Gucci Loses Shoppers to Louis Vuitton as Fashion Cachet Fades

[travolta]

Originally Posted by fashionista-ta

I went into the Gucci store here for the first time not long ago to check out a pair of shoes for someone here on tFS. (They were totally ugly in person compared to the pic but be that as it may.) The store was in complete disarray--seems like there was an electrician there on a ladder right smack in the middle of the store rewiring the ceiling fixtures or something. The SAs ignored me, they seemed to be preoccupied with some gangstas. The carpet/padding was so deep/soft that my heels sank into it & I could barely walk. (First time that's happened anywhere ... ) Meanwhile they were also ignoring another actual Gucci customer ... a middle-aged woman who I think it would be quite fair to say was fashion-unaware, but was carrying a Gucci bag & apparently was in the market for more. One of the SAs finally spoke to me on my way out.

Based on this experience I have absolutely no trouble believing this report. I have actually never seen a "luxury" store in such disarray.

which gucci store did you visit? was it the flagship?

[fashionista-ta]

^ The store in Dallas ... not a flagship I don't think ... it better not be

[Mutterlein]

They've definitely downgraded themselves to being something comparable to D&G, I always assumed that's what the plan was and that Frida was doing an exceptional job making that shift.

Certainly it doesn't have the same sophistication that Tom had but I've enjoyed the collections being sure to look at them exactly for what they are; commercial, understandable, cute, and heavy connotation of wealth.

They should just give Yvan Mispleare full creative control over RTW and let Frida concentrate on selling the leather, she was pretty good at it. And certainly with him publicly designing the collection it would give the brand the sorely needed fashion cache.

[disco54]

Originally Posted by Andymoon

They still have the name "GUCCI"...and it means a lot.

You seem a bit young but back in the 80s , I remember Gucci was considered a cheap brand , this wasnt helped by the proliferation of fake gucci bags and watches which you get off the street in NYC back then so easily. Gucci had its hey day in the 70s and under tom ford.

[fashionista-ta]

Originally Posted by Mutterlein

They've definitely downgraded themselves to being something comparable to D&G, I always assumed that's what the plan was and that Frida was doing an exceptional job making that shift.

Certainly it doesn't have the same sophistication that Tom had but I've enjoyed the collections being sure to look at them exactly for what they are; commercial, understandable, cute, and heavy connotation of wealth.

They should just give Yvan Mispleare full creative control over RTW and let Frida concentrate on selling the leather, she was pretty good at it. And certainly with him publicly designing the collection it would give the brand the sorely needed fashion cache.

OMG Mutterlein!!! You are hilarious

[smartarse]

Originally Posted by disco54

You seem a bit young but back in the 80s , I remember Gucci was considered a cheap brand , this wasnt helped by the proliferation of fake gucci bags and watches which you get off the street in NYC back then so easily. Gucci had its hey day in the 70s and under tom ford.

before the knockoffs of Canal St [NYC] Gucci was one of the premier leather goods with that said, yes, Gucci knockoffs of the 80's and well into the 90's were as rampant as fake LV's of today.

*I do love the Gucci accessories but i can't say the same for its RTW.