Retail Diary - Week of March 13th

This Week's Topics:  

• Fashion Week and Spring Trends

• And the Oscar goes to

• New Launches, Collabs & New Appointments

• What else I ❤️️ 

Fashion Week and Spring Trends

• A deep dive recap on Fashion Shows with Imran Amed from Business of Fashion

• Some wear now inspo from the Fall 2023 Fashion Shows - Love this recap of how to wear the most recent outfits and why this seasons shows are so wearable.

• Another great article that highlights the beauty of the recent fashion shows but also shares how someone would want to wear in a realistic way - and pronto. Some fun every day fashion in here.

• Humorous spring trends from Cup of Jo

And the Oscar goes to

• Rosettes are in. Footwear News pulls in the main trends - white dresses, opera gloves and rosettes.

• Oscar fashion deep dive from Vogue podcast

• Classic looks on the Oscars Red Carpet.

• All the looks recapped by Vanity Fair.

I love following the Fashion Stylists' instagram to see all the looks for big red carpet moments. This is from Rob Zangardi @robzangardi

New Launches, Collabs & New Appointments

• Launched

  • Staud launches bridal - I see these items as key essentials for Rehearsal, Bachelorette, After Party/2nd Dress and Bridal Shower looks.

  • Ramy Brook launches a children's line - for Mom & Me pairings.

  • Airmail (Graydon Carter's digital magazine/newsletter) is launching Airmail Look - a beauty vertical with Linda Wells (founding editor of Allure magazine.)

• Collabed

  • A.P.C. x Liberty colorful feminine prints for spring.

  • Balenciaga x Adidas Stan Smith

  • Uniqlo x Sofia Coppola tshirts

  • Actress Sydney Sweeney (White Lotus Season 1) collabed with Frankies Bikinis

• Hired

  • Tiffany & Co names Lauren Santo Domingo (ex Vogue editor and co-founder of Moda Operandi) as the Artistic Director for the Home Category.

  • Glossier shares details on their recent hires & promotions post launch in Sephora.

  • Lauren Sherman (journalist and editor - ex Business of Fashion and Fashionista) will now write a Fashion & Retail industry newsletter for Puck titled "Line Sheet."

What else I ❤️️ 

• Michael Kors interviewed for How I Built This with Guy Raz

• Following DTC and retail impacts from the Silicon Valley Bank news. Retail Dive article, Modern Retail article and Glossy writes on the beauty industry. WWD recaps the fashion impact.

• New business fashion styling inspo.

• I business fan girl over Meg Strachan founder of Dorsey so I love reading interviews and content from her.

• I can envision the business meeting where the Category Director had to present to the leadership team that sales are down because less people are getting engaged due to the pandemic dating challenges.

• There was drama this week after Law Roach, notably Zendaya's stylist, mentioned that he was going to retire. Vogue interviews Law Roach and breaks it down.

What's Next?

Paris has had some major political challenges with strikes due to the retirement age (check out the NYTimes here for more) I am paying attention to what is going on in Paris for luxury brands based there and retail sales.

Thanks for reading Edition 130.
Sarah Shapiro