FASHION
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.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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February 19, 2025
A Neiman Marcus Tragedy & Trump’s VAT Attack Playbook
News and notes from around the fashion world: the inside chatter emanating from the NikeSkims debut, the sad shuttering of Neiman Marcus’ downtown Dallas flagship, and how global fashion and apparel businesses are bracing themselves for Trump’s reciprocal tariff plan.
Sarah Shapiro
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February 18, 2025
Their Eyes Were Watching Staud
Staud co-founder Sarah Staudinger has the halo of a Hollywood power couple and the steely reserve of a fashion veteran. So as her broadly appealing, well-capitalized company turns 10, she’s seeking the right type of investors, who are in it for the right reasons. Private equity need not apply.
Lauren Sherman & Rachel Strugatz
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February 17, 2025
Gucci’s ‘White Lotus’ Invasion & The Saks Payment Sitch
The latest developments in the Saks Global brand payment micro-scandal, Edward Enninful’s post-Vogue media venture, Drew Elliott’s destination after his MAC exit, and Gucci’s ‘White Lotus’ takeover.
Lauren Sherman
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February 17, 2025
Nike x Skims: It’s Happening!
The sports brand is hoping a collaboration with Kim & Co. will help cure its girl troubles. Is this the promise ring that could lead to a future acquisition?
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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February 15, 2025
Michael Rider’s Celine Debut & A Bloomingdale’s Switcheroo
A punchy compilation of fashion world intel: When to expect Michael Rider’s Celine debut, a roundup of European luxury earnings reports, Ralph Lauren’s new floor at Bloomingdale’s, and a ditty on the latest trend in luxury sneakers.
Sarah Shapiro
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February 14, 2025
The Week in Shopping: NYFW Channel Check Edition
News and notes on Manhattan retail trends amid the concurrent post-holiday malaise and NYFW exodus.