Diego Segura

“Ideological suffocation has been the background ambient noise of the last 10 years,” Velez tells me. “Unfortunately I don't think fashion will ever be the Caligulan bacchanalia that it was in the ’80s and ’90s.” Velez is bringing courage, both creatively and ideologically to the scene.

What is perhaps most debilitating for Iger, however, is the simple fact that the rules of the game have changed, and the ambitions have diminished. The glory days of growth and conquest that defined his first tenure have given way to a brutal battle for survival, one in which Iger may be forced to deconstruct the very empire he helped build,... See more

The collection was commonly known as The Federalist until the name The Federalist Papers emerged in the twentieth century.

The good news for Arnault is that he’s raised a highly accomplished group of five children—all of whom are in the business and doing well, by many accounts—from which to choose a successor. There is Delphine , his only daughter, who is 48, a member of the LVMH board and executive committee and the C.E.O. of Christian Dior Couture. Her brother,... See more

This started with the Seventh Avenue, shop-and-copy approach that has defined the industry, but no longer works with consumers on a global scale. America created the concept of lifestyle brands—it drove the rise of casualization as early as the 1950s, first through denim, then khakis, and now leggings. But the fashion itself has long been... See more

I have a gut sense that a Paramount Global overseen by Sumner Redstone , instead of his daughter, Shari , would have reached a different conclusion. After all, what is now known as Paramount Global was built on Sumner’s litigation risk-reward calculus.

non-reactivity is a rare and exceptional attribute that is useful across the economy. Helium doesn’t even interact with itself in any meaningful way and must be cooled to -269°C (just four degrees above absolute zero)