These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Wednesday.

Chappell Roan covers W Magazine

Chappell Roan is the cover star for W Magazine’s Volume 3, The Pop Issue. Photographed by Tim Walker and styled by Genesis Webb, Roan wears a Chanel Haute Couture dress on the cover. In the cover story written by Lynn Hirschberg, Roan reflects on maintaining hope after her first record deal was canceled, reacting to hearing her music on the radio for the first time and attending Paris Fashion Week. W Magazine’s Pop Issue will be available on newsstands May 13. Read Roan’s full cover story here. {W Magazine}

Prada Group sales rise 13% in Q1

Prada Group released its first quarter results on Wednesday, which showed net revenues of €1.34 billion ($1.5 billion) and retail sales of €1.22 billion ($1.43 billion), both up 13% year-over-year. Miu Miu was the group’s shining star as it saw a 60% rise in Q1 sales. Miu Miu’s leather goods was its fastest-growing category, while Prada’s performance remained stable year-over-year. Prada Group’s acquisition of Versace was announced on April 10, with closing expected in H2 2025 upon regulatory approvals. {Fashionista inbox}

How Anrealage created Beyoncé’s LED dress

During Beyoncé’s first stop on her “Cowboy Carter” tour in Los Angeles, she debuted an LED dress created by Kunihiko Morinaga, the designer behind the Japanese brand Anrealage. During her performance of “Daughter,” the dress’ 35,000 full-color LEDs transformed to match the song’s progression. Morinaga previously collaborated with Beyoncé during the singer’s “Renaissance” era and was invited to create the one-of-a-kind dress, which uses a wireless control system created by Mplusplus to program the lights’ choreography. The entire production of the dress took about six weeks. {WWD/paywalled}

Walmart releases Modern Dandy Collection by AC Miller

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Ahead of the Met Gala on May 5, Walmart unveiled the Modern Dandy Collection by AC Miller. Designed by AC Miller’s Marquise Miller and Aaron Christmon, the seven-piece capsule collection is inspired by the art and legacy of Black Dandyism, or a fashion movement and cultural statement that celebrates Black individuality. The accompanying campaign was photographed by Joshua Kissi in a historic Harlem brownstone featuring Joey Bada$$, Syd Acker and Sean Lyles. Ranging in price from $13 to $26, the Modern Dandy Collection includes caps, hoodies and tees that are available now exclusively on walmart.com. {Fashionista inbox}

Nike assembles team for new brand with Skims

Nike Inc. is putting together a team of executives and designers to operate NikeSkims, a new brand delivering a line of “training apparel, footwear and accessories” with its first collection releasing this spring. NikeSkims will operate under Nike as a sub-brand, which means the NikeSkims brand will have its own products, marketing and growth targets and will be run separately from Nike’s sports divisions. Nike has moved employees over to NikeSkims, including at least five executives in marketing and operations. Management selected 14-year Nike veteran Jordan Mills to lead operations at the division, which is hiring more employees in product development, merchandise planning, studio operations and graphic design, according to posted job listings. {Bloomberg/paywalled}

Black Dandyism in the spotlight: 7 pieces of fashion history

This year’s Met Gala exhibit, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” investigates how dandyism, a style of elevated dress once imposed upon enslaved people, was remade by Black aesthetes into a tool of social mobility and self-definition. Monica L. Miller, the guest curator of the exhibition and a professor of Africana studies at Barnard College, expanded on seven items featured in the exhibit for The New York Times. She examined a 1940s-era Zoot Suit, a Livery coat and waistcoat from 1840, André Leon Talley’s luggage, Sylvester’s sequined jacket from 1980 and more. {The New York Times/paywalled}

Why are toys going viral in 2025?

Labubu, or small bunny-like toys with a doll’s face, is now a street style staple, Jellycats are the fastest-selling toy brand at Selfridges and other Pop Mart “blind box” toys are becoming increasingly popular among adults. This fascination with toys and childish goods offers insight into today’s luxury consumer: Shoppers are seeking out experiences and products that bring comfort and happiness in uncertain times. When the world feels unpredictable, consumers lean into nostalgia as a form of escapism, thus fueling the rise of these collectible toys. {Vogue Business/paywalled}

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