Anna Wintour
Lauren Sherman
& Sarah Shapiro
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June 11, 2025
Vanity Fair’s Mark Guiducci Era & Apple’s WWDC Guest List
A primer on the latest fashion world rumblings: What media insiders are saying about Mark Guiducci’s appointment to lead Vanity Fair’s post-Radhika era; a close reading of the guest list for Apple’s annual developers conference; and a feel-good retail story from the wilds of San Francisco.
The Vanity Fair Diaries
The scroll of contenders for the VF job is becoming endless—a bizarre, if unsurprising, phenomenon for a career-defining-ish role that the right people want to ignore and the wrong people covet, and that will be handed out by an inscrutable duo who won’t be in their chairs forever.
Bergdorf’s Diamond Wars & More Vanity Fair Whispers
Fresh intel from the fashion frontlines: How Bergdorf become an epicenter for the lab-grown vs. natural diamonds debate, why analysts are suddenly bullish on the activewear brand Under Armour, and the latest chatter surrounding Vanity Fair’s E.I.C. search.
Lauren Sherman & Rachel Strugatz
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May 7, 2025
Arnaults in the White House & Makeup by Mario Deal Heat
News and notes from around the fashion universe: The M&A chatter surrounding Makeup by Mario, what to make of Bernard and Alexandre Arnault’s visit to the White House, and how Zendaya and Anna Sawai wound up twinning on the red carpet.
Lauren Sherman
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May 5, 2025
The Met Gala’s $31M Night & Phoebe Philo’s ‘Financial Times’ Takeover
News and notes on the Met Gala’s $31 million haul and ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ exhibition, the legal showdown between the co-founders of Online Ceramics, and a candid assessment of Phoebe Philo’s guest edit of the Financial Times’s HTSI weekend supplement.
Lauren Sherman
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April 7, 2025
Welch-Tightening
News and notes on the ‘Vanity Fair’ editor search: the fashion crowd’s enduring support for Mark Guiducci; Sara Moonves dark horse theories; and an emerging consensus that the title might just get tucked under Will Welch’s fiefdom.
Radhika’s ‘Vanity Fair’ Exit & Luxury’s French Resistance Fantasy
Notes on the chatter surrounding Radhika Jones’s departure from Vanity Fair (plus the requisite succession speculation...), how the luxury world is bracing for knock-on effects from “Liberation Day,” scenes from the Skims flagship opening on Sunset Boulevard, and a look at Zac Posen’s GapStudio debut.
Lauren Sherman
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March 31, 2025
A Met Gala Scheduling Snafu & More Saks Global Existentialism
The latest fashion world chatter: A notable scheduling conflict surrounding Keith McNally’s book party at Balthazar, another round of LVMH C-suite musical chairs, and a rare silver lining in the Saks Global meltdown.
Lauren Sherman & Rachel Strugatz
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March 26, 2025
Savannah James’ Skincare Debut & Wintour’s Vogue World Preview
A quick dispatch from the fashion frontlines: News on the launch of Savannah James’ forthcoming Augustinus Bader-esque skincare brand, scenes from Anna Wintour’s Vogue World preview at the Chateau Marmont, and notes on the departure of a key creative director at Louis Vuitton.