FASHION
Lauren Sherman
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December 26, 2025
Saks Off-Loads Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills
Preliminary notes on the $100 million-plus transaction.
Lauren Sherman
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December 26, 2025
Line Sheet Mailbag: Is the Resale Boom for Real?
With 2025 all but a wrap, we field reader questions on whether anyone’s going to get really rich on the secondhand market, what the hell is next for Flamingo Estate, and when/if our national Labubu nightmare will ever end.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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December 26, 2025
Saks’ Open-Ended Questions & Holiday Resale Fever
A primer from fashion’s front lines: Saks Global C.E.O. Marc Metrick’s curious disengagement and chairman Richard Baker’s recent memo to employees; the holiday season resale boom; and fur’s quiet revival.
Lauren Sherman
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December 23, 2025
Will Uniqlo Finally Conquer the World?
The Japanese retail giant has become the fashion staple seller of choice for a large swath of the discerning, clothes-buying global populace. Now, after a slow start in North America, its ambition to become the biggest fashion seller in the world appears within reach.
Lauren Sherman
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December 22, 2025
Vogue Exits & ODLR’s 60th Anniversary Show
News and notes on Vogue’s end-of-year personnel changes, Oscar de la Renta’s Dominican Republic show, and the latest chapter in the never-ending Saks Global debt crisis.
Lauren Sherman
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December 22, 2025
Fashion’s Villain of the Year Is…
The demanding, annoying, and increasingly necessary “client”—from the desperate poseur buying the Louis Vuitton money clip to the oil heiress dropping $500,000 on a custom couture look. Like entertainment, politics, and media, the fashion industry has been laid low by the depths of post-monoculture influencer economics.
Sarah Shapiro
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December 19, 2025
A Nike Comeback Update & Fendi’s Paris Fantasy
News and notes on the shuttering of affiliate platform Collective Voice, Elliot Hill’s turnaround push at Nike, and Fendi’s new ‘Emily in Paris’-inspired bag collection.
Sarah Shapiro
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December 19, 2025
The Week in Shopping: Beauty’s Red Light District
Beauty might be “recession-proof,” but influencers are monetizing anxiety with LED masks, not lipsticks. Herewith, our exclusive presentation of ShopMy’s top 10 list for 2025.
Stella McCartney’s Cash Crisis & More Saks Global Intel
A couple of fashion world updates: Stella McCartney’s significant losses and the latest in the Saks Global vendor mess.
Fashion’s Hero of the Year Is…
Despite some initial skepticism (she’s from H.R.—and Unilever?!), Chanel C.E.O. Leena Nair has shrewdly solidified her power base in a family-owned company dominated by lifers, and established a financial model that has become the envy of the industry.
Lauren Sherman
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December 17, 2025
Anderson’s Dior Woman & Apple Martin’s Gwyneth Moment
News and notes on Matches’ resurrection, Jonathan Anderson’s Pre-Fall womenswear line, and Apple Martin goes full Gwyneth.
Rachel Strugatz
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December 17, 2025
Line Sheet’s Beauty Mailbag: ’26 Forecasting Edition
A roundup of pressing reader questions about the beauty industry’s biggest players, strategic gambits, talent turnover, M&A fantasies, potential exits, and more.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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December 16, 2025
Hermès’s Resale Boom & More Saks Chatter
News and notes on Marc Metrick’s canceled in-person breakfast in Dallas, the return of the double-breasted suit, and the meteoric rise of preowned Hermès handbags.
Sarah Shapiro
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December 16, 2025
Hill Street Blues
A year and change into his second act at Nike, C.E.O. Elliott Hill is trying to maintain the $100 billion sportswear company’s market dominance in the face of some failed stunts, a mid Kardashian collab, and smaller, more agile, high-performance competitors. But Nike is still Nike.
Lauren Sherman
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December 15, 2025
Saks Global’s Big Bill & GLP-1 Consumer Trends
News and notes on Saks Global’s $120 million interest payment deadline, Elizabeth von der Goltz’s new appointment at Poshmark, and Ozempic’s impact on consumer behavior.
Lauren Sherman
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December 15, 2025
Versace’s New Creative Director Is…
As the dust settles on Dario Vitale’s whirlwind ouster from Versace, the Prada Group’s likely new creative director reveals a more practical rationale for his departure—and offers some clues about the group’s vision for the storied luxury brand.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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December 12, 2025
Maryam Nassirzadeh’s LES Exit & Lululemon’s Wall Street Woes
News and notes on the shuttering of Maryam Nassir Zadeh’s Lower East Side staple and Lululemon’s executive shake-up.