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FASHION

Kim Kardashian Skims
Lauren Sherman • July 18, 2024

The Shape of Skims

The Kardashians are under pressure to turn their most successful brand into an I.P.O.-ready, multichannel revenue machine that rewards their investors, justifies a $4 billion valuation, and fully supplants Victoria’s Secret—and soon. Can they pull it off?
Rachel Strugatz • July 17, 2024
I Know It Was You, Freda
Tracey Travis
The midsummer departure of Estée Lauder’s Tracey Thomas Travis raises some renewed questions about the future of the family-controlled, $23 billion cosmetics company.
Lauren Sherman • July 15, 2024
Trench Warfare
Joshua Schulman
The British heritage brand, which used to be known for more than a “ludicrously capacious” tote, is struggling under plunging sales and a confused upmarket strategy. New C.E.O. Joshua Schulman will need to make some fundamental changes—and fast.
Roger Lynch
Lauren Sherman • July 11, 2024
Roger of Arabia
Discerning Condé Nast’s latest moves, entanglements, and disentanglements in the Middle East and China.
gwyneth paltrow goop
Rachel Strugatz • July 10, 2024
Midnight in the Garden of Goop and Evil
News and notes on the latest beauty industry chatter: Goop’s brick-and-mortar expansion, and the executive shuffle at Pat McGrath Labs.
Meryl Streep Devil Wears Prada
Lauren Sherman • July 8, 2024
Devil in a Cerulean Blue Dress
Finally, a ‘Devil Wears Prada’ sequel is in the works, with Miranda Priestly facing the dystopian post-aughts realities of the magazine business. In other declining-industry news: notes on the Saks-Neimans merger.