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Ha brilliant.Cynical? I like it.belletrist said:Translation from Dior: "we want to expand, to make both t-shirts that will be sold to hardcore kinny teenagers *and* suits for older rich men who will be attracted by THE brand. Of course, production will be moved in Turkey, and instructions will be given to italian factories for them to use cheaper fabrics and workmanship. We'll open new outlets, and, of course, we'll make them cheaper than the stupid ones Hedi designed."
Translation from Van Assche "My clothes don't sell well [maybe because the fit is mad, the design is bland, and the prices don't make sense for a new designer] so I decided to earn money when Dior offered me the job, probably because I want to survive. I won't do anything interesting at Dior, I'll follow instructions I'll be given by LVMH and no latter than June everybody will be able to see a wider blander silhouette. All the press will kiss our bum and say that, after all, it's still great without Hedi, because they need LVMH ads."
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jpolla said:Ha brilliant.Cynical? I like it.
Yeh true in all fairness we should wait and see but having looked at KVA's past collections I dont see anything too exciting. Its just unwearable and boring.
You know....Sportswear suits etc what?
His spring/summer 07 collection was particularly boring. Okay its wearible but him at dior? Really?
Agree.valerique said:I like it that they're trying. I'll just wait and see before judging.
Starling said:KvA har already been heavily involved with several of the Dior Homme collections, i think he is the most fitted to succeed Slimane.
Lena said:i didnt knew this, if its true, then this explains why they choosed him
Lena said:^ was him? if he was, he sure wasnt mentioned in the Press
anyway, he's been busy building up his own company & client base, not sure if he'd like to join LVMH at this point, much more since the 'managers' seem pretty annoyed with being unable to cash in Hedi's hype at the bank..
the issue is that Hedi was NOT selling to the typical Dior Homme client and they just had to try with someone who wouldnt be a Hedi-kind-of-hype-designer-star
and Taralis could be the new Hedi after all right? so he wasnt 'right' for the post
new_dawn_fades said:icing on the cake pretty much...i cant agree more with both of you.
what about his other stuff? its horrible imo. im sure there are the usual trousers and jackets that one might find "interesting"... but theres nothing avant-guard about him... kris is probably my least favourite belgian designer after dirk bikkembirgs...after he "sold his soul to the eurotrash devil" as an ex-member of this forum used to say.
FOLLOW THE RULES: KRIS VAN ASSCHE
The wunderkind designer from Belgium shares his guidelines for looking good.Photograph by Pierre Bailly
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Style is about personality. The same thing can look cool on one guy and disgusting on another. A basic suit would never look boring on Sean Penn because he has so much character.
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Hats should become a “must” again. All my shows have had hats made with Parisian milliner Maison Michel. The models try to steal them.
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Jeans aren’t my thing. My version of jeans are baggy black pants. The only real pair I own are Helmut Lang.
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The ruggedness of a three-day beard balances a nice suit. I don’t like a shaved face. It’s a problem when we do the shows in Paris after Milan. The models come back looking like Barbie dolls. I don’t even recognize them.
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The Belle Époque was such a stylish time for men—it was all about bow ties and hats, black and white. You can’t go back to that, but you can draw inspiration from it.
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The vest is the new jacket. It looks smart, but it’s not restrictive. In the summer, I’m always wearing T-shirts with vests.
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If you asked me a year ago which color I would never use, I would have said yellow. But the inspiration of my spring show had a slight eighties feel—American Gigolo—so there was a lot of yellow and red. Never say never.
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I love tattoos on other people. I’ve always been too scared to do it. It’s not the pain I’m afraid of—it’s wanting to get rid of it the next day. Body piercings are not for me, but I do wear Cartier diamonds in my left ear.
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Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis are the coolest couple on earth. When you see them together, it’s like, “Wow!” He‘s the only man who can make funny glasses look cool.
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I’m not a white-space addict anymore. My old apartment was a loft in a very gray industrial building with nothing inside. Now my home has objects and paintings, like a little framed Madonna from a flea market, to make it my own.
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I love tattoos on other people. I’ve always been too scared to do it. It’s not the pain I’m afraid of—it’s wanting to get rid of it the next day. Body piercings are not for me, but I do wear Cartier diamonds in my left ear.
5AvenueMarceau said:Horrible images of puff daddy in dior homme suddenly popped up.