Designers Switching Houses & Moving to New Brands

[Salvatore]

It just raises even more for me the question of having MGC dragging that farewell tour longer.
Clearly, if they are so ready to move on that JWA is already working on collections for next spring, what’s the point of organizing destination shows for this.

They will probably want the JWA nomination to have an effect on Dior so I suspect that campaigns will come out this summer and they will probably push a new bag or something earlier.
Resort arrives in stores in November. So they are probably going to kill the collection anyway to have the JWA era in stores.

MGC probably was going to milk LVMH dry if her demands were not nearly met.

 

[LadyJunon]

It just raises even more for me the question of having MGC dragging that farewell tour longer.
Clearly, if they are so ready to move on that JWA is already working on collections for next spring, what’s the point of organizing destination shows for this.

It's because she knows that fashion history won't be very kind to her.

While MGC holds the title of being Dior's first female creative director and her work was commercially successful, she never produced anything memorable or iconic throughout her entire tenure. JWA is loved by the industry, so if he strikes a chord with Dior's customers, she'll just simply be forgotten, while he gets to build a Galliano-style epic.

It's quite sad, but that's often the fate for designers who have purely customer-centric approaches to design.

 

[Olaffo]

Carven has appointed Mark Thomas as design director

The Chinese-owned, French heritage house has chosen to promote from within.

www.voguebusiness.com

 

[tourbillions]

hope he isnt another grindr find... and is talented

 

[Thefrenchy]

JS announcement tomorrow

 

[Salvatore]

JS announcement tomorrow

For Daniel Lee ?

 

[Thefrenchy]

^ Nope

 

[proseccotabis]

For Daniel Lee ?

SB

 

[Salvatore]

Oh

 

[LasagneDelRey]

I don’t know who to believe, PDFSD or Thefrenchy 😭

 

[eugenius]

JS announcement tomorrow

Jim Sander. I forgot who posted that, but it still makes me laugh…

 

[proseccotabis]

JS announcement tomorrow

 

[yslforever]

Do you think JWA and MGC are working in the very same building ? With the same seamstresses ?
That would be so awkward…

 

[Salvatore]

Do you think JWA and MGC are working in the very same building ? With the same seamstresses ?
That would be so awkward…

Well he is working already on menswear so I am sure he's doing the haute couture and using some of the hands from there.

 

[LadyJunon]

Do you think JWA and MGC are working in the very same building ? With the same seamstresses ?
That would be so awkward…

Well he is working already on menswear so I am sure he's doing the haute couture and using some of the hands from there.

The men's RTW, women's RTW and HC studio are all seperate (to the point that men's is even in a different building, I think), so there shouldn't be too much clash. That said, it's been proven that Dior can make a HC collection in less than month if neccessary.

 

[Thefrenchy]

I don’t know who to believe, PDFSD or Thefrenchy 😭

 

[Salvatore]

The men's RTW, women's RTW and HC studio are all seperate (to the point that men's is even in a different building, I think), so there shouldn't be too much clash. That said, it's been proven that Dior can make a HC collection in less than month if neccessary.

Yes ^^ So that gives him even more freedom to work I imagine. I am so curious to see his menswear debut. I got into his Loewe for men right when he is leaving. Also couture could go really great or really bad, but I expect we are going to have capital F fashion.

 

[Thefrenchy]

According to my sources (so dramatic to say but...) JWA is already there, and allegedly not "hiding" at all (as in, you can see him around the office). From what I'm told, many of his team have already transferred. I wonder what's taking so long for the announcement...

 

[Salvatore]

According to my sources (so dramatic to say but...) JWA is already there, and allegedly not "hiding" at all (as in, you can see him around the office). From what I'm told, many of his team have already transferred. I wonder what's taking so long for the announcement...

Didn't someone say it was MGC ? I doubt she has that type of power, unless it was a part of her negotiations. That's all I can think of.

 

[proseccotabis]

Well rosso wants to turn JS into a Hermès with edge..💀 lets see how that goes

With little to no budget? Lmao