Versace
Prada Yada Yada
The Prada Group is preparing an estimated €1.5 billion bid for Versace (and maybe another €500 million for Jimmy Choo), setting the stage for the luxury brand to win back its obsessive and loyal fans under Italian ownership once again.
A Dolce Beauty Mystery & Versace’s Loose Threads
A roundup of fashion industry intel and observations: The lingering questions emanating from Bloomberg’s chat with Dolce & Gabbana boss Alfonso Dolce, notes on a likely executive shake-up at Versace, and whether the lavish new Manhattan department store, Printemps, can deliver a return for its Qatari investors.
Frédéric’s Loro Piana Test & The ‘WWD’ Brain Drain
News and notes from the fashion frontier: The skeptical chatter surrounding 29-year-old Frédéric Arnault’s new gig leading Loro Piana (and what it portends for the B.A. succession race), the market speculation swirling around Versace as Dario Vitale is appointed chief creative officer, and a few pressing observations on the latest layoffs at WWD.
Lauren Sherman
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March 13, 2025
Bernard Arnault’s 10-Year Plan & Paris Fashion Week Endnotes
News and notes from the fashion trenches: Thursday’s expected slate of designer appointments, Bernard Arnault’s plan to extend his reign at LVMH, and Anthony Vaccarello’s Saint Laurent show at the tail end of Paris Fashion Week.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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March 1, 2025
A Milan Fashion Week Dispatch & Rothy’s Le Bon Marché Debut
A punchy roundup of fashion world intel: Notes from a whirlwind 48 hours at Milan Fashion Week, how the San Francisco-based Rothy’s landed in the most prestigious and discerning Parisian department store, and the latest retail jitters in the wake of Trump’s new tariff threats.
Lauren Sherman & Rachel Strugatz
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February 20, 2025
A Pat McGrath Shake-Up & More Versace Acquisition Murmurs
A concise digest of fashion world news and notes: the unhinged farewell email from outgoing Pat McGrath Labs C.E.O. Rabih Hamdan, what Capri boss John Idol’s investor day presentation signals for a layoff-impacted Versace, and how Nordstrom poached Neiman Marcus’s “most powerful personal shopper.”
Lauren Sherman
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February 6, 2025
WME Fashion Fallout & The Versace Headscratcher
As NYFW commences, a look at the latest rumblings around the fashion landscape: The dissolution of WME Fashion’s show hub, various designer and C.E.O. switcheroos at OTB and LVMH, and the upside for Capri boss John Idol after the company missed its Q3 profit projections.
Lauren Sherman
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December 19, 2024
The Treaty of Versace
Capri C.E.O. John Idol is in a pickle in the wake of his failed attempted merger with Tapestry, and now he’s looking to sell off assets like Versace. But questions surround the business that he acquired for $2.1 billion in 2018. Who will buy it? And at what price? And what will happen to Donatella?
Lauren Sherman
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April 22, 2024
Capri-Tapestry Jitters & The Wrath of Khan
Fashion insiders are bracing for the activist F.T.C. crusader to take a shot at the Tapestry-Capri merger. Meanwhile, things are getting real in the Neiman Marcus-Saks negotiations. Would Khan hold a gun to that deal, too?
