Discussion: Who Should Be The Creative Director of Balenciaga?

[yslforever]

Raf is Miuccia's heir. I don't think he is going anywhere else.

I am suddenly all for a 100% inheritance tax.

 

[Thefrenchy]

I'd be curious to see how Chitose Abe would approach Balenciaga. She would probably take it more a step towards the NG era, yet she proved she could do successful pieces for the hype beasts with those sneakers and so on...

 

[Olaffo]

Lauren Sherman on Puck News was saying Raf Simons is being talked about for Balenciaga…

I mean they just hired a new head designer for menswear so maybe Miuccia is leaving window open to conclude co-directorship…I’m intrigued by Raf at Balenciaga due to his architecture background…

 

[fashionsavvvvvy]

I mean if it was few months ago i would say you are crazy if you said Raf leaving Prada for another house, but now im open to believe craziest sh*t bc i know it can happen

 

[PDFSD]

I am suddenly all for a 100% inheritance tax.

used to be fabio he was in her legal will was the story always at prada...look where he is now..........prada & sons can do a 180 on Raf nothing is set in stone at prada as soon as the formula dont work any more

 

[reese06]

Nicolas di Felice or Chitose Abe I could see.

Riccardo Tisci I could also see if he is invested and present.

They all have the experience to do streetwear and then transition the brand without alienating and destabilizing the house.

i don’t even consider Dior a competitor right now.
Kering is so far behind

 

[TomBlanksFullFatMiuMiu]

Especially with two super artsy designers going to Dior and Chanel

Still in disbelief
What a sad era dark times for fashion

 

[Cocteau Stone]

I’ll do it. I’ll go to Balenciaga! I really would (who cares about about Kerings treatment at this point), mainly just to peruse the archives 😅

All honesty, Chitose would be exciting. Or even Sharon Wauchob. Chitose is more technical, whereas Sharon is more ephemeral so they’d be very different approaches.

 

[Xone]

Raf is Miuccia's heir. I don't think he is going anywhere else.

Unless the heir wants to do it...and suddenly they bring a menswear designer (Paul S) to Prada....
mmm suspicious...
I hope Mrs Prada will be in charge of Prada alone again ...

 

[GivenchyHomme]

I know it won’t happen, but Natacha Ramsay-Levi could bring back some of that NG era coolness back to the brand. Plus, she’s already familiar with the brand. Her talent was wasted at Chloe.

 

[oioioi]

I know it won’t happen, but Natacha Ramsay-Levi could bring back some of that NG era coolness back to the brand. Plus, she’s already familiar with the brand. Her talent was wasted at Chloe.

Yes wont happen, the relationship between NG, Ramsay-Levi, MAS and Kering are broken since Balenciaga.

I would also love to see Nico de Felice somewhere bigger, not sure about Balenciaga though not because Pinault wouldn't ask him but he contributed to NG's vision his entire career other than a 1.5 year stint for Raf Dior. I wonder if he would find it difficult to separate his path of thinking with what he was contributing to NG's vision there, and maybe not want to touch it because nothing for him can top NG's era?

 

[KilltheLook]

I know it won’t happen, but Natacha Ramsay-Levi could bring back some of that NG era coolness back to the brand. Plus, she’s already familiar with the brand. Her talent was wasted at Chloe.

This is a compliment for Natacha but she's way too intellectual for Chloe. Chloe needs something easy to digest so all the rich bohemian girls can fawn over.

Balenciaga I think at this point is even more mass then Chloe so I don't think Natacha will work there... She does need a good merchandiser to bring her vision down to the consumer level.

 

[PDFSD]

This is a compliment for Natacha but she's way too intellectual for Chloe. Chloe needs something easy to digest so all the rich bohemian girls can fawn over.

Balenciaga I think at this point is even more mass then Chloe so I don't think Natacha will work there... She does need a good merchandiser to bring her vision down to the consumer level.

Natacha is way to much up into NG black hole of universe :-) to do anything different than the over design and stiff sci fi light costumes she is obsessed with and furthermore she has no commercial vision to balance all the sci fi disguised as intellect vomit she designs.

Natacha is also good at taking brand application projects and using them 1:1 in her fashion show collection like its her own research, as happened to a friend of mine.

Nasty Natasha needs therapy not a merchandiser.

 

[proseccotabis]

Raf is Miuccia's heir. I don't think he is going anywhere else.

Wow i miss miuccia in advance already lol

 

[Avonlea]

Natacha's Chloe was both overdesigned and cheap looking. Wouldn't mind not seeing her at the helm of any brand again.

 

[jeanclaude]

Another one I´d love to see at Balenciaga is Narciso Rodriguez. I can only dream...😞

 

[Lola701]

Look, I want Balenciaga to be stored and compete with Dior in the style space. I don't know if it will happen but I don't need any edgy brand. I want a couture house that knows how to cut patterns and make great accessories. But given it's Kering, this is wishful thinking.

The gap is too wide today. Balenciaga can compete with Celine or Loewe but Chanel and Dior are such large and well oiled machines that it’s almost impossible.
And then Balenciaga will have another problem post-Demna with the products that will flood the outlets, and others discounts. The brand has literally went from ultra exclusive under Nicolas to ultra accessible under Demna.

I know it won’t happen, but Natacha Ramsay-Levi could bring back some of that NG era coolness back to the brand. Plus, she’s already familiar with the brand. Her talent was wasted at Chloe.

Do we really always need to bring back the feeling of the past when it will never live up to it?
I think she is talented but I would rather have her at Acne Studios. I loved her Chloe but maybe too edgy.

I wish more financially strong contemporary brands would be more ambitious in terms of design because I think she is that kind of talent that could help one of those brands be at another level.

I think the problem with some NG people is that Nicolas shaped their aesthetic. So, in the luxury market, without a strong DNA at a house, NG is always going to be better because it’s forward thinking, commercially strong while being totally retro-futuristic.

Nicolas Di Felice don’t have to suffer from those NG comparison because he has a strong minimalist aesthetic on his own.