Designers Switching Houses & Moving to New Brands

[Kanzai]

^ Not a follower means “I’m not crazy for his works” haha, he’s one of the greats and a designer’s designer. Azzedine is just too much of a perfectionist and idealist for my taste.
I’m not really a hardcore couture person, so it makes sense that masters of pure craft and cutting don’t fully align with my preferences (Galliano, Gres, McQueen, Vionnet etc belong to this category).

At the end of the day, it’s just a matter of taste lol.

 

[Caffeine]

I think the hate and negativity towards Raf, Pieter and Blazy is sometimes really too much. I also find their work rather sterile and off-putting, but to discard them as bad creative directors is really a discredit to their work. Pieter, while producing rather sterile collections at Alaia, did really take the brand further and made it into a more mature brand that can be run by a group beyond its founder. He maintained some of the codes and matured others. In my opinion he did a fine job at Alaia, and richemont must be very happy with its performance. What suprised me about his Alaia is how many younger girls where into it, which in addition to Alaia's staples are a welcome touch. As for Versace, I think he will be a better fit than Alaia, Versace is inherently more 'designed' and is more dependent on brand building. I think also Pieters taste level will be a welcome addition to the Versace brand. The big question is, can Pieter do sexier stuff, not this intellectual bullsh*t, but good old Italian sex appeal? How about the mens? In the end its good that Prada bought Versace, its a very Italian brand, and I think its really fitting that its owned by an Italian family led company. Its tragic that Dario Vitale was caught in all of this, a really good designers career might have been cut short.

I don't hate MB but I hate that he now designs for Chanel, a house that is 10x larger in revenue and with a very established history and know how. He is unfit for Chanel. He is more appropriate for a smaller and more conceptual brand.

 

[Demna]

Gauthier Borsarello exists Fursac

 

[callmejaeden]

I always thought that after Donatella, Allegra should have taken over the house and Donatella remains as a face for the brand and pr, etc.

 

[PDFSD]

I always thought that after Donatella, Allegra should have taken over the house and Donatella remains as a face for the brand and pr, etc.

Sadly Allegra is not a strong creative mind the projects she worked on are not great and her health issues don't help her either .
She was also one of the biggest stakeholder in Versace more than Donatella, but they sold it so its not really up to them who continues when things are not selling .

 

[FashionPower]

I always thought that after Donatella, Allegra should have taken over the house and Donatella remains as a face for the brand and pr, etc.

Have you seen the Versace Jeans Couture projects she consulted / styled?
It was worse than Philipp Plein both image and style wise.
Unfortunately she's just another example of a talentless nepo baby.

 

[Creative]

I always thought that after Donatella, Allegra should have taken over the house and Donatella remains as a face for the brand and pr, etc.

And how do you know if Allegra is a strong designer?🧐