Lauren Sherman • March 21, 2024

Les’ Misérables

News and notes about all the Les Wexner protégés, and private equity behemoths, quietly angling to resuscitate Victoria’s Secret.

Rachel Strugatz • March 20, 2024

Meghan Markle’s Flamingo Estate

News and notes on the former royal’s attempt to create her own “edible oils, fats, preserves, spreads and butters” empire. What could possibly go wrong?

Lauren Sherman • March 18, 2024

The Buildings of Madison Avenue

The macro convulsions in luxury—consolidation, tremendous profit generation, preparation for an inevitable decline—are all wrapped up in what’s happening uptown right now with the old Barneys New York building.

Lauren Sherman • March 14, 2024

Voices Over

A financial postmortem on the implosion, bailout, and sudden demise of the indie millennial athleisure brand.

Rachel Strugatz • March 13, 2024

Profit & Glossier

Glossier, perhaps the most iconic consumer beauty brand of its generation, felt all the feels of startup life: boffo fundraising, a market correction, and recalibrated post-wunderkind success. Now it may finally be ready for its exit.

Lauren Sherman • March 11, 2024

It Came From Carlos Place

Notes on the dreadful Matches bankruptcy, announced just three months after the Frasers Group acquisition, and what it means for the broader Matches–Farfetch–Net-a-Porter Axis of Incompetence.

Lauren Sherman • March 7, 2024

The Red Carpet Shadow Wars

The movie business may be in decline, but the celebrity dressing business is only getting bigger, more professionalized, and more complex. And the brands have never been thirstier for influence or market share.

Rachel Strugatz • March 6, 2024

Summer Fridays Deal Heat & Sephoracon

News and notes on the drama du jour in the beauty salt mines: Summer Fridays’ new banker and Sephora’s new set of “darlings.”

Lauren Sherman • March 4, 2024

Demna Family Drama & Other Paris Notes

More news from my Paris romp—Balenciaga, Loewe, McQueen, and more; the front-row drama, and the behind-the-scenes chatter.

Lauren Sherman • February 29, 2024

The Fresh Princess of Montecito

Some news: Meghan Markle is teaming up with Jamie Mizrahi to revamp her look, and probably her reputation, and presumably create some new optionality around her post-Spotify future.

Lauren Sherman • 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 • February 28, 2024

Rhode Trip

The simple, and yet perfectly executed, paradigm that turned Hailey Bieber into a bona fide beauty macher.

Lauren Sherman • 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 • February 22, 2024

Italian Jobs

Thoughts, observations, gossip, and news on the Milano shows and rumor mill.

Rachel Strugatz • 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.