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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
Richard Baker, chairman of Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), which owns Saks Fifth Avenue.
Lauren Sherman • August 31, 2023
Neiman Marcus & Saks: A Portrait of a Marriage in Preview
Is Saks’ hunt for the more upscale Neiman a brilliant retail play, a smart real estate move, or the luxury Pam and Tommy sitch of our time?
Mickey Drexler thrives on connection, and still talks regularly with people who worked for him 30 years ago—even people who he fired, or who left in a huff.
Lauren Sherman • August 31, 2023
Mickey’s Clubhouse
Mickey Drexler, the legendary merchant and former impresario of Gap, J. Crew, Ann Taylor, and more, is now the chairman of Alex Mill, which operates off of his own personal investment. We chatted while Mickey was on vacation—because you’re never really on vacation when it’s your money on the line.
Kloss appears to be doing the i-D deal solo.
Lauren Sherman • August 28, 2023
Karlie Kloss, Print Media Mogul
The supermodel is in talks to buy the cultishly beloved ‘i-D’ magazine.
Tyler Haney was ousted as Outdoor Voices’ C.E.O. in early 2020.
Lauren Sherman • August 24, 2023
Can Outdoor Voices Ever Shut Up?
I’ve learned that another potential deal has emerged to revive the back-from-the-dead (again) O.G. athleisure brand. Why?
Lauren Sherman • August 17, 2023
Richemont Curiosities, Anna Intrigue & More Burning Questions
Herewith, Line Sheet’s first reader mailbag.
Michael Kors successfully moved further upmarket over the past few years, but not enough to stave off a 14 percent sales decline in the most recent fiscal quarter.
Lauren Sherman • August 14, 2023
Coach & Kors’ Marriage of Convenience
An $8.5 billion union of near-luxury brands—Versace, Kate Spade, Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo, etcetera—promises to be good for shareholders. But can it produce great fashion?
The entertainment industry only realized about 15 years ago, maybe ten years ago, how much money there actually is in fashion.
Lauren Sherman • August 10, 2023
The Tao of Shemarya
Todd Shemarya essentially created what we now know as the Hollywood-fashion industrial complex—matching celebrities like Jennifer Aniston with brands, and eventually helping them take equity stakes in businesses and then even build their own companies. Herewith, a candid conversation on his view from the glamourous salt mines…
Bernard Arnault’s interest in multi-brand retail—what we used to just call department stores—dates back at least to his acquisition of Paris’s Le Bon Marché.
Lauren Sherman • August 7, 2023
Bernard Arnault’s Bergdorf Envy
Conversations between LVMH and Neiman Marcus Group may be heating up again as the French billionaire plots his conquest of Fifth Avenue. But can the Goodman family give Arnault what he actually wants?
Lauren Sherman • August 3, 2023
Gwyneth’s Sweet Smell of Success?
Paltrow has put all of her eggs in the Goop mogul basket, but what’s the endgame for a newsletter-turned-lifestyle brand that doesn’t turn a profit? Dave Portnoy’s Barstool may provide a comp…
François-Henri Pinault is not traditionally a micromanager, but has become much more involved in day-to-day decision-making at individual brands in recent months.
Lauren Sherman • July 31, 2023
The House of Gucci Gets a Tickle
Activist investor Bluebell Capital is pushing for major moves at Kering, and François-Henri Pinault seems to be listening. Will this financial love tap compel him to make more changes at the group? And is the dream of a Richemont-Kering merger finally closer to reality?
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