FASHION
Lauren Sherman
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March 3, 2025
Bellotti’s Bally Good Show & Arnault Musical Chairs
The designer’s Milan spectacle featured leather, lewd fur, and fashion editors picking the shelves bare. Plus, the latest Arnault family maneuvers.
Lauren Sherman
& Sarah Shapiro
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March 1, 2025
A Milan Fashion Week Dispatch & Rothy’s Le Bon Marché Debut
A punchy roundup of fashion world intel: Notes from a whirlwind 48 hours at Milan Fashion Week, how the San Francisco-based Rothy’s landed in the most prestigious and discerning Parisian department store, and the latest retail jitters in the wake of Trump’s new tariff threats.
Sarah Shapiro
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February 28, 2025
This Week in Shopping: A San Francisco Retail Secret, Balletcore & Even More Luxurious Tees
Notes on family-owned retailer Mitchells’ staying power, Buck Mason’s razor-sharp collab strategy, Lululemon and Lewis Hamilton, and the ballet sneaker renaissance transforming footwear floors.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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February 28, 2025
Prada’s “Quiet Luxury” Rebellion & The Fendi Centenary Surprise
The latest fashion world chatter from across the pond: Raf Simons and Miuccia Prada’s “anti-quiet luxury” declaration, the unbridled enthusiasm for Silvia Venturini Fendi’s centenary show, and notes on how Nuuly leapfrogged Rent the Runway to become the au courant clothing rental service.
Gucci Successorology & Burberry’s Mini Revival
Even as Gucci prepares to announce a new creative director, the industry is reorienting away from star designers and runway buzz toward more sustainable strategies that put brands front and center.
Lauren Sherman
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February 26, 2025
The Saks Layoffs Commence & An LVMH Shake-up Foretold
A grab bag of fashion world intel: The latest industry chatter after Saks Global boss Marc Metrick announced the elimination of nearly 5 percent of its global corporate workforce, how a potential executive shake-up at Fendi could portend broader leadership changes at LVMH, and whether Target’s D.E.I. walkback might affect their bottom line.
Rachel Strugatz
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February 26, 2025
The Tao of Puig
Good Girl, the iconic Carolina Herrera fragrance franchise, recently surpassed Chanel’s Chance as the world’s best-selling women’s perfume brand. An inside look at how Puig, the brand’s Spanish owner, leveraged social media and savvy marketing to dethrone a legend.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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February 26, 2025
ShopMy’s U.K. Expansion & Walmart’s DOGE Jitters
News and notes on the state of Farfetch one year after its acquisition by the e-commerce giant Coupang, ShopMy’s international ambitions following its successful $77.5 million Series B, and the real reason Walmart posted a disappointing sales forecast for the year.
Sarah Shapiro
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February 26, 2025
Madewell’s Midlife Crisis
Madewell built their business selling mom jeans to young women. Can it sell jeans to those same women now that they are actual moms, especially in a far more competitive retail environment?
Lauren Sherman
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February 24, 2025
The Saks Luxury Dilemma & Louis Vuitton’s Murakami Deal
A quick roundup of exclusive fashion world intel: The fresh set of complexifiers in the spiraling Saks Global meltdown, Takashi Murakami’s surprising payout from his revived partnership with Louis Vuitton, and notes on the existential dilemmas facing London Fashion Week.
Lauren Sherman
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February 24, 2025
The Ballad of Savage x Fenty
Rihanna’s lingerie-for-everyone line, once worth $1 billion, is now suffering from brain drain after its C.E.O. was poached by its biggest competitor. Can the business finally figure out how to leverage one of the world’s most famous stars?
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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February 21, 2025
The Aligne Explosion & A Stuart Weitzman Fantasy
A compilation of fashion and retail developments: The sudden ubiquity of the East London–based Aligne, January’s surprisingly buoyant post-holiday retail sales, and the fate of Stuart Weitzman now that Tapestry is selling the brand to Caleres.
Sarah Shapiro
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February 21, 2025
The Week in Shopping: ‘White Lotus’ Fever & The Row’s Handbag Trick
The return of HBO’s wealth-porn dark comedy franchise has spawned some successful collabs (everyone’s talking about Parker Posey’s outfits) and some hotel gift shop kitsch. Meanwhile, that Margaux bag hasn’t disappeared.
Fashion’s New Favorite Banker & Jenni Kayne Exit Chatter
A tidy dispatch of fashion and beauty industry intel: How Rothschild & Co became the preferred bank for midsize fashion brands, the murmurs around Los Angeles that Jenni Kayne is on the block, and news on the California bill that would prevent under-18s from buying certain skincare formulations.
Notes From the Saks Apocalypse
The Metrick memo that shook the world—and the broken model of multibrand retail that produced it.
Lauren Sherman & Rachel Strugatz
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February 20, 2025
A Pat McGrath Shake-Up & More Versace Acquisition Murmurs
A concise digest of fashion world news and notes: the unhinged farewell email from outgoing Pat McGrath Labs C.E.O. Rabih Hamdan, what Capri boss John Idol’s investor day presentation signals for a layoff-impacted Versace, and how Nordstrom poached Neiman Marcus’s “most powerful personal shopper.”
Rachel Strugatz
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February 19, 2025
A History of Violette
Once relegated to backstage obscurity, makeup artists and their brands continue to take center stage—and an increasing amount of precious shelf space at Sephora. But as French makeup line Violette_FR hopes to prove, it’s as much about the product as the artistry.