Lauren Sherman • September 19, 2024

Yael Drama School

Four years after her Reformation exit, serial entrepreneur and designer Yael Aflalo is back with her new brand—and some theories about the future of luxury, D.T.C., wholesale, and more.

Rachel Strugatz • September 18, 2024

Glossier in Translation

Emily Weiss’s $2 billion beauty brand is launching not one but two new perfumes this autumn, perhaps hoping that another dose of lightning in the bottle could seduce that long-awaited deep-pocketed suitor.

Lauren Sherman • September 16, 2024

The Prodigal Olsens

News, notes, and fresh dish on The Row’s new just-north-of-$1 billion valuation and new cohort of investors—the Wertheimer and Bettencourt-Meyers families, LSD, and Natalie & Nick, too.

Lauren Sherman • September 12, 2024

I Get Letters! A Look Inside the Fashion Week Mailbag

In which I try my best to answer all your questions about Beyoncé’s weird whiskey-a-go-go GQ cover, Ozempic’s impact on the fashion industry, Cathy Horyn’s future, JCPenney’s long goodbye, and much more.

Rachel Strugatz & Lauren Sherman • September 11, 2024

The LVMH Beauty Contest

A dip into the recent plot twists of the nearly half-trillion-dollar beauty industry: Inside LVMH’s Givenchy fumble, the pivot away from “clean beauty,” the Sephora Industrial Complex, and the Drunk Elephant-ization of niche.

Lauren Sherman • September 9, 2024

A Man for Alaïa Seasons

The fabulous Guggenheim show was a testament to Pieter Mulier’s slow, steady, post-founder re-creation of Alaïa. Both Mulier and Alaïa are just what the industry needs right now… so hopefully he doesn’t bolt for Chanel.

Lauren Sherman • September 5, 2024

What Is Fashion Week Worth?

As Ari Emanuel and Silver Lake take Endeavor private, the operating assumption is that all the non-core assets (basically everything outside of live sports and representation) is on the table. A number of investors are kicking the tires on New York Fashion Week. But what are they actually buying? (Plus, some news on The Row mystery…)

Rachel Strugatz • September 4, 2024

Celebrity Beauty’s End-of-Summer Report Card

News, notes, and dish from the evolving front lines of the celebrity beauty sub-industry: Blake Lively’s drama-filled debut, Lady Gaga’s surprise comeback, and Gwen Stefani’s doubtful shelf-life.

Lauren Sherman • September 3, 2024

A Kristina Carol

Is there life for an editor-in-chief after the magazine industry effectively ends? Kristina O’Neill is trying to figure it out at newly relaunched Sotheby’s Magazine.

Lauren Sherman • August 29, 2024

Chanel’s New Kaiser

After a few twists and turns, Simon Porte Jacquemus has emerged as the leading contender to succeed Virginie Viard as the heir to the House of Lagerfeld. He’s now preparing to present to the Wertheimers. (But there are some backup plans, too…)

Rachel Strugatz • August 28, 2024

Powder Trip

Givenchy Beauty’s botched release of a “clean” version of its top-selling product carries a lesson for competitors and a headache for parentco LVMH.

Lauren Sherman • August 26, 2024

Dressing Kamalot

Kamala Harris has hired Leslie Fremar, stylist to Charlize Theron and Jennifer Connelly, to craft a low-key chic look that doesn’t scream elite.

Lauren Sherman • August 22, 2024

Young at Heart

A candid conversation with celebrity stylist Kate Young, about the death of the evening gown, why red carpet boldness has gone out of fashion, and why shopping is so unsatisfying these days.

Rachel Strugatz • August 21, 2024

The Estée Exodus

Notes on the accelerated retirement of C.E.O. Fabrizio Freda, the two senior executives following him out the door, and whether Jane Lauder will step into her uncle Leonard’s old job running the family cosmetics empire.

Lauren Sherman • August 19, 2024

The Tory of Us

Tory Burch talks about her collab with Shiseido, her personal evolution as a designer, her business’s inflection point, and Kendall Jenner’s “quiet power.”