Fashion correspondent
@PuckNews
. Previous jobs include
@BoF
,
@Fashionista_com
& places I’m too embarrassed to name here. Writing a book about Victoria’s Secret!
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@lapresmidi
) aboard as our newest writer. Her private email covering the business of the fashion industry, Line Sheet, launches in April.
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Wow. "Given the risk of a shortage of hydroalcoholic gel in France, Bernard Arnault has instructed the
@LVMH
Perfumes & Cosmetics business to prepare its production sites to manufacture substantial quantities of hydroalcoholic gel to be provided to public authorities."
The thing about fashion is, the minute you think something is disgusting and passé is the minute it is becoming extremely cool again. They key is to not worry about any of it and just wear what you like deep in your soul. If you can do that, you can have style.
Scoop: i-D magazine, which was bought by Karlie Kloss late last year, laid off most of the editorial staff in London today -- about 10 employees -- global editorial director Olivia Singer and features editor Mahoro Seward are staying for now, I hear
Tom Ford made his fashion biz and his intellectual property two separate entities — the fashion biz had investors, the IP, which he licensed to Estee Lauder, didn't — he owned the IP outright. Good for that guy!
Zara, LVMH, Coty, L'Oreal: they're all shifting production to make stuff the world not only wants, but needs, including surgical gowns, face masks and hand sanitizer:
Scoop: Karlie Kloss’ Bedford Media has acquired I-D magazine from Vice. She’ll serve as ID’s CEO, while EIC Alastair McKimm will be promoted to Chief Creative Officer and Global EIC. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
@chloeikennedy
As someone who was 12 when Clueless came out, I have to tell you that they were at least a year behind on trends. I wore a Clueless outfit on the first day of school in 7th grade, almost a year before it was released. It wasn't until years later that it became a fashion thing.
More legacy media news: Conde Nast layoffs are here, they are rolling, and apparently not all managers were notified that their employees were getting the ax. Union members are getting cut.
News! After 10 years of bylines, today is my last day at
@BoF
. I can't believe it, either! I’ll be announcing my next thing soon. Sign up for my newsletter for job and book news, along with all the personal anecdotes you never knew you needed:
Scoop: Jenna Lyons has been named EIC of
@TheCoveteur
…she’s already on the masthead. Will be in the office from “time to time”—I reached out to her for comment, will let you know!
The Condé Nast union walkout will be Oscars themed in honor of this morning’s nominations…and there will be a step and repeat with the one and only Scabby the Rat. At the 1pm rally, they are giving out awards.
I love this story so much. This bag is so important because of all the reasons this piece underlines, but also because it isn't the diffused version of a more-expensive bag:
During the Condé Nast gossip rush a few weeks ago, one high-level editor posited that as much as the magazines are trying to change, the business side still doesn’t know how to sell anything but elitism.
@chantalfdez
lays it out:
I am sad about all these store closings and brand bankruptcies, too, but I hope something different emerges from the other side: there’s a reason these businesses can’t withstand a crisis
If this atrocious fashion season taught us anything, it’s that everyone still feels like trash and if you’re able to creating anything that is inspiring and also commercially viable right now you are v special
The only way to win in big media is if you can be both prestige & mass and also, at the same time, break news, make news, be funny, be smart about dumb things, analyze, advise, crack video, crack scripted, own podcasts, hire personalities with followings, and don’t forget about
It continues:
@lvmh
has made a deal with a Chinese supplier to ship 10 mil masks to France in the next few days -- 7 mil surgical, 3 mil FFP2. The plan is to repeat for the next 4 weeks, so 40 mil masks altogether. First masks to be dispatched early next week.
I'm a person who wants attention but hates when I actually get it. Nonetheless, I'm flattered to be featured by
@TheCut
, whose team knows my style so well that I didn't even have to tell them which brands I like! Also, I think my answers are kinda funny:
Writing this story felt like closing a chapter on my life as a reporter -- may feel the same for you if you are around 40 and remember when Proenza Schouler became the thing:
No but this is so chic. Is it The Row, vintage Donna Karan, Loro Piana, Phoebe era Celine? In court for a nefarious skiing accident. Back in the day Meisel would’ve had an entire Vogue Italia shoot inspired by the trial.
TOTAL READERS ON MY BLOG: 1 MILLION 720.000 My story on my blog: Young fashion designer sued the big fashion brands for copying her work for 10 years. Read more at:
My goal is to be featured in The Cut's How I Get It Done column, where I also reveal my Grub Street Diet and let everyone know what I Think About A Lot.
Note to denim makers other than Levi's: remove the branded tag from your jeans. Nobody wants to wear a big ol' tag with your random name on it. Just today, I have decided against buying two pairs of jeans because of this!
Trump claims (falsely) all Americans returning to country are being tested:"We have heavily tested. If an American coming back or anybody coming back, we have a tremendous testing set up where people coming in have to be tested ... if it shows positive ... We have to quarantine."
I took a cab to The Row's show this morning so that I could work on my laptop and now I'm probably not going to make it because traffic is stupid, so please enjoy my analysis of why it's the most successful American fashion brand of its generation:
“There is no secret to life. The only secret is work. Get your act together, and also, perhaps, have a decent life. Don’t drink. Don’t smoke. Don’t take drugs. All that helps.”
say what you will about the food, about Keith’s unhinged Instagram: what makes balthazar so great is that they are happy to seat you before your entire party arrives