FASHION
Sarah Shapiro
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August 29, 2025
The Week in Shopping: America’s Next Top Beauty Brands
A new data series on the top 10 beauty brands by quarterly revenue, from mass volume plays to unexpected up-and-comers that prove superior products can still win market share from the industry establishment.
Ssense’s Bankruptcy Shocker & A Saks Gut Check
A tidy primer on the latest fashion news: Ssense files for bankruptcy protection, a narrative twist in the Saks Global saga, and Michael Atmore’s debut as WWD’s editor in chief.
Weapons of Massenet Destruction
News, notes, and the inside story on a brutal and rapidly unfolding scandal.
Lauren Sherman, Sarah Shapiro & Dylan Byers
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August 27, 2025
Kirsty Godso’s Vuori Payday & Mark Guiducci’s Talent Fishing
A roundup of fashion industry intel: Vuori’s apparent seven-figure ambassador deal with Kirsty Godso, the retailers scrambling to avoid tariff-related revenue hits, and Mark Guiducci’s public hunt for name-brand Vanity Fair hires.
Rachel Strugatz
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August 27, 2025
Stéphane’s Way
Amid his draconian Estée Lauder turnaround effort, C.E.O. Stéphane de La Faverie has laid off thousands of employees. But no one thought he’d come for global creative director Matthew Parr, who was sent packing on Monday.
Sarah Shapiro
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August 26, 2025
Tennis, Everyone?
As the sport’s champions descend on the U.S. Open, new brands are capturing the overflow by focusing on the athleisure possibilities.
Teri Agins
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August 25, 2025
Forbidden Suits
Men started ditching their pricey suits long before the pandemic, but only now are they spending serious money on luxury casual wear, led by Loro Piana’s ubiquitous billionaire quarter-zips, polo knits of all varieties, and sportswear cuts for a fitter man of means.
Sarah Shapiro
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August 22, 2025
The Week in Shopping: The RushTok Economy
As rush winds down and homecoming season kicks off, the season’s viral sorority aesthetic has shifted from college campus to high schools and the tween set. A few brands have nailed this corner of the market—but the real challenge is staying ahead of the algorithm.
Fast Fashion Nation
In the 2000s, fast fashion learned to undercut the luxury business and never turned back. And yet, the underside of today’s cheap-and-cheerful fashion math is its boring sameness.
Rachel Strugatz
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August 20, 2025
Sephora’s Huda Ultimatum
In the wake of an uninformed, objectively antisemitic TikTok screed by Huda Kattan, the Huda Beauty founder, Sephora has dropped the brand from a big fall promotion—at substantial cost and effort. Will the retailer now decide to drop the brand altogether?
Sarah Shapiro
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August 19, 2025
Moneyballers
Even amid the luxury slowdown, the jewelry category is resilient and growing—fueled by male athletes, musicians, and celebrities striking endorsement deals or simply showing off on game day.
Lauren Sherman
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August 18, 2025
Proenza Schouler’s New Designer & Nicole Kidman’s Chanel Play
News and notes from the fashion front lines: Revealing the next Proenza Schouler designer; Nicole Kidman’s likely $15 million-ish deal to become a Chanel brand ambassador; and a close look at the agency behind the disastrous American Eagle and E.L.F. campaigns.
Lauren Sherman
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August 18, 2025
Line Sheet’s Late Summer Mailbag Spectacular
Our annual reader Q&A session answers all of your most burning questions: the problem with Prada Beauty, Adanola’s economics, the future of magazines, who’s sitting front row at fashion shows, and how not to regret your wedding dress.
Lauren Sherman, Rachel Strugatz & Sarah Shapiro
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August 15, 2025
Anna’s Vogue Succession Shortlist & The Target-Ulta Divorce
A close look at the week’s retail and fashion plotlines: the remaining candidates in the Vogue succession saga; why Target and Ulta decided to call it quits; LuisaViaRoma’s bankruptcy filing; and Vuori’s talent-acquisition playbook.
Sarah Shapiro
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August 15, 2025
The Week in Shopping: Grand Ole Shopry
Serious shoppers used to skip Nashville and drive four hours to Atlanta without a second thought—but these days, there are multiple shopping districts worth exploring.
Valentino After Venturini & Coach’s Tariff Resilience
News and notes on the strategy behind Khaite’s controlled growth, the future of Valentino post-Jacopo Venturini, and Coach’s tariff-proof acceleration.
Big Dickson Energy
Those Jenna Lyons-to-Banana rumors are specious, but they were a byproduct of Gap Inc. C.E.O. Richard Dickson’s urgency to continue his turnaround and pour new life into old brands—including some that arguably don’t need to exist.