| Hello and welcome from a sweltering London to Fashion Matters. As we all know, London falls apart in hot weather: it has been interesting to watch different approaches around how to beat the heat this week. Rather than broiling at home, I went to the National Theatre to see Les Liaisons Dangereuses starring Lesley Manville and Aiden Turner on Tuesday night, buoyed by the prospect of air conditioning when it was still 34 degrees at 7pm. I wasn’t the only one with that idea; hundreds of young people with laptops had also retreated inside and were tapping away with no intention of watching a play (a full house, as it happens). I am also being inundated with requests about what to wear for work. Shall we do a newsletter with shopping options next week? Let me know by replying to this email. The murder investigation gripping the fashion world
Jonathan Andic being escorted by police officers from a courthouse in Martorell near Barcelona last week — he was released after a few hours on €1mn bail © Getty Isak Andic, the co-founder of Spanish fashion giant Mango and one of fashion’s richest men, was hiking in Catalonia, Spain, when he fell to his death in December 2024. The only witness? His son, Jonathan Andic, who was arrested by police in Barcelona last week as a suspect in a homicide investigation, before being released on a €1mn euro bail. This week, Andic, 45, said he would step down from his role as vice chair of the fashion retailer to focus on his defence, insisting that he was innocent and being misrepresented in a “distorted” public narrative. As my colleague Barney Jopson notes: Isak Andic, a Turkey-born immigrant who moved to Spain in 1970, had an estimated $4.5bn fortune at the time of his death. Jonathan Andic and his two sisters now own 95 per cent of the company, with the remainder in the hands of its chief executive Toni Ruiz. In 2012, Mango revealed that Jonathan Andic had become one of two vice-chairs with Isak remaining as chair. But the court order painted a picture of a troubled relationship between father and son. The judge cited witnesses confirming Jonathan Andic fell into “professional, personal and family crisis” owing to his lossmaking stint running Mango day-to-day in the late 2010s. That ended with his father retaking the reins. 
Andic began by importing blouses from Turkey, the country of his birth, and turned Mango into a Spanish fashion giant © Getty/Alamy Initial investigations by local police suggested Andic’s death was accidental, with Jonathan stating that his father slipped and fell while his back was turned. But as Barney writes in his profile of the Andic heir: The judge pointed to “contradictions” in Andic’s account of what happened on the fatal hike. Jonathan told police at first that his father had stopped to take photos, but when Isak’s body was recovered his phone was in his front trouser pocket — and it contained no images taken in the last place he stood. Jonathan said he had hiked along the same route roughly two weeks earlier, but vehicle-tracking data showed he had driven to the area three times in the previous week. His own phone also vanished in what the judge called “strange circumstances”. His secretary said it was stolen during a three-day trip to Ecuador in March 2025, which the judge noted coincided with media reports that investigators had reopened a case into Isak’s death. The Andic family has stood behind Jonathan from the beginning. Still, the unfolding scandal has the eyes of Spain — and the fashion industry — laser-focused on its every twist and turn. No doubt there will be more to come soon. Sloane Street vs Bond Street
New stores on Sloane Street, clockwise from top left: Toteme, Temperley, Zimmermann, Veronica Beard, Ami Paris, Erdem © FT Composite Have you walked down London’s main luxury retail thoroughfare Bond Street lately? Was it full of vast empty flagships and glimpses of bored looking security guards and associates? Annachiara Biondi notes in a story for Style this week that the southern end of Sloane Street is emerging as a hub for aspirational independent brands opening new boutiques in the city, lured by the presence of reliable and wealthy consumers, while Bond Street has long been reliant on tourist footfall. Anna writes about several attractions for these brands. Cadogan Estates’ funding of a makeover of the street and nearby Sloane Square through a £60mn investment. At €7,327 per square metre per year, a store in Sloane Street is also considerably more affordable than one in Bond Street, which comes at €19,228 per square metre, according to data from estate agent Savills. The fact that Bond Street feels rather empty and soulless at a time where people are looking for more from stores. And as readers noted under the story, much of the street is under scaffolding, and people resent some of the policies now in place like roped lines and pre-appointments at some stores.
And finally…
Diane Keaton in her signature bowler hat © Ruvén Afanador, courtesy of Bonhams When we compiled a round-up of fashion’s most memorable moments last year, several readers wrote in to complain we had missed a major one: the death of Diane Keaton and a dissection of her distinctive style legacy. We have attempted to right that wrong with a large feature this week, ahead of a Bonhams auction of much of her personal wardrobe. “Keaton’s wardrobe was inherently curated, each look distinctly her own,” Anna Hicks, Bonhams’ head of private and iconic collections, told Mark C O’Flaherty. “The auction spans everything from Gucci pieces to high-street brands like H&M, and the Ralph Lauren suit and coat she wore to the 2020 Oscars, which encapsulates her signature style: menswear tailoring, layered pieces, a hat and a bold belt — quintessentially Diane.” 
Keaton’s signature menswear style in ‘Annie Hall’ (1977) © Alamy The June 8 sale also includes a significant collection of her monochrome ensembles: a Rick Owens black leather skirt suit, an Armani white tuxedo shirt with black Dior tuxedo pants; and various Prada combat boots and black and white GH Bass Weejuns loafers. I have never really understood the allure of celebrity auctions, though apparently I am in the minority given the crazed figures many items can go for. (Some buyers often tip themselves into bankruptcy, such is their desire to own possessions that belonged to an idol). Still, if you were — or are — a fan of Keaton’s unquestionably influential personal style, this is your big chance. NewsLululemon shakes up board as part of truce with founder (FT) Can GLP-1 drugs save the mall? (FT) Everlane finalises sale to Shein, the fast fashion giant (New York Times, requires subscription) How luxury lost 50mn consumers (BoF)
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