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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
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February 6, 2025
WME Fashion Fallout & The Versace Headscratcher
As NYFW commences, a look at the latest rumblings around the fashion landscape: The dissolution of WME Fashion’s show hub, various designer and C.E.O. switcheroos at OTB and LVMH, and the upside for Capri boss John Idol after the company missed its Q3 profit projections.
Lauren Sherman & Rachel Strugatz
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February 3, 2025
Bobbi Brown’s NYFW Comeback & The GQ China Kerfuffle
A tidy dispatch of fashion world intel: Bobbi Brown’s surprise return to do backstage beauty at NYFW, an update on GQ China’s publishing freeze, and vignettes from this year’s 15 Percent Pledge gala.
Lauren Sherman
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February 3, 2025
Hella Stella
For more than three decades, Stella McCartney has made good on her head start—proving herself as a designer and brand visionary, and walking the walk on animal rights and environmental principles. But her split from LVMH, like her 2018 split with Kering, will force her to prove it all over again.
Lauren Sherman
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January 31, 2025
A ‘New York’ Story Fit for ‘New York’
Until now, New York magazine’s union members have never threatened a work stoppage. And while their demands seem reasonable—over salary, health insurance, and (of course) concerns about A.I.—this is one of those unfortunate situations where the structural challenges of the parentco might preclude a tidy ending.
We Need to Talk About LVMH
Despite being the largest company in Europe (depending on the oscillations of Ozempic), the chatter this week around LVMH, from the okay earnings to the Tiffany triumph, has been muted of late. It’s going to take a new creative direction—and return to an entrepreneurial attitude—for industry insiders (and investors) to get pumped once again.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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January 29, 2025
Condé’s Middle East Breakup & An Ozempic Runway Mystery
A tidy collection of hot-button fashionworld intel: The dissolution of Condé Nast’s relationship with its longtime Middle Eastern publishing partner, notes on how GLP-1s are changing the plus-size modeling profession, and a dissection of the latest Lyst Index brand and product power rankings.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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January 29, 2025
LVMH’s Alaïa Lesson & Taylor Swift’s Luxury Evolution
News and notes from around the fashion industry: A close reading of LVMH’s better-than-expected Q4 and full-year results, observations on Taylor Swift’s increasingly rarefied wardrobe, and a few datapoints suggesting that the skinny jean “revival” might be bupkis.
Lauren Sherman
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January 28, 2025
Fashion’s Trump Complex & Hearst’s Quiet Substack Play
A potpourri of industry notes and chatter: the fashion executives feeling giddy about Trump II, an eyebrow-raising Substack gamble from Elle magazine, and a timely dispatch from the wilds of Paris Men’s Fashion Week.
Lauren Sherman
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January 27, 2025
Phoebe or Not to Be, Part II
After a few years of magical thinking, designing, cash-burning, and pivoting, the great Philo experiment is entering its next stage of growth. Herewith, my follow-up on an instantly legendary business with a case of the startups.
Lauren Sherman, Rachel Strugatz & Sarah Shapiro
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January 25, 2025
Chalamet’s Chanel & Pat McGrath’s Misfire
The latest industry chatter surrounding Matthieu Blazy’s potential menswear plans for Chanel, how Gen Z fell in love with Adidas, and the future of Pat McGrath’s beauty business after her ‘skin fetish’ face plant.
