan are the latest examples of a great industry-wide correction as egos, business models, and reality collide.
Perhaps now, with a new backer, Farfetch C.E.O. José Neves will do what everyone wants him to do: focus on making the marketplace business profitable.
Lauren Sherman • December 18, 2023
A Bridge Too Farfetch
Assessing the collateral damage and lessons learned—particularly that “winner-takes-all” nonsense—from Farfetch’s humbling: the delisting, the bridge loan, and failed Yoox Net-a-Porter merger.
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