FASHION
Oscar Season
Oscar de la Renta C.E.O. Alex Bolen’s anti-establishment marketing strategy (including a friendly press ban) is working in an unexpected way. And the arrival of Chloe Popescu, the company’s first-ever C.M.O., presages more to come.
Lauren Sherman
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February 13, 2025
An NYFW Postmortem & Another Saks Defenestration
A collection of fashion world news and insights: The highlights and missed opportunities for brands and designers as NYFW wraps up, notes on the short-lived tenure of Saks Global’s latest C.F.O., and an ostensible swan song for Frenceso Ragazzi’s Palm Angels.
Rachel Strugatz
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February 13, 2025
Glossier’s New Exit Strategy
After waiting seven years to release a follow-up to its bestselling perfume, Glossier has launched two new fragrances in rapid succession, with yet another arriving next month. Is the decade-old brand killing it, or getting killed, as investors push for an exit?
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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February 12, 2025
Kash Patel’s Shein Shares & The Herbert Levine Revival
A grab bag of fashion world ephemera: Possible F.B.I. director Kash Patel’s curious connection with Shein, Trevor Houston’s exceptional Herbert Levine relaunch, and The RealReal’s new A.I. playbook and impressive “preliminary” Q4 results.
Sarah Shapiro
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February 12, 2025
Falling for the Gap
Yes, the Gap may be having a moment, but the designer behind the current enthusiasm left the company last year. And its emphasis on marketing spectacle over merchandise substance raises questions for its latest supposed revival.
Lauren Sherman
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February 11, 2025
Sabato’s Gucci Payout Mystery & The Super Bowl’s Best Dressed
A close look at three subjects of fashion world intrigue: The unhinged online speculation about Sabato De Sarno’s Gucci exit package, the most talked-about celebrity looks from Super Bowl LIX, and notes on the rise of “anti-mood-board brands.”
Lauren Sherman
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February 10, 2025
The Calvin Past-Present Conundrum
Calvin Klein’s much-hyped runway show, its first in seven years, celebrated the brand’s minimalist history. But was it anything more than a splashy retrospective?
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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February 7, 2025
Jacquemus’s L’Oréal Cash & Nike’s ACG Revival
News and notes from around the world of fashion retail: Nike’s reinvestment in ACG and its pursuit of the trendy outdoor performance market, a data-driven look at the recent handbag craze, and L’Oréal’s surprising if sensible investment in Jacquemus.
Sarah Shapiro
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February 7, 2025
The Week in Shopping: Birkin Fever & Alo’s Suiting Game
Notes on the rise of antidepressant fashion, an Australian basics brand trying to once again crack the U.S. market, and the sudden ubiquity of shearling shoes.
Vogue’s Guest Editor Sweepstakes & Middleton’s Fashion Gag Order
A tidy bulletin featuring three topics of fashion world intrigue: A source-driven brainstorm for Vogue’s next guest-edited issue, notes on Casey Cadwallader’s unsurprising exit from Mugler, and why Kensington Palace is clamping down on Kate Middleton’s wardrobe announcements.
Say It Ain’t Sabato
The long-expected ouster of Gucci designer Sabato De Sarno has finally come to pass, albeit somewhat more brutally than anticipated… and without anyone on deck to replace him. Is it Maria Grazia Chiuri’s turn? Hedi Slimane’s? Or is Kering going to surprise us all?
Lauren Sherman
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February 6, 2025
WME Fashion Fallout & The Versace Headscratcher
As NYFW commences, a look at the latest rumblings around the fashion landscape: The dissolution of WME Fashion’s show hub, various designer and C.E.O. switcheroos at OTB and LVMH, and the upside for Capri boss John Idol after the company missed its Q3 profit projections.
Rachel Strugatz
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February 5, 2025
Hell or High Lauder
Barely a month into his reign at Estée Lauder, C.E.O. Stéphane de La Faverie is overseeing the usual: disappointing quarterly earnings, a sweeping (but cutely named) downsizing, and another round of executive musical chairs. What, if anything, will spark real change at America’s largest family-owned beauty conglomerate?
Sarah Shapiro
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February 5, 2025
The Tariff Report: Fashion Edition
A pocket guide to three of the most meaningful ways that Trump’s tariffs will impact fashion retailers and buyers.
Sarah Shapiro
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February 4, 2025
Can Nike Just Do It Again?
The $51 billion behemoth is staging a comeback with a new-old C.E.O. and a playbook they’ve been running since the ’80s: innovate through imitation and use the competition as a catalyst for growth. Can they regain the market value of the past? Hoka, you’ve been warned.
Lauren Sherman & Rachel Strugatz
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February 3, 2025
Bobbi Brown’s NYFW Comeback & The GQ China Kerfuffle
A tidy dispatch of fashion world intel: Bobbi Brown’s surprise return to do backstage beauty at NYFW, an update on GQ China’s publishing freeze, and vignettes from this year’s 15 Percent Pledge gala.
Lauren Sherman
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February 3, 2025
Hella Stella
For more than three decades, Stella McCartney has made good on her head start—proving herself as a designer and brand visionary, and walking the walk on animal rights and environmental principles. But her split from LVMH, like her 2018 split with Kering, will force her to prove it all over again.