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Fashion Designers

Phoebe Philo
Lauren Sherman • August 12, 2024

Phoebe Philo’s Founder Syndrome

Can the beloved designer, who created boho chic and changed what women wore, successfully navigate startup growing pains?
Lauren Sherman • July 29, 2024
We Need to Talk About Those Jonathan-Gucci Rumors…
Jonathan Anderson
Feverish late summer speculation that Anderson is leaving Loewe for Gucci has reignited fantasies in Paris (and Milan) of a Sabato de Sarno hot swap. It’s fake news, for now… but captures an inescapable truth.
Lauren Sherman • July 25, 2024
Fashion’s Red Scare & More Designer Musical Chairs
bernard arnault
The slowdown in China has everyone worried, even the brands that shouldn’t be. And it’s all manifesting itself in the latest iteration of designer musical chairs, which favor a reversion toward the traditionalists and a lot of fear-based mis-hiring.
tom ford
Lauren Sherman • July 22, 2024
Tom Ford After Tom Ford…
The quick departure of Peter Hawkings, Ford’s handpicked successor, begets the question: Without the founder’s obsessive control and inimitable taste, what’s left?
Peter Copping
Lauren Sherman • June 27, 2024
No Man’s Lanvin
News, notes, and the current discourse on the appointment of Peter Copping to lead Lanvin, France’s oldest house, which needs an injection from a real adult.
Sabato De Sarno and Pierpaolo Piccioli
Lauren Sherman • March 25, 2024
The Italian Jobs: Gucci, Valentino & More
Notes on all the rumormongering around the latest career turns of Pierpaolo Piccioli, Alessandro Michele, Maria Grazia Chiuri, and many more.
Tommy Hilfiger
Lauren Sherman • 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.
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.
Lauren Sherman • January 18, 2024
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.
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.
Wescoat Pound has made something nice that also makes the person wearing it look exponentially better.
Lauren Sherman • October 30, 2023
The Goldilocks Fashion Star of ’23
Finally, a feel-good story: Trish Wescoat Pound, with the help of Andrew Rosen, revived the contemporary formula, priced it perfectly, and nailed the modern distribution pipeline. In the process, she created a paradigm for how young brands can scale these days.