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The Oscars Close Red Carpet Season

The 98th Academy Awards, and Vanity Fair’s revamped after-party, bring luxury brands’ red-carpet strategies to a crescendo. Plus, Lululemon reports quarterly results with the CEO job still vacant.
Mikey Madison wears Dior at the 2025 Academy Awards.
Mikey Madison wears Dior at the 2025 Academy Awards. (Courtesy of Dior)
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Welcome back to The Week Ahead, your guide to the coming days’ most important and interesting events. This week is front-loaded, with the Oscars on Sunday capping a frantic, two-month stretch of red carpets and runways. Will the fashion news cycle quiet down now that awards season and fashion month are over? Unlikely.

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Brian Baskin
Brian Baskin

Brian Baskin is Executive Editor at The Business of Fashion. He is based in New York and oversees BoF's beauty, retail, direct-to-consumer, technology, marketing and workplace verticals.

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