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Lauren Sherman, Rachel Strugatz, Malique Morris & Sarah Shapiro
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Weekdays (Thursday is an Inner Circle exclusive)
The ultimate fashion industry bible, offering incisive reportage on all aspects of the business and its biggest players. Anchored by preeminent fashion journalist Lauren Sherman, Line Sheet also features Rachel Strugatz, who delivers unparalleled intel on what’s happening in the beauty industry, as well as Malique Morris and Sarah Shapiro, who both write about brick-and-mortar, D.T.C., and more.
THE LATEST ARTICLES
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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February 26, 2025
ShopMy’s U.K. Expansion & Walmart’s DOGE Jitters
News and notes on the state of Farfetch one year after its acquisition by the e-commerce giant Coupang, ShopMy’s international ambitions following its successful $77.5 million Series B, and the real reason Walmart posted a disappointing sales forecast for the year.
Lauren Sherman
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February 24, 2025
The Saks Luxury Dilemma & Louis Vuitton’s Murakami Deal
A quick roundup of exclusive fashion world intel: The fresh set of complexifiers in the spiraling Saks Global meltdown, Takashi Murakami’s surprising payout from his revived partnership with Louis Vuitton, and notes on the existential dilemmas facing London Fashion Week.
Lauren Sherman
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February 24, 2025
The Ballad of Savage x Fenty
Rihanna’s lingerie-for-everyone line, once worth $1 billion, is now suffering from brain drain after its C.E.O. was poached by its biggest competitor. Can the business finally figure out how to leverage one of the world’s most famous stars?
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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February 21, 2025
The Aligne Explosion & A Stuart Weitzman Fantasy
A compilation of fashion and retail developments: The sudden ubiquity of the East London–based Aligne, January’s surprisingly buoyant post-holiday retail sales, and the fate of Stuart Weitzman now that Tapestry is selling the brand to Caleres.
Fashion’s New Favorite Banker & Jenni Kayne Exit Chatter
A tidy dispatch of fashion and beauty industry intel: How Rothschild & Co became the preferred bank for midsize fashion brands, the murmurs around Los Angeles that Jenni Kayne is on the block, and news on the California bill that would prevent under-18s from buying certain skincare formulations.
Notes From the Saks Apocalypse
The Metrick memo that shook the world—and the broken model of multibrand retail that produced it.
Lauren Sherman & Rachel Strugatz
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February 20, 2025
A Pat McGrath Shake-Up & More Versace Acquisition Murmurs
A concise digest of fashion world news and notes: the unhinged farewell email from outgoing Pat McGrath Labs C.E.O. Rabih Hamdan, what Capri boss John Idol’s investor day presentation signals for a layoff-impacted Versace, and how Nordstrom poached Neiman Marcus’s “most powerful personal shopper.”
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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February 19, 2025
A Neiman Marcus Tragedy & Trump’s VAT Attack Playbook
News and notes from around the fashion world: the inside chatter emanating from the NikeSkims debut, the sad shuttering of Neiman Marcus’ downtown Dallas flagship, and how global fashion and apparel businesses are bracing themselves for Trump’s reciprocal tariff plan.
Lauren Sherman & Rachel Strugatz
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February 17, 2025
Gucci’s ‘White Lotus’ Invasion & The Saks Payment Sitch
The latest developments in the Saks Global brand payment micro-scandal, Edward Enninful’s post-Vogue media venture, Drew Elliott’s destination after his MAC exit, and Gucci’s ‘White Lotus’ takeover.
Lauren Sherman
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February 17, 2025
Nike x Skims: It’s Happening!
The sports brand is hoping a collaboration with Kim & Co. will help cure its girl troubles. Is this the promise ring that could lead to a future acquisition?
