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🗓️ 16 September 2025
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As the fashion world navigates an unprecedented wave of turnover from Chanel to Dior, WSJ. Magazine’s Editor in Chief, Sarah Ball joins Rapid Response to explore the most closely watched New York Fashion Week in years — what she calls "a September to remember." Ball also shares insights about how Vogue is poised to take shape post-Anna Wintour, the shockwaves from Georgio Armani's recent passing, AI's impact on fashion creatives, and how the role of influencers and social media is noticeably reshaping where the industry is headed.
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| 1:04.6 | I am incredibly excited to see what happens at Chanel. |
| 1:09.1 | Also looking with huge interest to Dior. These shows are |
| 1:12.9 | enormous productions. So they are five, six million euros to pull off for three to 400 guests. |
| 1:20.4 | If a sort of creative director hasn't found their footing or sales are struggling, you know, |
| 1:26.1 | you'll see them replace. Pain tolerance is low when there is, you know, you'll see them replaced. |
| 1:33.8 | Pain tolerance is low when there is, you know, an unstable overall economic environment. |
| 1:45.4 | That's Sarah Ball, editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal's WSJ magazine. |
| 1:51.4 | As the fashion world navigates an unprecedented wave of turnover from Chanel to Dior, |
| 1:56.6 | I wanted to talk to Sarah about the most closely watched New York Fashion Week in years, |
| 1:59.1 | what she calls a September to remember. |
| 2:04.7 | Sarah takes us inside the drama and anticipation, what's at stake in what to look for, |
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