These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Tuesday.

Unpacking Hedi Slimane’s Celine beef

Against a backdrop of the news of Giorgio Armani’s death, Hedi Slimane posted on his personal Instagram account that he hoped Celine would “brilliantly reinvent its advertising campaigns as well as its corporate image” so that it could “promote a new chapter … free from any borrowing or any insistent reference to my photographic style, including my advertising campaigns and films for Celine.” When Slimane left Celine, Puck’s Lauren Sherman reported that she was told by several people that he “took” all the imagery he created off the LVMH company drives, and that his lawyer, Léon del Forno, had negotiated that the company could not use the images upon his departure. {Puck/paywalled}

François-Henri Pinault reflects on his tenure as Kering’s CEO

François−Henri Pinault is passing the CEO torch to Luca de Meo this month after navigating Kering through multiple transformations. In an interview with WWD, Pinault, who maintains the chairman role, reflected on his 20-year tenure as Kering’s CEO. Under Pinault’s leadership, overall luxury revenues were multiplied by six, and profit by a factor of seven. He also discussed his initial steep learning curve, his entrepreneurial streak, his pioneering sustainability initiatives and his new priorities. {WWD/paywalled}

Selena Gomez covers Allure

Selena Gomez is Allure’s latest cover star. Photographed by Adrienne Raquel and styled by Anna Trevelyan, Gomez wears a Blumarine dress, Panconesi earrings and a Patricia Von Musulin ring on the cover. In the cover story written by Dianna Singh, Gomez discusses becoming a makeup mogul five years after founding Rare Beauty, building a life with Benny Blanco and her mental health journey. Read the full cover story here. {Allure}

Ralph Lauren launches AI shopping experience Ask Ralph

On Tuesday, Ralph Lauren launched Ask Ralph, an AI-powered conversational shopping experience that invites consumers to engage with the brand’s style. Ask Ralph provides styling inspiration via multiple shoppable visual laydowns of complete outfits, personalized to a user’s prompts, from across the men’s and women’s Polo Ralph Lauren brand. Developed with Microsoft on its Azure OpenAI platform, Ask Ralph begins rolling out today to Ralph Lauren app users in the U.S. {Fashionista inbox}

Why beauty execs are writing books

In July, Beekman 1802 founders Dr. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell published “G.O.A.T. Wisdom: How to Build a Truly Great Business” with the Harvard Business Review. In June, Megababe founder Katie Sturino published her first novel, “Sunny Side Up,” while Bobbi Brown is slated to publish her first memoir in late September. Unlike in the beauty industry, where sales have largely boomed since 2020, the audience for books has been on a steady downturn in recent years, but even as many are turning to digital mediums, the appeal of a physical book still holds strong. {Glossy/paywalled}

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