FASHION
Goop’s Vendor Dilemma & Versace’s Vitale Afterlife
News and notes on Goop’s vendor payment predicament, Prada Group’s crisis choreography, and the ubiquity of Dario Vitale’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection.
The Second Saks
As vendors field warnings about shipping to Saks, anxieties about the highly leveraged multibrand retailer are spiking as the holiday season peaks.
Lauren Sherman
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December 10, 2025
Condé Town Hall Tea & The Kylie-Timothée Style Matrix
News and notes on Condé Nast’s end-of-year town hall meeting, the season’s buzziest Pre-Fall offerings, and the Kylie-Timothée-Chrome Hearts connection.
Rachel Strugatz
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December 10, 2025
John Demsey’s Gap Years
In 2022, the legendary Estée Lauder Companies executive got himself canceled—and temporarily exiled from the industry’s polite society. With a new appointment at Gap Inc. and multiple consulting gigs, he’s back on the scene.
Sarah Shapiro
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December 9, 2025
Substack’s Influencer Allure
Could the answer to the link-in-bio experience be newsletter platforms? Why some influencers have made the jump to Substack.
Lauren Sherman
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December 8, 2025
Gary Wassner’s Saks Premonition & Romy Mars’ Ascent
A pair of fashion world updates: the latest shoe to drop in Saks Global’s enduring vendor crisis, and the inevitable rise of Romy Mars.
Lauren Sherman
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December 8, 2025
Truth or Dario
It’s now clear that Dario Vitale’s not-surprising-still-shocking exit after a single season at Versace was very much a fait accompli. But its machinations go deeper than the mean-girl snickering that’s followed. So what’s next for the designer—and his old bosses?
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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December 5, 2025
Zuckerberg’s Ray-Ban Redux & Bloomingdale’s Burberry Playbook
News and notes on Chris Black’s new clothing line, Mark Zuckerberg’s second-generation Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, the TikTok-driven rise of the quarter-zip, Burberry’s partnership with Bloomingdale’s, and Rothy’s latest executive shake-up.
Sarah Shapiro
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December 5, 2025
The Week in Shopping: A Totally Unscientific, Still Telling Holiday Retail Survey
According to early indicators, spending and foot traffic are both up in the post-Thanksgiving holiday crush—but that can mean different things to different retailers.
Bieber in Japan & Fashion’s Art Basel Snub
A roundup of fashion world intel: Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel haters, the Japanese buyers clamoring for Justin Bieber’s new clothing line, Sidney Toledano’s peculiar exit from LVMH’s Fashion Group, and the absence of fashion brands at Art Basel Miami.
The Brief, Wondrous Appointment of Dario Vitale
The Versace creative director’s dismissal after a single critically adored season was as ruthless as it was predictable. And there will be more to come as the Prada people quickly remake their new acquisition.
Rachel Strugatz
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December 3, 2025
Milktoast
Milk Makeup, the once very cool and extremely fashion-adjacent beauty line, has suffered the slings and arrows of the post-wunderkind blues at Sephora and the Ulta rebound that wasn’t. Now, one of the cool-guy founders is back involved, but is it already too late?
Lauren Sherman
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December 3, 2025
Matthieu Blazy’s Subway Takes
News and notes on Matthieu Blazy’s invigorating Métiers d’art collection for Chanel.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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December 2, 2025
LVMH’s Executive Shuffle & The Prada-Versace Consummation
News and notes on Pietro Beccari’s next chapter at LVMH, Prada’s post-Versace acquisition strategy, Gap’s soft Q3 rebound, and Quince’s latest legal drama.
Sarah Shapiro
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December 2, 2025
Republicans Buy Sneakers (& Fine Jewelry) Too
Amid roiling uncertainty in retail, SoCal’s South Coast Plaza has maintained a surprisingly resilient relevance with retailers and shoppers. It generates about $2.6 billion a year, too.
Lauren Sherman
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December 1, 2025
Luca Guadagnino’s Costume Polemics & Armani’s Bizzarri Treatment
News and notes on auteur director Luca Guadagnino's strange broadside against costume designers, the official start of A$AP Rocky’s Chanel ambassadorship, and the new faces on the Giorgio Armani board.
Lauren Sherman
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December 1, 2025
Arnault Country for Old Men
At LVMH, a series of anticipated executive shuffles may suggest the latest contours of a succession strategy. At the very least, it’s got the industry kremlinologists taking notice.