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Estée Lauder Companies

Julia Fox

E.L.C.’s Brand Sale & Julia Fox’s Protein Plan

News and notes on the Estée Lauder Companies off-loading underperforming brands, a new Julia Fox–fronted brand campaign, another Saks Global update, the U.S. relaunch of Italian knitwear label Malo, and more.
Lauren Sherman & Rachel Strugatz • January 7, 2026
Rachel Strugatz • December 10, 2025
John Demsey’s Gap Years
John Demsey
In 2022, the legendary Estée Lauder Companies executive got himself canceled—and temporarily exiled from the industry’s polite society. With a new appointment at Gap Inc. and multiple consulting gigs, he’s back on the scene.
Rachel Strugatz • November 19, 2025
Hail Xinú!
Estee Lauder Paulina fragrance
The Estée Lauder Companies’s latest niche fragrance investment has all the trappings of a potential next big thing, but the deal begs the question: Why does the company keep ignoring the frothy middle market?
Stephane de la Faverie
Rachel Strugatz • November 5, 2025
Hold, Sell, Acquire: Estée Lauder Companies Edition
Estée Lauder boss Stéphane de La Faverie seems to have ushered in a new era of common-sense leadership and fiscal responsibility. But what if he took a page from Kering’s Luca de Meo and did something radical, like sell off the brands diverting attention from the priority businesses?
Chip Wilson
Inner Circle Exclusive
Lauren Sherman & Rachel Strugatz • October 30, 2025
Chip Wilson’s Lululemon War & A Saks Global Shake-Up
A potpourri of fashion intel: Why Lululemon founder and former C.E.O. Chip Wilson decided to go nuclear against the company’s current management team; the surprising departure of Saks Global’s president and chief commercial officer; and how Estée Lauder Cos.’ fragrance bets are paying off.
Tilda Swinton and Haider Ackermann
Rachel Strugatz • September 3, 2025
The Lauder Boy
Estée Lauder’s nearly 80-year-old flagship brand showed some signs of life with a strong quarter. Great. But the fate of Stéphane de La Faverie’s corporate turnaround will require that the parent company’s other 24 brands actually lead the way.
Stephane de La Faverie
Rachel Strugatz • August 27, 2025
Stéphane’s Way
Amid his draconian Estée Lauder turnaround effort, C.E.O. Stéphane de La Faverie has laid off thousands of employees. But no one thought he’d come for global creative director Matthew Parr, who was sent packing on Monday.
Leonard Lauder
Lauren Sherman & Rachel Strugatz • June 18, 2025
More C.B.K. Drama & Leonard Lauder’s Legacy
News and notes on the latest micro-developments from fashion’s front lines: a designer defenestration at Marni; FX’s still-simmering Bessette-Kennedy costuming backlash; and a look back at the indelible impact of the late, great Leonard Lauder.
Lisa Sequino
Lauren Sherman & Rachel Strugatz • May 21, 2025
Estée’s New Makeup Lead & Fifth Avenue Mall Madness
Revealing the new hire to lead The Estée Lauder Companies' all-important makeup cluster, plus whether NYC’s $400 million investment in Fifth Avenue can make the stretch feel more like the Champs-Élysées.
Stéphane de La Faverie
Rachel Strugatz • April 30, 2025
The Shape of Lauder
All is eerily quiet at Estée Lauder, despite a brand new C.E.O., ongoing layoffs, underperforming brands, and Stéphane de La Faverie’s executive search for someone to finally lead makeup.