Designers Switching Houses & Moving to New Brands

[vogue22]

Honestly i don't see Hedi at Armani tragic maybe only for Emporio? Armani have so many categories that Hedi's control freak could unleash wildly lol

Why not! And what about Tisci at CK Calvin Klein while we're at it!

 

[yslforever]

Miss Tweed said PPP is going to Fendi. I think it's a major mistake. His Valentino was super hard for retail stores and very hard to sell... And he is very insipid as a designer. I don't hate him by any mean, but he is just pure meh.

Armani is one of the worst managed houses ever... It's run like your around the corner grocery store. Emporio Armani is beyond cheap. I doubt Hedi is going there, but who knows. If that's the case, he will have to cancel AX and EA, which are the lines that actually make the money for them. Also, they are so dependent on wholesale... I don't know if that could work.

I really don’t think AX or EA make money, the one EA store I know is always empty. They certainly earn much more daily with the Armani Caffe next door.
It’s probably the L’Oreal royalties, and to a lesser extent the hospitality division, which subsidize the losses everywhere else.
They can probably gut AX and EA if they up their accessories game at Giorgio Armani, the bags there are non-existent.
Plus Hedi would have a nice field day at Armani Casa.

 

[tourbillions]

Why not! And what about Tisci at CK Calvin Klein while we're at it!

i think he would go only somewhere big like armani or versace. not sure he would consider ck at all. neither do i think ck has that kind of money for a cd. He can go to louis vuitton once ghesquire goes to chanel. Pharrel and tisci in the same house would be a hypebeast dream. While keeping their made to order rtw desirable.

I still think replacing him at burberry was a mistake... i still see his burberry around

 

[cul8tr]

IMO Galliano for Chanel is not a bad idea. He is perfect in useing codes of the certain brand and creating a new fresh things. Chanel is quite the same in years. He could bring a breath of fresh air to it. The new way of creativity. Other designer will do the same old stuff with a young/LA/t-shirt approach.

 

[IsabelMarantBoy]

Someone else mentioned it in another thread, but I would looooove to see Stefano Pilati go to Jil Sander!

I remember when he started this minimal streak of collections with Fall 2007 (still one I dream of to this day ), and continued through Fall 2009, if he tapped into that side of his design I could see it being something along the lines of what Raf was designing for the house his first few years.

 

[IndigoHomme]

my edit

 

[thiago:)]

Here we go…

 

[Creative]

It was about time. He was not able to create a single fashion moment in 4 years. The brand is one of the cheapest atm.

The only thing I remember from him is the MJ thing, the ugly Pilati thing and Demi Moore in a show.

 

[thiago:)]

Let’s not forget the disastrous collab Fendace…

 

[Lola701]

His contribution to Fendi: boredom and confusion.
His non-tenure at Fendi is as anecdotical as Lucie Meier and Serge Ruffieux’s tenure at Dior.

 

[Xone]

His contribution to Fendi: boredom and confusion.
His non-tenure at Fendi is as anecdotical as Lucie Meier and Serge Ruffieux’s tenure at Dior.

Wow i forgot about them lol....

 

[Lola701]

Wow i forgot about them lol....

See! Let’s hope that the same will be said about Kim Jones in 5 years lol

 

[style_expert]

Thank god this nightmare is over. Now, the decision to appoint KJ at Fendi was one of the biggest mistakes LVMH made in recent years. Please don't let this man get anywhere near womenswear, let alone couture, ever again!

So we are waiting for the PPP announcement now I guess?

 

[george5]

Here we go…

I'm the minority but I wish it was the other way around. Fendi has the resources and plataform to launch another Creative Director and era with ease; while Dior Homme (yes, I refuse to call it Dior Men) has been waiting for a strong leadership for almost a decade. Kim and his middle-of-the road offerings can't even compare to Kris Van Assche's weakest collections and that says a lot...

 

[yslforever]

I'm the minority but I wish it was the other way around. Fendi has the resources and plataform to launch another Creative Director and era with ease; while Dior Homme (yes, I refuse to call it Dior Men) has been waiting for a strong leadership for almost a decade. Kim and his middle-of-the road offerings can't even compare to Kris Van Assche's weakest collections and that says a lot...

I think it's just because his Fendi contract expires prior his Dior contract, but reasonably if one contract is not renewed why the second one would be extended ?
He's clearly underperforming at Fendi and at Dior Homme.

 

[george5]

I think it's just because his Fendi contract expires prior his Dior contract, but reasonably if one contract is not renewed why the second one would be extended ?
He's clearly underperforming at Fendi and at Dior Homme.

I feel that Kim is not able to sustain a long and stable performance for any brand, at least not in the way LVMH is used to. I guess they’re trying to save face after all the money they gave to make him happen. Maybe another Supreme collab is in the making to keep Dior Homme afloat…

 

[yslforever]

I feel that Kim is not able to sustain a long and stable performance for any brand, at least not in the way LVMH is used to. I guess they’re trying to save face after all the money they gave to make him happen. Maybe another Supreme collab is in the making to keep Dior Homme afloat…

Or they think that collabs, while being profitable, dilute the brand too much. Why a ERL x Dior if you can go directly to ERL ? Same for so many of their collabs.
LVMH, Bernard Arnault, likes to prune the brands to keep them sustainable and relevant. I recall an interview he gave 10 or 15 years ago where he talked about the "J'Adore Dior" line created by John, and how he will have to discontinue it to keep the brand from being dependant on one product or one line. And I noticed LVMH did that several times, imho recently the most noticeable exemple is the discontinuation of the "open walk" loafers at Loro Piana, they were so popular they must have accounted for at least 50% of the sales back then. Now you simply can't find them at all, but the brand has continued to evolve, and few people noticed.

 

[brandon J pierre]

All this moving around is spelling one thing ! disaster ahead !!

 

[Creative]

All this moving around is spelling one thing ! disaster ahead !!

I think it’s a sign that the fashion system we’ve had during the last 10 years is burnt as hell…