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Lauren Sherman • September 5, 2024

What Is Fashion Week Worth?

As Ari Emanuel and Silver Lake take Endeavor private, the operating assumption is that all the non-core assets (basically everything outside of live sports and representation) is on the table. A number of investors are kicking the tires on New York Fashion Week. But what are they actually buying? (Plus, some news on The Row mystery…)

Rachel Strugatz • September 4, 2024

Celebrity Beauty’s End-of-Summer Report Card

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.

Lauren Sherman • September 3, 2024

A Kristina Carol

Is there life for an editor-in-chief after the magazine industry effectively ends? Kristina O’Neill is trying to figure it out at newly relaunched Sotheby’s Magazine.

Lauren Sherman • August 29, 2024

Chanel’s New Kaiser

After a few twists and turns, Simon Porte Jacquemus has emerged as the leading contender to succeed Virginie Viard as the heir to the House of Lagerfeld. He’s now preparing to present to the Wertheimers. (But there are some backup plans, too…)

Rachel Strugatz • August 28, 2024

Powder Trip

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.

Lauren Sherman • August 26, 2024

Dressing Kamalot

Kamala Harris has hired Leslie Fremar, stylist to Charlize Theron and Jennifer Connelly, to craft a low-key chic look that doesn’t scream elite.

Lauren Sherman • August 22, 2024

Young at Heart

A candid conversation with celebrity stylist Kate Young, about the death of the evening gown, why red carpet boldness has gone out of fashion, and why shopping is so unsatisfying these days.

Rachel Strugatz • August 21, 2024

The Estée Exodus

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.

Lauren Sherman • August 19, 2024

The Tory of Us

Tory Burch talks about her collab with Shiseido, her personal evolution as a designer, her business’s inflection point, and Kendall Jenner’s “quiet power.”

Lauren Sherman • August 15, 2024

Angels in America

A new C.E.O. heralds the re-re-remaking of Victoria’s Secret.

Rachel Strugatz • August 14, 2024

Half-Blaked

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?

Lauren Sherman • August 12, 2024

Phoebe Philo’s Founder Syndrome

Can the beloved designer, who created boho chic and changed what women wore, successfully navigate startup growing pains?

Lauren Sherman • August 8, 2024

The .0001-Percent Glow-up

Let’s be honest, money and taste never quite overlapped, but now the world’s wealthiest are making a concerted effort to dress the part.

Rachel Strugatz • August 7, 2024

The $10 Billion e.l.f. on Your Shelf

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.

Lauren Sherman • August 5, 2024

The Talented Mr. Hawkings?

So what really led to Peter Hawkings’ sudden ouster from Tom Ford, the brand he’d help his mentor create and eventually sell for $2.8 billion? Was it just declining sales? Vanilla Sex? New penny-pinching overlords? Or what if Hawkings desperately wanted to be Ford, and tried to be Ford, but just simply wasn’t?