Fashion News Alert: Robin Givhan Leaves The Washington Post, Nike Returns to Foot Locker, Louis Vuitton Partners with Pat McGrath

Longtime fashion editor Robin Givhan is leaving her position at The Washington Post after being offered a buyout. Givhan was a staff member of The Washington Post for 10-plus years in the role of senior-editor-at-large.  In this role Givhan examined the juxtaposition of fashion to culture, politics, and the wider consumer culture at large.

“There’s still a lot to be said, and I’m just self-centered enough to believe I’m someone who needs to be heard,” Givhan said, as reported in the dailyfrontrow.com. “So, I’m not done. Democracy definitely dies in darkness, but it is gravely wounded by silence.”

The Pulitzer-Prize winning author is currently working on a biography of Virgil Abloh entitled Make It Ours and planning the book tour of Abloh’s biography.

Louis Vuitton and Dame Pat McGrath

Louis Vuitton has a new cosmetic brand, La Beauté, an “elevated make-up line.” For this new beauty launch Louis Vuitton has chosen makeup icon Dame Pat McGrath as the creative director of La Beauté.

As reported in fashionnetwork.com, the launch expands the House’s vision that’s “rooted in travel, creativity, and savoir-faire,” and introduces a “highly curated offering of the finest quality make-up, housed in objets d’art designed to be kept forever.” The Louis Vuitton star cosmetic line is also “redefining beauty as a lifestyle, as an experience and as a dedicated art form,” and is setting “a new standard in luxury beauty.”

La Beauté will contain 55 lipsticks, 10 balms, and eight eye palettes with a launch in China on August 20 and a wider launch on August 25. Price points range from $160 to $250.

Nike’s return to Foot Locker

Nike products have returned to footwear chain store Foot Locker. The two companies have come back together after Nike’s previous chief executive cut deep ties with Foot Locker as Nike established its own name brand stores.

Nike’s current chief executive, Elliott Hill, has promised to work more closely with Foot Locker and other wholesalers. Foot Locke is positioning Nike’s running shoes in the lead columns of the men’s sections in its stores—in front of rivals such as On, Hoka, Adidas and New Balance for the first time in two years, according to Matthew Boss, an analyst at JPMorgan. Nike had previously been positioned behind all those brands.

Nike’s products once accounted for 75% of total sales at Foot Locker, that dropped to 60% by 2022 under former Nike management.

—William S. Gooch