I like her products, they are fine
I like her lookbook, they are great
However, Chloe has an easy case like Peter's Tom Ford, both brands have a strong relevant imagery, the suits just need to find a creative with not much personal ego and play it safe
It's much harder for Gucci, McQueen, Givenchy, Moschino, Lanvin and Ferragamo etc to redefine themselves I think
Not really IMO.
I mean, Chemena at Chloe works and somehow feels Oh so right because ultimately, she understands the brand. She is the woman and all. But apparently, the brand imagery wasn’t strong enough for them to struggle for such a longtime.
Alber at Lanvin felt so right that we somehow forgot that he looked at the archives. Lanvin felt so natural to him.
Riccardo…People are quick to remember the Rottweiler and the more buzz things he did later on but when you look at his first RTW show and a lot of his earlier shows, he got Givenchy!
Some people makes totally 1 with a designer, a brand or an aesthetic. Those are the ones who are usually more confident to push things. Look at Nicolas at Balenciaga…From the first collection!
I think about Ferragamo. Their issues started when they hired Paul Andrew. Before that, they had a line up of designers who totally understood the ethos of the brand.
I don’t think Peter Hawkings is the ultimate guy for Tom Ford but he is one of the architect of the menswear so he is important.
The problem of those brands are the suits. How is it possible that on TFS, we are able to make more intelligent brand/designers pairings than those people. Yes some of us knows and understand the industry but when you love and look at fashion, know history, have an understanding of the environment, you make good judgement.
Frida Giannini should have been at Ferragamo. When you look at her work, it’s so obvious!
When you look at the progression of Riccardo’s work from his early days at Givenchy, you truly understand that his lineage comes from Versace. That’s why everybody want to see him at Versace.
So much talk has been made about Christopher Kane. He is not a hot name now but in reality, he probably belonged to Alaia.
There’s no easy or difficult brand really. It’s really about having the eye for it. The talents are there!