Aerin Lauder, granddaughter of Estée Lauder, has gone back to work after the summer break with the scope of her duties greatly reduced. The former style and image director of the Estée Lauder company is now responsible only for the Re-Nutriv product range. She has held that position as well as the post of artistic director of her own high-end fragrance and cosmetics brand, simply called Aerin, which also belongs to the family, since 2012.

She is stepping back at a time when the Lauder family has for