FASHION
Lauren Sherman
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March 24, 2025
Saks to Grind
News and notes on the latest collateral damage stemming from Richard Baker’s empire-building Saks Global experiment, from vendor fights to more layoffs.
Sarah Shapiro
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March 21, 2025
Nike’s Turnaround Roadmap & The Printemps Grand Opening
A roundup of fashion industry intel: A post-earnings analysis of Nike C.E.O. Elliot Hill’s comeback strategy, notes on a head-scratching consignment mystery, and a jovial chat with Printemps C.E.O. Jean-Marc Bellaiche about the lavish new Lower Manhattan department store.
Sarah Shapiro
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March 21, 2025
The Week in Shopping: The Death of Barbie Pink & Thom Browne’s Palm Beach Play
News and notes on Chemena Kamali’s peach revolution, Toteme handbag pricing speculation, Mar-a-Lago’s retail explosion, and J. Crew’s gender gap.
A Dolce Beauty Mystery & Versace’s Loose Threads
A roundup of fashion industry intel and observations: The lingering questions emanating from Bloomberg’s chat with Dolce & Gabbana boss Alfonso Dolce, notes on a likely executive shake-up at Versace, and whether the lavish new Manhattan department store, Printemps, can deliver a return for its Qatari investors.
The Gapaissance Fair
A reexamination of Richard Dickson’s hype-fueled turnaround at Gap Inc. Now that they’re through with the low-hanging fruit—cost cuts, a marketing refresh, store closures—can the management team truly transform the business?
Lauren Sherman & Rachel Strugatz
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March 19, 2025
Celine’s $1,150 Yoga Mats & LVMH’s Alcohol Tariff Fears
A punchy dispatch from the fashion frontlines: Celine’s new partnership with the world’s most expensive group Pilates class, how LVMH is bracing for a potential 200 percent Trump alcohol tariff, and why Macy’s acquired the “exclusive option” to adapt Julie Satow’s latest book.
Rachel Strugatz
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March 19, 2025
Too Faced, Too Furious
Estée Lauder’s mascara darling Too Faced is betting on innovative eyelash tech to gain market share and gird itself for the clean beauty upstarts storming Sephora’s gates. Can mascara tech offset the baggage of the Lauder way?
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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March 18, 2025
Phoebe Philo’s Next Phase & Gen Z’s True Believers
Timely observations from around the fashion landscape: A close look at Phoebe Philo’s Collection C and the LVMH of it all, a consumer report on the recent chill in retail spending, and notes on how Altar’d State captured the hearts and wallets of Gen Z and Alpha.
Sarah Shapiro
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March 18, 2025
Nordstrom’s Private Party
Superior customer service and better relationships with brands have put some distance between Nordstrom and its competition. Will going private cement their lead, or shackle their ability to navigate a global retail marketplace?
Lauren Sherman
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March 17, 2025
A NYFW Plot & Jonathan Anderson’s Loewe Exit
Fresh intel from around the fashion world: the joint CFDA-Anna Wintour effort to consolidate New York Fashion Week, too-early speculation on which shoe designer might replace Nina Christen at The Row, and how Dior is preparing for Jonathan Anderson’s arrival now that his departure from Loewe is official.
Lauren Sherman
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March 17, 2025
School of Arnault Knocks
As Bernard Arnault attempts to extend his reign for another nine years, the question of who will replace him seems as far off as ever. And yet, as Delphine contends with Dior and Antoine contemplates another Olympics, two boys from his second marriage, Frédéric and Alexandre, make their cases.
Sarah Shapiro
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March 14, 2025
Khloé’s Good American Mystery & Shopify vs. Yeezy
A roundup of essential retail industry intel: The mid-market pivot for Khloé Kardashian’s denim brand, Good American; observations on the boat shoe renaissance; and the frustrated chatter from Shopify partners over the Yeezy swastika t-shirt mess.
Sarah Shapiro
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March 14, 2025
The Week in Shopping: Fur Returns & Other Boom Boom Chronicles
News and notes on the latest fashion pendulum swings, plus a Paris Fashion Week retrospective and some notable micro-trends.
Frédéric’s Loro Piana Test & The ‘WWD’ Brain Drain
News and notes from the fashion frontier: The skeptical chatter surrounding 29-year-old Frédéric Arnault’s new gig leading Loro Piana (and what it portends for the B.A. succession race), the market speculation swirling around Versace as Dario Vitale is appointed chief creative officer, and a few pressing observations on the latest layoffs at WWD.
Pinault Noir
Demna’s surprise appointment at Gucci raises more questions than it answers. To wit: Can the single-minded designer stanch the bleeding from the De Sarno era with a harsh aesthetic that seems almost anathema to Gucci’s codes? And what will it mean for Kering’s sagging stock price?
Lauren Sherman
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March 13, 2025
Bernard Arnault’s 10-Year Plan & Paris Fashion Week Endnotes
News and notes from the fashion trenches: Thursday’s expected slate of designer appointments, Bernard Arnault’s plan to extend his reign at LVMH, and Anthony Vaccarello’s Saint Laurent show at the tail end of Paris Fashion Week.
Rachel Strugatz
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March 12, 2025
LVMH’s Palette Expander
Last week’s announcement that Pat McGrath would be launching Louis Vuitton’s first foray into makeup thrilled beauty junkies, reassured investors, and gave every indication that they’d follow the Vuitton fragrance model of exclusivity and scarcity. After all, it is Louis Vuitton.