
(LeWeb)
(LeWeb)
BUSINESS OF FASHION's expansive, four-part look inside the YOOX/NET-A-PORTER merger is a fascinating piece of corporate intrigue, detailing the companies' origins, the contentious deal that led to NET-A-PORTER founder NATALIE MASSENET's resignation, and speculating on the future of what is now the world's largest luxury e-commerce entity. I'm as interested in seeing what MASSENET will do next. She's formed a new company called IMAGINARY VENTURES, but it's unclear what sort of company it will become. The article suggests MASSENET might do something in fashion media, and, boy, would the space ever benefit from her presence. It could surely use another ambitious, creative thinker and experienced businesswoman who understands both luxury and digital. Yesterday afternoon, on the last day of the MILAN men's Fall 2016 shows, all five lead stories on the VOGUE RUNWAY home page were about ZOOLANDER... CHLOË SEVIGNY says farewell to THE SOCK MAN, a NEW YORK institution... Less is more with J.W. ANDERSON and MICHAEL MICHALSKY...