Trump’s Revenge Tour, Virginie Slims, Glossy Mag Memories

Happy Friday and welcome back to The Daily Courant, your white-glove guide to Puck’s best new reporting.

First up today, Lauren Sherman reveals the internal drama at Chanel that led to the surprise departure of designer Virginie Viard. Plus, the already-swirling succession chatter and the brand’s Hermès imposter syndrome.

Then, below the fold: Tara Palmeri examines Biden’s post-Trump trial messaging anxieties. John Ourand illuminates the NBA’s $76 billion rights bonanza. On Fashion People, Lauren and Becky Malinsky recall her days as a “denim editor” and the evolution of fashion journalism. And on The Powers That Be, Tina Nguyen joins Peter Hamby to offer her insider’s view of Donald Trump’s latest dark rhetoric.

LAUREN SHERMAN

News and notes on the Viard departure, the candidates to replace her—Ghesquière, Jacobs, Phoebe… (drum roll) Slimane—and the company’s Hermès imposter syndrome.

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TARA PALMERI

Without any precedent to guide them, and no insight from polls, the typically omniscient Democratic political class is debating whether to take the high road or risk transforming Trump into a martyr.

JOHN OURAND

The NBA is closing in on a whopping $76 billion for its media rights packages, partly because there won’t be anything else to buy for a very, very long time.

LAUREN SHERMAN

Becky Malinsky, the stylist and 5 Things You Should Buy newsletter-ist, joins Lauren to recall her days as a “denim editor” and entrepreneurial journey. The duo also weigh into the evolution of fashion journalism, and what’s lurking around the corner.