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Lauren Sherman

Lauren is the preeminent fashion journalist of her generation, offering incisive reportage on all aspects of the industry and its biggest players. She was formerly a top executive at Business of Fashion.

THE LATEST ARTICLES
NEWSLETTERS
Donatella Versace
Lauren Sherman • 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?
Jens Grede
Lauren Sherman • December 16, 2024
Grede Is Good
A very candid chat with Jens Grede, the C.E.O. of Skims and member of the husband-wife team that turned Kim’s shapewear avocation into a fully realized category leader, replete with a likely I.P.O. and future liquidity event.
Matthieu Blazy
Lauren Sherman • December 12, 2024
The Book of Matthieu
The appointment of Matthieu Blazy at Chanel, which the company has finally confirmed, represents a legit sea change in the industry—away from brand-manager-style creatives and back toward designer-designers. The move, of course, also set into motion a few others, all of which follow the same theme.
Richard Dickson
Lauren Sherman • December 9, 2024
Mall Rats
News, notes, fresh reporting, and some discount shopping at a series of recently refreshed historic mall brands.
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.
Bernard Arnault
Lauren Sherman • December 2, 2024
Arnault Holds Barred
Bernard Arnault’s bizarre Thanksgiving Day courtroom appearance may have been awkward and uncomfortable, but it was less jarring than the apparent media blackout of the event that ensued.
Matthieu Blazy
Lauren Sherman • November 25, 2024
Blazy Saddles
News, notes, idle gossip, and fresh reporting on the increasing likelihood that Bottega’s Matthieu Blazy is getting the Chanel job.
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.
In many ways, VF’s Hollywood Issue is the sort of cultural chew toy that delights and reviles Condé Nast staffers and veterans, alike, but isn’t really all that economically significant. These days, Condé C.E.O. Roger Lynch has more pressing issues.
Lauren Sherman • November 18, 2024
Vanity Fair’s Hollywood Issues
The decision to release VF’s annual star-packed Hollywood issue three months early—before Thanksgiving!—did little to quiet speculation about Roger Lynch & Co’s strategy to grapple with Condé’s rough ’24, an ongoing China problem, and expected layoffs.
Alexandre Arnault
Lauren Sherman • November 14, 2024
Arnault Boy Is All Grown Up
The LVMH succession drama heats up as 32-year-old Alexandre—last seen at the Trump rally at MSG—leaves Tiffany for the mothership’s booze business, where his celebrity connections and brand building could prop up a lagging division desperately in need of reinvention.
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