^ Please don't take this the wrong way but really? Nicholas is one of Anna's protégé? Really.
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I've just never read/seen/thought of her as a mentor to him like she is with Galliano or Theyskens or the NY designers.
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Sorry to bring VP/Carine into again but there is no doubt that they are huge supporters of Nicholas and Balenciaga.
PS Thanks borjacapella for explaining the Tommy rumour. I forgot to thank you.
do note how i tried to emphasize that it's not an overtly public "protectorship"
not in an obvious, public way like de la Renta or Thakoon
and there's of course Galliano or Theyskens as you pointed out! Marc Jacobs could also be part of the group, no?
The thing about Ghesquiere is really just an impression i've always had, from tiny details and because I think Nicholas' style very much fits the stereotype designer Anna has always liked.
It's all young and daring talents (perhaps not so young anymore
), willing to break the rules in an ancient couture house.
The only thing I see different about Ghesquiere is he has always been much more private (not like galliano or marc who sort of have a celebrity status). To me, that could explain why her support is more "behind closed doors" in this case.
Sorry but I rewatched The September Issue the other day and Miuccia is not in it. Anna does wear Prada throughout the doco but I can't recall any mention of Miuccia or her fabrics in it.
it's Virginia Smith saying it. I think the lines go something like
"Anna spoke to miss Prada on your behalf"
and in comes Anna and says that they thought "the fabrics were so heavy you couldn't move"
and I can't remember if before of after that, Virginia explained that they "really pushed" to change to a "degradé fabric that is silk and mohair, as opposed to the heavy wool and mohair"
to me it's one of the biggest examples of how far Anna's power reaches.
It goes beyond taking pictures and putting them on the pages of Vogue, beyond satisfying companies by putting their clothes on the cover, having a double or triple page advertisement...
I don't think anyone else can talk that straight to a designer like prada who, lets face it, can pretty much do as she wishes knowing it will all fly off the racks eventually (that may be a bit exaggerated actually, buy we get the idea, no?)
Carine may be the most photographed by the streetstyle photographers, and her magazine may have an edge other commercial books can't get, but do not ask her about fabrics and all.
She has even said in interviews that she couldn't care less if the clothes are "triple cashemere" or "simple cashemere" or the references to other designers.
She sees the girl, then imagines the story, and then she dresses the girl (keeping advertisers happy, of course)
