FASHON
Rachel Strugatz
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April 10, 2024
Merit-Based Economics
Merit is the latest beauty brand to hire Goldman Sachs to explore an exit—in part because its clever and connected founder, Katherine Power, shorted the D.T.C. trend all along.
Lauren Sherman
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April 8, 2024
Jacq Attack
An oh-so-French boardroom comedy of manners belies genuine tensions inside the house of Jacquemus, a classic tale of a founder-led business that is not yet ready to operate without its founder (and a founder who is not ready to relinquish absolute control).
Lauren Sherman
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April 4, 2024
The Arnault Olympics
LVMH, nearly twice the size of any other French company, isn’t merely the official sponsor of the Paris Olympics. It’s blending into the Games, crowding out rivals and wannabes, alike.
Rachel Strugatz
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April 3, 2024
Dupes, I Did It Again
These days, perfumes at both the highest end of the market and the lowest are simultaneously booming. We’ve entered the Dupe Era.
Lauren Sherman
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April 1, 2024
The Alessandro Resurrection
A post-Valentino-appointment consideration of fashion’s most famous sabbatical, the designer’s future in Rome, and various other burning counterfactuals and hypotheticals.