FASHION
Lauren Sherman
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September 8, 2025
Demna-Gucci Intrigue & The U.S. Open’s Best Dressed
A roundup of the latest fashion world chatter: the growing optimism surrounding Demna’s Gucci debut, the best-dressed U.S. Open players, and the somewhat underwhelming first issue of Edward Enninful’s ‘72 Magazine.’
Lauren Sherman
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September 8, 2025
The Hedi Chronicles
While the world mourned Giorgio Armani, Hedi Slimane took to Instagram to warn Celine against reusing anything he created while he was its creative director. Clearly, it was an overreaction to the work of Michael Rider. It also made him look a little out of touch with industry realities.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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September 5, 2025
Buck Mason’s New Girl & Madewell’s Executive Shake-Up
News and notes on Buck Mason’s expanded foray into the women’s market, Madewell president Adrienne Lazarus’s curious exit, and how Bloomingdale’s became a veritable life raft for Macy’s Inc.
Sarah Shapiro
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September 5, 2025
The Week in Shopping: Luxury’s Resale Personality Test
The secondhand category has been surging in recent years, driven by Gen Z bargain hunters addicted to resale platforms. According to experts in the field, a few distinct buyer archetypes have emerged.
Giorgio Armani’s Legacy & A Fashion Month Preview
News and notes on the early coverage of Giorgio Armani’s passing, anticipation for the Times’s treatment of the Massenet-Torstensson saga, the astounding number of collection debuts coming the Fashion Month, and more.
We Need to Talk About Alessandro
The generationally talented designer’s Roman idyll with Valentino is still problematic, one year in, and now the house’s newly appointed C.E.O., Riccardo Bellini, needs to make it work. Plus, news and notes on his successor and the Fendi sitch.
Rachel Strugatz
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September 3, 2025
The Lauder Boy
Estée Lauder’s nearly 80-year-old flagship brand showed some signs of life with a strong quarter. Great. But the fate of Stéphane de La Faverie’s corporate turnaround will require that the parent company’s other 24 brands actually lead the way.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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September 2, 2025
Chloe Malle’s Vogue Blueprint & Nike’s U.S. Open Victory Lap
News and notes on the revelations from Chloe Malle’s interview with the Times about her Vogue appointment, Alo’s dubious foray into the luxury handbag market, and Nike’s successful U.S. Open sponsorship strategy.
Sarah Shapiro
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September 2, 2025
Leset Point
How Lili Chemla built a self-funded, $20 million basics brand in the “grey space” between loungewear and luxury—a category that has exploded as customers seek out The Row look-alikes for one-tenth the price.
Lauren Sherman
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September 1, 2025
The Venice Film Festival Fashion Emergency
Overall, the carpet was a hot mess, as is the industry from which it sprung.
Lauren Sherman
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September 1, 2025
It’s Chloe After All…
As expected, Anna Wintour has chosen a longtime supplicant, imbued with a Hollywood pedigree and a can-do disposition, to take over American Vogue—the latest and most natural step in a never-ending succession journey.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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August 29, 2025
Montecito’s Retail Magic & Gap’s Q2 Earnings
News and notes on the Montecito shopping scene, the Alaïa-inspired “asymmetric top” trend, and the Q2 earnings for legacy mall brands Gap, Abercrombie, Victoria’s Secret, and more.
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.