FASHION
Lauren Sherman
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February 29, 2024
Show Business
News and notes on the Paris swirl: the Dior of it all, Saint Laurent feedback, Courrèges, Undercover, the Americans, and more.
Rachel Strugatz
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February 28, 2024
Rhode Trip
The simple, and yet perfectly executed, paradigm that turned Hailey Bieber into a bona fide beauty macher.
Lauren Sherman
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February 26, 2024
Cafe Milano
Show notes and deal chatter from the sidelines of Milan Fashion Week: the return of Bally, Estée’s “vanilla” challenge, Donatella’s M&A headache, and the triumph of the Simons-Mulier-Blazy triumvirate.
Lauren Sherman
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February 22, 2024
Italian Jobs
Thoughts, observations, gossip, and news on the Milano shows and rumor mill.
Rachel Strugatz
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February 21, 2024
Grey Expectations
The latest plot twist in the Farfetch unwinding coalesces around Violet Grey, a once hot brand, and its innovative founder—and whether she has the will and ambition and cash to reclaim her old company.
Lauren Sherman
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February 19, 2024
Life & Legacy Media
News and notes on the recent murmurs and micro-controversies emanating from the print, and print-adjacent, salt mines.
Lauren Sherman
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February 15, 2024
Guess Who’s Buying Rag & Bone…
The deal is set to be announced any day now—and a take-private of Guess may be part of the equation.
Lauren Sherman
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February 15, 2024
Thom Browne Is the New Black
A candid and efficient office chat with the tough-love, stubborn, very honest, and bullshit-free CFDA chairman and American fashion success story.
Rachel Strugatz
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February 14, 2024
Sturm und Drang
All the murmurs and feels surrounding the $240 million Sturm-Puig deal.
Lauren Sherman
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February 12, 2024
Remembrance of Brands Past
This season, NYFW has been a study in juxtaposition between revival-seeking heritage brands, new cool brands, and very new brands that wish they were cool. Unfortunately, none answer the great Fitzgerald question about whether there are second acts in American life.
Lauren Sherman
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February 8, 2024
Fade to Zac
The innumerable thoughts and open questions surrounding Zac Posen’s inexplicable appointment at Old Navy.
Rachel Strugatz
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February 7, 2024
Estée in Distress
After a series of disappointing quarters, how can America’s oldest and most prestigious beauty conglomerate get younger—and fast?
Lauren Sherman
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February 5, 2024
Demna, Alessandro & Other Fashion Week Infatuations
News and notes on all the gossip and musings and rumor-mongering animating the prelude to New York Fashion Week.
Lauren Sherman
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February 1, 2024
Zit for Tat
A candid conversation with Julie Schott and Brian Bordainick, the serial beauty entrepreneurs, on the financing and brand strategy behind their zeitgeist-shifting, $90-million-a-year, pimple patch empire.
Lauren Sherman
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January 29, 2024
Leather Heads
Recent earnings and a particularly insightful analyst report underscore why Hermès stands apart from its peers in luxury.
Lauren Sherman
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January 25, 2024
The Age of Impressionism
In an exclusive collaboration with Puck, Launchmetrics reveals what’s actually working, and not, in fashion marketing right now—celebrity campaigns, creative director appointments, influencer weddings (gross), and much more. You’ll be surprised.
Lauren Sherman
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January 22, 2024
Can Amazon Be the Amazon of Luxury?
For the past decade, I’ve been trying to understand why Amazon, the ultimate brandless brand, keeps investing in fashion. Could the potential for a deal with Saks solve Jeff Bezos’s luxury problem?