Discussion: Who Should Be The Creative Director of Chanel?

[tourbillions]

christian siriano! the young and thriving designer of the new york scene finally breaks through and makes it in paris fashion week as the new creative director of chanel! We love to see it.

Or why not throw in Rick Owens as well and his cult.

Edit: Can a Hedi stan pleasee open my eyes, show me what im missing. Show me the collections or specific looks he made that will look amazing in the grand palais. Other than what the internet deems as "its so chanel" when they see Celine. Its obviously what gossip girl has been training them to think when they see Chanel and very far from Karl's fun and grand take on Chanel.

 

[DK92]

I found an article from Vogue Australia with a list of designers that Karl wanted to replace him at Chanel, he only named FOUR: Haider Ackermann, Hedi Slimane, Alber Elbaz (R.I.P) and Phoebe Philo.

Honestly, I would like to see a completely NEW designer who has no connection to any current name in fashion, I know it sounds crazy, but I think it would be the best.

 

[tourbillions]

if they really want menswear they can hire thom browne as their menswear designer. i really would love to see that.

 

[Alquimista]

My dream would be Nicolas. I'm pretty sure he would take the job if he was free. It would be a true fashion moment both for him and Chanel. What he did to LV was fantastic. He's in good shape as a designer and the ability to manage the house.

The realistic choice is Hedi. I just don't know if he would accept because we know he wants total control. And maybe he don't have that sense of reinvention, doing something new each season that Chanel needs to keep clients engaged.

As for the concern about couture...From what I know, couture is just something specially fitted for an individual and done by hand. This is done by a good atelier which Chanel is famous for. So in this case the designer should be concerned with the design, idk what's so dramatic. lol

Other names dropped here:
Jeremy scott - Karl had a good sense of humor, people
PPP - Lots of sacks at couture and a weak rtw. Nope
Marc Jacobs - it's not 2004 anymore
Phoebe - I see it but she's so damn serious now
Sarah Burton - If Chanel was a bridal house
Alexandre Vauthier - idk if he can be a good CD
John Galliano - it's not 1998 anymore
Tisci - could work! He was a bit lazy at Burberry but not bad

 

[tourbillions]

My dream would be Nicolas. I'm pretty sure he would take the job if he was free. It would be a true fashion moment both for him and Chanel. What he did to LV was fantastic. He's in good shape as a designer and the ability to manage the house.

The realistic choice is Hedi. I just don't know if he would accept because we know he wants total control. And maybe he don't have that sense of reinvention, doing something new each season that Chanel needs to keep clients engaged.

As for the concern about couture...From what I know, couture is just something specially fitted for an individual and done by hand. This is done by a good atelier which Chanel is famous for. So in this case the designer should be concerned with the design, idk what's so dramatic. lol

Other names dropped here:
Jeremy scott - Karl had a good sense of humor, people
PPP - Lots of sacks at couture and a weak rtw. Nope
Marc Jacobs - it's not 2004 anymore
Phoebe - I see it but she's so damn serious now
Sarah Burton - If Chanel was a bridal house
Alexandre Vauthier - idk if he can be a good CD
John Galliano - it's not 1998 anymore
Tisci - could work! He was a bit lazy at Burberry but not bad

Nicolas i think is louis vuittons version of karl lagerfeld in chanel. i wish him a lifetime tenure as louis vuittons CD as i think he really found his place there and has established the louis vuitton woman.

Lots of brides would do anything to have a chance at chanel couture for their big day.

 

[tomtakesphotos]

nicolas at louis vuitton is interesting, because he has done so well there, and sure why not just stay forever

but what he did at balenciaga was definitely better, dont u think his clothing and vision is a bit lost on louis vuitton? if LV were to fire him and run on the ideas of the LVMH bean counters i wouldn't be sad at all, as long as he found another home, LV isn't the same as Chanel, Dior, Chloe etc. to me, it's bags, what Marc did with huge sets and collaborations etc was so fun to watch, but in the end wasn't all of it just to sell some bags? You could say the same about every brand, but, looking back at what Nicolas did at Balenciaga it was so so so much more than that, I think LV is destined like Hermes to just be about selling great bags, I'd rather the stars of big ideas like Nicolas and Haider and Raf stay at brands which suit the showcasing of clothing, shoes, building out a whole world and maintaining a brand's legacy... i feel like no one has a love for louis vuitton as a brand aside from the CDs besides like people who covet the LV logo leathergoods..

 

[gallianostan]

The thing that surprised me the most about this whole Chanel whirlwind is that @gallianostan (the tfser) didn't postulate Galliano as a front runner for the position.

love that i’ve got fans now. get off my dick tho pls

 

[Alquimista]

Nicolas i think is louis vuittons version of karl lagerfeld in chanel. i wish him a lifetime tenure as louis vuittons CD as i think he really found his place there and has established the louis vuitton woman.

Lots of brides would do anything to have a chance at chanel couture for their big day.

I love his work there but as @tomtakesphotos suggested, LV would never be a brand where fashion is at forefront. It's a leathergoods house first, fashion is a derivation. Nicolas is not totally free there in my view. At Chanel, his freedom would be greater. He would have a amazing fashion foundation to work with. The bags, shoes, perfumes would be extensions of his fashion vision.

 

[MulletProof]

Edit: Can a Hedi stan pleasee open my eyes, show me what im missing. Show me the collections or specific looks he made that will look amazing in the grand palais. Other than what the internet deems as "its so chanel" when they see Celine. Its obviously what gossip girl has been training them to think when they see Chanel and very far from Karl's fun and grand take on Chanel.

The mod team better grant temporary amnesty to volft so he can deliver the receipts in a 5,000-word post!

 

[yslforever]

No one wishes for a Daniel Lee or a JW Anderson move ?
Loewe is already doing Chanel bags right now, but Loewe colourways are much better.

 

[tourbillions]

The mod team better grant temporary amnesty to volft so he can deliver the receipts in a 5,000-word post!

i thought he made a new account and turned into a demna stan!

 

[Deleted member 116957]

So you would consider a lot of designers from the old guard like Alaia, Helmut Lang or Jil Sander to have had a lack of vision because they didn’t want to abide to an ever-increasing turnaround of collections, or diversifying their product offering to bags, sneakers, etc?

I mean, no surprise there we’re left with an industry in which very few designers still create decent work anymore.

It's worth noting that as far back as the 1970s, even Yves complained about this workload and the schedule of fashion.

(Also, I'm throwing Harris Reed's name into the hat.)

 

[Mr-Dale]

No one wishes for a Daniel Lee or a JW Anderson move ?
Loewe is already doing Chanel bags right now, but Loewe colourways are much better.

I feel like Loewe's buzz continues to be on the up and up under JWA right now...and JWA's buzz as well actually. If they split, neither would get better from it.

Surprised no-one's mentioned Simon Porte Jacquemus yet. From a personal pov, I don't think he has the dress-making or the design skills to do it, but I can see how it could make sense from a brand perspective. He's French, he's young, his name is hot and loved by celebs and consumers alike...building a runway spectacle is his MO, he understands marketing and he knows how to brand-build without having to answer to a mega-conglomerate. Plus, he's in Anna's pocket (didn't she just award him some Legion of Something Something medal?) Also, I remember this video of Karl and him meeting and they were discussing this magazine feature on buzzy new Paris designers or something and Simon wasn't scheduled to appear. A dumbfounded Karl made some calls immediately and, voila, he was in the feature.

I hate to admit it, but I can see it.

 

[gallianostan]

someone in this thread actually suggested harris reed. some of you really need your tfs privileges revoked

 

[Creative]

They are talking about a new “organization”, maybe they are planning to launch Chanel Homme with Hedi and somebody else doing women?

 

[Deleted member 116957]

someone in this thread actually suggested harris reed. some of you really need your tfs privileges revoked

Someone...

 

[Creative]

So you would consider a lot of designers from the old guard like Alaia, Helmut Lang or Jil Sander to have had a lack of vision because they didn’t want to abide to an ever-increasing turnaround of collections, or diversifying their product offering to bags, sneakers, etc?

I mean, no surprise there we’re left with an industry in which very few designers still create decent work anymore.

I think you quoted the wrong post tho. That has nothing to say with what I said.

 

[Deleted member 116957]

I'm sure it's Hedi, realistically... but I just can't see how he can make a proposition for (ugh excuse me women of all ages, which is what Chanel is about. It's going to be Chanel Jr. under Hedi for girls. Sure, Virginie's looks were matronly and dowdy, but that was because she was so limited. Chanel has to appeal to a wide range of women IMO (like the women who buy Chanel couture seem to be rather "diverse").

 

[KoV]

Plot twist: AI is now CD of Chanel. I’d prefer that to Hedi, actually!

Of the names I’ve seen thrown around this thread, I think Phoebe and Marc are the only ones where I’m interested in seeing their take on Chanel, however unlikely they may be. I don’t like the idea of a menswear operation at Chanel.

 

[Snejana Onopka]

lindsay lohan is coming yass