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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.

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NEWSLETTERS
Raúl Martinez, Anna Wintour’s favorite creative director, is returning to Condé Nast after a two-year stint at Victoria’s Secret.Raúl Martinez, Anna Wintour’s favorite creative director, is returning to Condé Nast after a two-year stint at Victoria’s Secret.
Lauren Sherman • January 8, 2024
As I Lay Designing
Notes on the third, and likely final, creative collaboration between Anna Wintour and her favorite (print) designer, Raúl Martinez.
Phoebe Philo
Lauren Sherman • January 4, 2024
Phoebe or Not to Be?
That is the question.
Will Kering C.E.O. François-Henri Pinault’s controlling position in CAA mean that the talent agency will have to overcompensate with the LVMHs and Chanels and Brunello Cucinellis of the world?
Lauren Sherman • January 2, 2024
Ozempic Mysteries, Estée Succession & The CAA-ification of Fashion
Seven predictions, questions, and concerns for the fashion business in 2024.
When it comes to Hailey Bieber, she mostly works with Dani Michelle for her street looks and Karla Welch (who also styles her husband, Justin) for red carpet.
Lauren Sherman • December 28, 2023
Galliano Lessons, Life After Madewell & My Men’s Jeans Guide
Answers to all your burning mailbag questions and beyond as we sail into ’24.
The luxury retailer Matches, once worth $1 billion, was bought by former Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group for $63 million.
Lauren Sherman • December 21, 2023
Matches on Fire & The Great Fashion Correction of ’23
Matches’ fire sale and Farfetch’s predatory bridge loan are the latest examples of a great industry-wide correction as egos, business models, and reality collide.
Perhaps now, with a new backer, Farfetch C.E.O. José Neves will do what everyone wants him to do: focus on making the marketplace business profitable.
Lauren Sherman • December 18, 2023
A Bridge Too Farfetch
Assessing the collateral damage and lessons learned—particularly that “winner-takes-all” nonsense—from Farfetch’s humbling: the delisting, the bridge loan, and failed Yoox Net-a-Porter merger.
Alain Wertheimer, Chanel’s former global C.E.O. and a member of the family that owns the iconic brand.
Lauren Sherman • December 14, 2023
Who Can Sell Chanel?
For years, Chanel executives have been pondering ways to manage their brand on the secondary market. It’s been a journey that has included plenty of thoughtful decks, office gossip, and litigation, too.
Lauren Sherman • December 11, 2023
Life After The Bucket Bag
Mansur Gavriel has experienced all the feels of our capricious industry in just a decade: a once-in-a-lifetime product, investor frenzy, a humbling, some misses, an executive shuffle, and more. And yet, they’ve lived to tell the tale, and with optimism.
EBITDA positive or not, it’s estimated by some executives at the company that Condé Nast has lost significant sums during Lynch’s four and a half years at the helm, albeit for some decisions made before his time.
Lauren Sherman • December 7, 2023
Slouching Toward One World Trade
A prolonged and botched layoff cycle has called attention to the financial engineering and further brand dilution of Si Newhouse’s former empire. As usual, the chorus of discontent appears to be a mixture of agita and inevitability, along with typical finger-pointing.
Former Gucci designer Alessandro Michele, who seems increasingly likey to land at Fendi, and Balenciaga designer Demna.
Lauren Sherman • December 4, 2023
More Michele Murmurs & Demna Questions
Here’s what everyone is really talking about in Paris, Milan, and L.A. as the year comes to an end.
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