FASHION
Rachel Strugatz
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June 18, 2025
Better Get Vennette
A flurry of recent beauty biz M&A deals are notable not just because they’re more targeted and considered—the days of the bidding war are on the wane—but because they didn’t involve industry rainmaker Vennette Ho.
Sarah Shapiro
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June 17, 2025
Tuckernuck Takes Manhattan
The D.C.-born fashion brand, a favorite of the Butterworth’s set, has quietly bootstrapped a $100 million business by blending its own styles with curated third-party labels. But multibrand retail is notoriously difficult—and scaling the company beyond its single brick-and-mortar location will take serious capital.
Lauren Sherman
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June 16, 2025
Brad Pitt’s Power Stylist & An Hermès Double Play
A primer on the latest fashion world micro-developments: the emerging stylist behind Kendrick Lamar’s bootcut jeans and Brad Pitt’s transformative velvet looks; outrage over the first-look stills from Ryan Murphy’s upcoming FX series about CBK; and a pair of opposite-end, strategic Hermès marketing events.
Lauren Sherman
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June 16, 2025
The Renault-Pinault Succession & Dôen’s Series A
News and notes on Kering poaching a French car executive to replace François-Henri Pinault, and some major fundraising intel out of Southern California, where the Kleveland sisters just scored some well-deserved capital to fuel Dôen’s next stage of growth.
Sarah Shapiro
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June 13, 2025
Loro Piana Scarcity & The Next ‘Succession’ Fashion
Summer season news and notes on the latest industry trends, shopping data, Gstaad looks, beauty recs, and inbox intrigues.
Kering Regime Change & Tiffany’s Hollywood Playbook
News and notes from Paris and New York: The François-Henri Pinault succession chatter inside Kering; how Greta Lee and Mikey Madison became Tiffany ambassadors; and an activist struggle at Victoria’s Secret.
The First Monday of Mayhoola
Rumors abound regarding Mayhoola, the Qatari royal family–backed investment vehicle that once aspired to challenge LVMH and Kering before pivoting. Now, it seems, it’s pivoting again…
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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June 11, 2025
Kering M&A Murmurs & Arnault in Sun Valley
News and notes on the corporate scaffolding behind France’s luxury triumvirate (LVMH, Hermès, and Kering); the invite list for this year’s Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley, from LVMH's Alexandre Arnault to former Nike C.E.O. John Donohoe; and the jarring revival of crinkle fabrics.
Rachel Strugatz
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June 11, 2025
Drunk Elephant in the Room
How a viral-hit bronzer, post-exit blues, and Shiseido’s bungling of the clean beauty pioneer sobered up Drunk Elephant.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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June 11, 2025
Vanity Fair’s Mark Guiducci Era & Apple’s WWDC Guest List
A primer on the latest fashion world rumblings: What media insiders are saying about Mark Guiducci’s appointment to lead Vanity Fair’s post-Radhika era; a close reading of the guest list for Apple’s annual developers conference; and a feel-good retail story from the wilds of San Francisco.
Sarah Shapiro
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June 10, 2025
Is the Abercrombie Boom About to Bust?
Both Abercrombie and its kid sister, Hollister, are surviving tariff shocks by ignoring the teen striptease of yore (and the toxic culture behind the scenes) and focusing on data to beat Temu and Shein at the TikTok game.
Lauren Sherman
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June 9, 2025
Kering’s Soft Luxury Problem & A Louis Vuitton H.R. Saga
News and notes on Kering’s 2H25 challenges as François-Henri Pinault’s conglomerate navigates a sluggish market for soft luxury goods; the oil-and-water saga of a Louis Vuitton comms chief parting ways with the luxury giant; and the talent behind Old Navy’s brilliant Lindsay Lohan activewear ad.
Lauren Sherman
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June 9, 2025
Just Kardashian It
Nike has a lot riding on its Skims collaboration, which is set to launch this summer. But the company’s issues with female consumers, from loss of market share to the lingering hangover of its old culture, run far deeper than any partnership—even one with Kim K—can fix.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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June 6, 2025
Copenhagen Retail Diaries & A Secondhand Market Surprise
An insider’s guide to Copenhagen’s elegant shopping and dining scene, plus notes on the latest collabs, launches, and openings worth your time.
Sarah Shapiro
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June 6, 2025
The Week in Shopping: New York State of Mind
A flâneur’s guide to Madison Avenue’s luxury retail fiefdoms, Broadway’s stretch of tween outfitters, SoHo’s arcadian boutiques, and Printemps’ shoe-and-beauty perfection in FiDi.
Rome’s Fashion Rumspringa & A Saks Global Middle East Mystery
A compact bundle of international fashion intel: whether Saks Global is actually looking for a $1 billion investment from a Middle East partner to expand Bergdorf Goodman; notes on the frothy fashion and art scene in Rome; and a brief dispatch from the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen.
The Book of Jonathan
After quietly working at Dior for several months, Jonathan Anderson has officially and publicly taken over the men’s and women’s collections. Now he’ll have to achieve something that’s never been done before, at arguably the most challenging time in Dior’s history.