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FASHION September 11, 2024
A dip into the recent plot twists of the nearly half-trillion-dollar beauty industry: Inside LVMH’s Givenchy fumble, the pivot away from “clean beauty,” the Sephora Industrial Complex, and the Drunk Elephant-ization of niche.
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FASHION September 4, 2024
News, notes, and dish from the evolving front lines of the celebrity beauty sub-industry: Blake Lively’s drama-filled debut, Lady Gaga’s surprise comeback, and Gwen Stefani’s doubtful shelf-life.
Earlier this month, Givenchy released a “new and improved,” talc-free version of Prisme Libre, bowing to the clean beauty trend.
FASHION August 28, 2024
Givenchy Beauty’s botched release of a “clean” version of its top-selling product carries a lesson for competitors and a headache for parentco LVMH.
Fabrizio Freda
FASHION August 21, 2024
Notes on the accelerated retirement of C.E.O. Fabrizio Freda, the two senior executives following him out the door, and whether Jane Lauder will step into her uncle Leonard’s old job running the family cosmetics empire.


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FASHION August 14, 2024
Blake Lively is having a moment, and now she’s got a haircare line to prove it. Is the early success of Blake Brown the result of her goofy authenticity, a genius marketing instinct, or both?
Kory Marchisotto
FASHION August 7, 2024
How the multibillion-dollar cosmetics kingpin outmaneuvered rivals through savvy marketing (Jennifer Coolidge!), employee equity, and behaving more like a Silicon Valley startup than a New York beauty brand.
Vennette Ho
FASHION July 31, 2024
News, notes, updates, and gossip on the beauty industry’s slightly underwhelming, but rapidly ascending, summer of deal-making.
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FASHION July 24, 2024
The worst-named beauty product in history has become a metaphor for the demise of Tom Ford Beauty.


Tracey Travis
FASHION July 17, 2024
The midsummer departure of Estée Lauder’s Tracey Thomas Travis raises some renewed questions about the future of the family-controlled, $23 billion cosmetics company.
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FASHION July 10, 2024
News and notes on the latest beauty industry chatter: Goop’s brick-and-mortar expansion, and the executive shuffle at Pat McGrath Labs.
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