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FASHION

Georgina Chapman attends the red carpet on the closing night of the Red Sea International Film Festival 2023 on December 07, 2023 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Georgina on My Mind

News and notes from L.A., Paris, and New York on the reinvention of Georgina Chapman; the industry chatter surrounding Pharrell’s new, Western-inspired collection; and the collapse of Something Navy.
Lauren Sherman • January 18, 2024
Lauren Sherman • January 15, 2024
So Farfetch Away
jose neves farfetch
An examination of the online luxury retailer’s headaches—past and future—as it navigates the purgatory of Coupang’s bridge loan.
Lauren Sherman • January 11, 2024
When Fashion Went to Hollywood
There’s significant upside for big talent agencies, like François-Henri Pinault’s CAA, in hoovering up smaller agencies that specialize in image-making.
As the rumor mill spins about the fate of Art Partner, it seems like neither CAA nor WME have truly figured out how to make money in the image-making game.
Raúl Martinez, Anna Wintour’s favorite creative director, is returning to Condé Nast after a two-year stint at Victoria’s Secret.Raúl Martinez, Anna Wintour’s favorite creative director, is returning to Condé Nast after a two-year stint at Victoria’s Secret.
Lauren Sherman • January 8, 2024
As I Lay Designing
Notes on the third, and likely final, creative collaboration between Anna Wintour and her favorite (print) designer, Raúl Martinez.
Phoebe Philo
Lauren Sherman • January 4, 2024
Phoebe or Not to Be?
That is the question.
Will Kering C.E.O. François-Henri Pinault’s controlling position in CAA mean that the talent agency will have to overcompensate with the LVMHs and Chanels and Brunello Cucinellis of the world?
Lauren Sherman • January 2, 2024
Ozempic Mysteries, Estée Succession & The CAA-ification of Fashion
Seven predictions, questions, and concerns for the fashion business in 2024.
When it comes to Hailey Bieber, she mostly works with Dani Michelle for her street looks and Karla Welch (who also styles her husband, Justin) for red carpet.
Lauren Sherman • December 28, 2023
Galliano Lessons, Life After Madewell & My Men’s Jeans Guide
Answers to all your burning mailbag questions and beyond as we sail into ’24.
The luxury retailer Matches, once worth $1 billion, was bought by former Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group for $63 million.
Lauren Sherman • December 21, 2023
Matches on Fire & The Great Fashion Correction of ’23
Matches’ fire sale and Farfetch’s predatory bridge loan are the latest examples of a great industry-wide correction as egos, business models, and reality collide.
Perhaps now, with a new backer, Farfetch C.E.O. José Neves will do what everyone wants him to do: focus on making the marketplace business profitable.
Lauren Sherman • December 18, 2023
A Bridge Too Farfetch
Assessing the collateral damage and lessons learned—particularly that “winner-takes-all” nonsense—from Farfetch’s humbling: the delisting, the bridge loan, and failed Yoox Net-a-Porter merger.
Espirit C.E.O. William Pak alongside global chief brand officer, Ana Andjelic.
The Editors • December 18, 2023
Can Esprit Stage a Comeback?
A candid conversation between Line Sheet author Lauren Sherman and Esprit’s global chief brand officer, Ana Andjelic, about the art and science of revitalizing a dormant brand.
Alain Wertheimer, Chanel’s former global C.E.O. and a member of the family that owns the iconic brand.
Lauren Sherman • December 14, 2023
Who Can Sell Chanel?
For years, Chanel executives have been pondering ways to manage their brand on the secondary market. It’s been a journey that has included plenty of thoughtful decks, office gossip, and litigation, too.
Lauren Sherman • December 11, 2023
Life After The Bucket Bag
Mansur Gavriel has experienced all the feels of our capricious industry in just a decade: a once-in-a-lifetime product, investor frenzy, a humbling, some misses, an executive shuffle, and more. And yet, they’ve lived to tell the tale, and with optimism.
Former Gucci designer Alessandro Michele, who seems increasingly likey to land at Fendi, and Balenciaga designer Demna.
Lauren Sherman • December 4, 2023
More Michele Murmurs & Demna Questions
Here’s what everyone is really talking about in Paris, Milan, and L.A. as the year comes to an end.
In the early days, Antoine’s ambition for Berluti made him the Arnault sibling to watch, but he has been outshone by Alexandre, the eldest of the three boys that make up “the second family.”
Lauren Sherman • November 30, 2023
The Brothers Arnault
Some fresh reporting and insight into the Arnault family horse race to be the heir apparent.
Marc Metrick, Jennifer Lawrence and Delphine Arnault at the Saks Fifth Avenue Dior Holiday event.
Lauren Sherman • November 27, 2023
Saks Attack
An update on their Dior deal, the Estée Laundry rumors, all that fundraising, and the Neiman Marcus roll-up fantasies.
Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos, and Anna Wintour in February 2020.
Lauren Sherman • November 20, 2023
Bezos-Sánchez Aftershocks & The $100M Club
Pre-Thanksgiving chatter from across the fashion industry: The Todd Snyder revenue trap, Matthew M. Williams’ new investor, and the real backstory of that Bezos-Sánchez Vogue shoot.
Richard Dickson
Lauren Sherman • November 16, 2023
Gap Year
Can Richard Dickson, the newly empowered C.E.O. of Gap, succeed where every other leader has failed by cleaning house? “That’s the only thing that can save the company,” says one former executive. “Fire everyone and bring new people in.”
What Sarah Burton does after her departure from Alexander McQueen has become the topic du jour in Europe and England.
Lauren Sherman • November 13, 2023
The Sarah Burton Existential Questions
We know what McQueen is without McQueen, and will soon find out what McQueen is without Burton. But what is Burton without McQueen?