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Weekdays (Thursday is an Inner Circle exclusive)
The ultimate fashion industry bible, offering incisive reportage on all aspects of the business and its biggest players. Anchored by preeminent fashion journalist Lauren Sherman, Line Sheet also features veteran reporter Rachel Strugatz, who delivers unparalleled intel on what’s happening in the beauty industry, and Sarah Shapiro, a longtime retail strategist who writes about e-commerce, brick-and-mortar, D.T.C., and more.
THE LATEST ARTICLES
Lauren Sherman
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May 5, 2025
We Need to Talk About Tisci
News and notes on some non–Met Gala industry rumblings: the fallout from last week’s assault accusations against Riccardo Tisci, reflections on fashion’s post-#MeToo era, and why Tisci isn’t Galliano.
Lauren Sherman
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May 5, 2025
The Met Gala’s $31M Night & Phoebe Philo’s ‘Financial Times’ Takeover
News and notes on the Met Gala’s $31 million haul and ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ exhibition, the legal showdown between the co-founders of Online Ceramics, and a candid assessment of Phoebe Philo’s guest edit of the Financial Times’s HTSI weekend supplement.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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May 2, 2025
An NYFW Modest Proposal & The Fall Fashion Forecast
Notes on a proposal to revitalize the staid New York Fashion Week format, the dour market outlook for fashion retailers this fall, and a roundup of the latest pop-ups and collabs worth tracking.
Kim K’s Dream Weaver & Phoebe Philo’s ‘FT’ Edit
The latest chatter around the fashion universe: Notes on the partnership between Kim Kardashian and her new stylist; the forthcoming Phoebe Philo–edited issue of HTSI, the Financial Times weekend supplement; and a P.S.A. for brands owed money by Naked Cashmere.
Is Saks Too Big to Fail?
Wall Street is getting nervous that the company can’t repay its creditors. Vendors are worried about outstanding invoices. And the tariff pain hasn’t even hit yet. Can Saks Global turn things around with “synergies” and an Amazon store? And what happens if it can’t?
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro
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April 30, 2025
Luxury’s Tariff Price Hikes & Loewe’s Jonathan Bump
News and notes on the looming tariff-related price increases across Kering-owned fashion brands and the Prada Group, Blake Lively’s no-strategy red carpet strategy, and the official Lyst rankings detailing the hottest brands of Q1.
Lauren Sherman, Sarah Shapiro & Julie Brener Davich
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April 29, 2025
Shein’s Price Hike & The Met Gala Afterparty Circuit
News and notes on the impact of tariffs on the fast fashion game, a throwback Nike collaboration with Chicago gallerist Isimeme “Easy” Otabor, and a roundup of the most-anticipated Met Gala afterparties.
Lauren Sherman & Rachel Strugatz
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April 28, 2025
More Saks Global Fallout & The “Boy Smells 2.0” Scandalette
A punchy analysis of the Saks Global debt debacle, the beauty industry’s micro-drama du jour, the Met Gala sponsors left out in the cold, and more.
Lauren Sherman
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April 28, 2025
Barneys in the Bardo
The late, great New York department store lives on—well, sort of, and in name only, really, inside a few Saks stores, a gated community in Tulum, and a 2010s zombieland in Tokyo. Efforts to resurrect the brand have sputtered and failed, and maybe for good reason, but that hasn’t stopped people from trying.
The Mytheresa-YNAP Shake-Up & Frankel’s Vera Wang Boomerang
A roundup of fashion industry intel: Notes on the frenzied (and surprisingly overlooked) C-suite reorg at LuxExperience, the rise of Danielle Frankel’s bridal dress empire, the departure of J.Crew’s longtime top merchant, and more.
