Designer’s Last Collection Before Being Let Go (Their Swan Song)

[TomBlanksFullFatMiuMiu]

With all the musical chairs going on, I want to start a thread focusing on designers' final collections ~ their swan songs before being let go from a major house. Do they go big, or have they already given up and are just collecting their paychecks?

This season, FW2025, we have Jil Sander and Kim Jones at Dior Homme so far
And maybe Maria’s Dior, maybe Daniel Lee's Burberry

My favorite will always be Marc Jacobs' Louis Vuitton Spring 2014 collection, and I am grateful that LVMH allowed for such an elaborate set

 

[IsabelMarantBoy]

Olivier Theysken's for Nina Ricci Fall 2009, what a show! Those platform shoes live rent free in my mind, I hope to one day find a pair



Other honorable mentions include Gucci Fall 2005 by Alessandra Fachinetti, Marni Spring 2017 by Consuelo Castiglioni, and Chloe Fall 2008 by Paulo Melim Andersson.

 

[TomBlanksFullFatMiuMiu]

Alber Elbaz's Lanvin Spring 2016 (with original soundtrack)

 

[Olaffo]

Karl Lagerfeld’s last Chanel collection. Always and forever!

 

[Salvatore]

Let me just say, great thread idea @TomBlanksFullFatMiuMiu !!!

I'm too lazy to post Tom Ford's last collections for Gucci and YSL. I preferred his YSL collection to the Gucci one for sure !