These are the tales making headlines in trend on Wednesday.
WHP World and G-III Finalize Marc Jacobs Acquisition
WHP World and G-III Attire Group have closed their acquisition of the Marc Jacobs model from LVMH, ending practically three many years of LVMH possession. The 2 firms fashioned a three way partnership, evenly break up, to co-own the Marc Jacobs mental property, with WHP main international model licensing and G-III overseeing wholesale, retail and e-commerce operations. Marc Jacobs will stay founder and artistic director, persevering with to steer the model’s collections and artistic course. {G-III Apparel Group}
Topicals Appoints New CEO
Topicals has named Sukiana Chancy as its new CEO, with Founder Olamide Olowe stepping again from the CEO function however remaining concerned in day-to-day operations. Chancy joins from Fenty Magnificence, the place she was common supervisor of pores and skin, hair and perfume. She additionally beforehand labored at Cay Pores and skin, Devacurl and Estée Lauder. Olowe mentioned the model had reached a scale requiring exterior advertising and marketing and profit-and-loss experience, with a objective of turning into Sephora’s prime skin-care model. {Business of Fashion/paywalled}
YouTube Provides Amazon as Affiliate Associate
YouTube has added Amazon.com Inc. as an affiliate companion in YouTube Buying, letting creators tag Amazon merchandise straight in movies and livestreams and earn a fee on ensuing gross sales. YouTube Buying’s gross merchandise quantity grew 13-fold globally from Q1 2024 to Q1 2026, and greater than 1 million of the social platform’s roughly 3 million monetizing creators now take part in its purchasing program. {Bloomberg/paywalled}
Robin Givhan on The Met’s Galliano Resolution
The New York Occasions Contributing Opinion Author Robin Givhan argues The Met canceled the fallacious factor: As an alternative of scrapping its deliberate John Galliano exhibition over backlash to his antisemitic and racist statements, it ought to have referred to as off the Met Gala. Givhan contends museums exist to look at tough histories, not keep away from them, and that the exhibit, an examination of Galliano’s affect, not an endorsement of him, deserved to go ahead. {The New York Times/paywalled}
Quince Exams Bodily Retail With Offered-Out Pattern Sale
Quince held its first-ever pattern sale Aug. 14-15 in San Francisco, drawing a four-block line and promoting out six hours early because it exams bodily retail alongside its digital enterprise. “Quince isn’t just a spot they go to for cashmere sweaters anymore,” Quince’s Head of Model Technique and Narrative Dakota Kate Isaacs advised Trendy Retail. “It’s a spot that they’re more and more constructing out their lives with.” The $2 billion way of life model sourced the sale from samples utilized in picture shoots and mannequin fittings, with house items, sweaters and coats among the many hottest classes throughout 600 transactions. {Modern Retail}
Simkhai Faucets Naomi Watts and Daughter for Marketing campaign
Photograph: Courtesy of Simkhai
Simkhai’s Fall 2026 marketing campaign stars Naomi Watts and her daughter Kai Schreiber, marking the pair’s first joint trend marketing campaign, along with Sage Elsesser, Malcolm McRae, Awar Odhiang and Betsy Gaghan. Photographed by Mikael Jansson and styled by Camilla Nickerson, the forged displays the gathering’s ongoing exploration of neighborhood and identification, and is out there to buy now. {Fashionista inbox}
