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Kering

Inner Circle Exclusive
Lauren Sherman • February 27, 2025

Gucci Successorology & Burberry’s Mini Revival

Even as Gucci prepares to announce a new creative director, the industry is reorienting away from star designers and runway buzz toward more sustainable strategies that put brands front and center.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro • February 15, 2025
Michael Rider’s Celine Debut & A Bloomingdale’s Switcheroo
Bloomingdale's Ralph Lauren
A punchy compilation of fashion world intel: When to expect Michael Rider’s Celine debut, a roundup of European luxury earnings reports, Ralph Lauren’s new floor at Bloomingdale’s, and a ditty on the latest trend in luxury sneakers.
Inner Circle Exclusive
Lauren Sherman • February 6, 2025
Say It Ain’t Sabato
Sabato De Sarno
The long-expected ouster of Gucci designer Sabato De Sarno has finally come to pass, albeit somewhat more brutally than anticipated… and without anyone on deck to replace him. Is it Maria Grazia Chiuri’s turn? Hedi Slimane’s? Or is Kering going to surprise us all?
Bernard Arnault
Lauren Sherman • January 2, 2025
Slaughterhouse 2025
A half-dozen-ish predictions regarding the luxury fashion business following its toughest year in recent memory.
Matthieu Blazy
Lauren Sherman • December 5, 2024
It’s Happening: Blazy to Chanel
Behind the scenes of new Chanel designer and Lagerfeld heir Matthieu Blazy’s exit from Kering, plus the unexpected leading candidate to replace him.
Stefano Cantino, Sabato De Sarno, François-Henri Pinault
Lauren Sherman • November 21, 2024
The Pale Kering
News and notes on the De Sarno sitch at Gucci, Kering’s executive shuffle, and where Blazy might land.
Bernard Arnault Takashi Murakami
Lauren Sherman • November 7, 2024
Vuitton’s Retro Trick & Gucci’s New Story
News and notes on the goings-on at LVMH and Kering—the troubles at Dior, Kim Jones rumors, LV’s revival of the Murakami collab, and Gucci’s new comms strategy. And whether any of it even matters if Trump’s tariff policy is fully realized.
Jonathan Anderson
Lauren Sherman • July 29, 2024
We Need to Talk About Those Jonathan-Gucci Rumors…
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.
bernard arnault
Lauren Sherman • July 25, 2024
Fashion’s Red Scare & More Designer Musical Chairs
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.
Francois-Henri Pinault
Lauren Sherman • July 1, 2024
Pinault Holds Barred
Kering C.E.O and chairman François-Henri Pinault has spent the last year beefing up his executive bench and seeding a succession plan, even as things at Gucci remain uncertain.