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Wescoat Pound has made something nice that also makes the person wearing it look exponentially better.
Lauren Sherman October 30, 2023
Finally, a feel-good story: Trish Wescoat Pound, with the help of Andrew Rosen, revived the contemporary formula, priced it perfectly, and nailed the modern distribution pipeline. In the process, she created a paradigm for how young brands can scale these days.
If it were indeed true, Tourniaire-Beauciel would be a huge get for Yeezy.
Lauren Sherman October 26, 2023
A rumored (and swiftly denied) contract with a star shoe designer is making waves—not only because West is involved, but also because the new Yeezy shoe is looking… good?
Unlike his predecessors, Condé Nast C.E.O. Roger Lynch was an outsider.
Lauren Sherman October 23, 2023
Four years into his job as a turnaround artist at Condé Nast, Roger Lynch is under pressure to grow the business after an era of relentless cutting. Now, amid a couple micro scandals, his employees are getting restless. But do they deserve to be mad at him, or simply at a future less glamorous than the past?
Farfatch C.E.O. José Neves and president Stephanie Phair.
Lauren Sherman October 19, 2023
Once upon a time, Farfetch seemed like the future of online luxury—and fabulous boutique brands and beauty and even a secondary market for sneakerheads. Is the YNAP deal its white whale, or the prelude to another public failure?


Over the summer, the former Estée Lauder Companies executive John Demsey was appointed senior advisor to L Catterton, the LVMH-linked private equity firm.
Lauren Sherman October 16, 2023
A candid chat with the formerly canceled beauty executive on the state of the trade, the existential threat of the fashion conglomerates, and the future of D.T.C.
Saks Fifth Avenue-owner Richard Baker.
Lauren Sherman October 12, 2023
The player haters in Paris were out for Saks. Is this because the fashion crowd is frowning on Richard Baker’s Neiman Marcus M&A fantasy? Or because there is trouble? Or are people in this business just bored and mean? (I’m not talking about you, though.)
Alessandro Michele
Lauren Sherman October 9, 2023
Everyone in Paris (and New York… and L.A….) is murmuring about Alessandro’s next move. Herewith, the real story within the speculation.
Alessandro Michele
Lauren Sherman October 5, 2023
A final dispatch from Fashion Month, with all the late-stage dish: Prada chatter, the incessant Alessandro-LVMH speculation, the transition at McQueen and much more…


Taylor Swift doesn’t really touch fashion—an anomaly in an era where entertainers rely on luxury-brand deals to cushion their annual revenue figures.
Lauren Sherman October 2, 2023
People who have worked with Swift say that she doesn’t need a luxury campaign. Her own brand, though? That could happen.
Some people were calling the new Balenciaga collection—a steady stream of new twists on Demna’s established repertoire—an atonement of sorts.
Lauren Sherman October 2, 2023
As fashion week comes to an end—nearly, almost, at least—some news and notes on designers to watch, Demna discourse, and much more.
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