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Notes on a few bright spots amid the luxury industry’s ongoing downturn, the record-breaking (and borderline outrageous) $10.1 million auction price for the original Hermès Birkin bag, and the next chapter for Jonathan Anderson’s 17-year-old brand.
Anna Wintour
Anna Wintour is searching for her Vogue successor as Condé Nast embraces life as a brand management firm, squeezing every drop of value from its once-mighty titles. But does Anna have a vision for the company, post-Anna?
Sydney Sweeney
Lauren Sherman July 9, 2025
Solving the mystery of Sydney Sweeney’s presence at the Bezos-Sánchez extravaganza; what Saks Global’s new debt rating really means; and Phoebe Philo’s expansion into the retail wilderness.
michael rider
Lauren Sherman July 7, 2025
News and notes from the fashion trenches: The surprising (if entirely sensical) appointment of LVMH veteran Michael Burke as the C.E.O. of the conglomerate’s Americas business; the readout on Michael Rider’s Celine debut; a gut check on the fresh Meghan Markle quasi-scandal; and all the dish on Pedro Pascal’s stylist switcheroo.


Luca de Meo
Lauren Sherman July 7, 2025
Amid tumult in Valentino’s executive ranks and uncertainty in the luxury market, new Kering C.E.O. Luca de Meo has several options before him: reshuffle the team, buy Valentino outright… or simply wait and see.
American Fashion
Lauren Sherman July 4, 2025
Our biggest stories of 2025, so far, featuring American fashion companies in a Eurocentric world.
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Time waits for no man, even the billionaire patriarchs of major fashion brands Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren. These days, succession questions are swirling more than ever.
anna wintour
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro July 2, 2025
News and notes on the candidate pool to replace Anna Wintour as the “head of editorial content” at American Vogue, LVMH’s stock bump following Jonathan Anderson’s successful Dior debut, and the (latest) revival of the Hervé Léger bandage dress.


Meryll Rogge
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro July 1, 2025
News and notes on the fashion industry chatter surrounding Meryll Rogge’s appointment as Marni’s next designer, the remarkable Vivienne Westwood-Rei Kawakubo exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, and how flip-flops (no kidding!) have emerged as the shoe of the summer.
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Lauren Sherman July 1, 2025
News and notes on the potential sale of Italian brand Roberto Cavalli, Saks’s $120 million interest payment to creditors, the industry reaction to the Bezos-Sánchez nuptials in Venice, and a quick point of order from Rick Owens.
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