These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Wednesday.
Capri Names Estée Lauder’s Justin Boxford CEO
Capri Holdings, the parent company of Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo, has named Justin Boxford as its next CEO. Boxford, who most recently was global president of luxury beauty brands at The Estée Lauder Companies, takes over Jan. 4, 2027, and will join Capri’s board of directors. He succeeds John Idol, who is retiring as chairman and CEO after 23 years and will serve as a senior adviser through March 31, 2027. {Capri Holdings}
Tod’s Creative Director Matteo Tamburini Departs
Tod’s said Tuesday that Creative Director Matteo Tamburini is leaving the company and has not named a successor. Tamburini arrived in December 2023 from Bottega Veneta, and his Spring 2027 collection, shown in Milan in September, was his last. Tod’s said the departure fits a strategy to communicate the brand’s values, codes and artisanal quality more clearly. “I am proud of what we have achieved together,” Tamburini said. {Vogue/paywalled}
Maybelline Rewrites Its Famous Tagline
Maybelline New York is dropping its 35-year-old tagline — “Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s Maybelline” — and replacing it with: “Maybe. We’re born with it. Maybe. It’s Maybelline.” The brand said the added periods turn “maybe” from hesitation into “a statement of possibility,” and the new campaign stars global ambassador Miley Cyrus. It isn’t the first time Maybelline has dropped the line; in 2015, the swap to “Make It Happen” was reversed in 2024 after 84% of consumers still recognized the old slogan. {Allure}
Coty To Cut 155 Jobs in France Amid Restructure
Coty plans to restructure its business in France following a review. The company said the proposal includes a plan to reshape its consumer beauty business and a review of its prestige operating model in France. It added that the move fits its strategy of building a simpler, sustainable organization, and that it is subject to local labor law. According to union sources, Coty also plans to cut 155 of its 200 jobs in France. {Reuters/paywalled}
Penny Martin Steps Down as The Gentlewoman’s Editor-in-Chief
Penny Martin is stepping down as editor-in-chief of The Gentlewoman after 17 years and will become editorial director, focusing on expanding The Gentlewoman brand while the title searches for a new editor. The twice-yearly magazine launched in 2010 as a sister title to Fantastic Man, founded by Gert Jonkers and Jop van Bennokom. Martin will also spend more time on The Gentlewoman Club, its brand-sponsored events series, which she said will tour the world. {Business of Fashion/paywalled}
Why Petite Departments Disappeared From Stores
Petite departments largely vanished from U.S. department stores after around 2006, when Neiman Marcus, Saks and Bloomingdale’s scaled back or eliminated them. The offerings moved online as stores reimagined their floor space, and the “petite” label itself came to feel dated in an era of body inclusivity. Yet shorter women are not a niche: the average American woman is 5-foot-3, and the classic definition of petite is 5-foot-4 and under. Nordstrom brought back its petite department in 2024 in 25 of its more than 88 stores and will roll out petite-size premium denim to all stores this fall. {The New York Times/paywalled}
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