Discussion: Who Should Be The Creative Director of Chanel?

[LenaLena]

Chanel is tired and tiring they need to be safe/radical
Its useless to think of the brand in terms "of a new Karl", it's over
and the 'old school' is over as well

Lutz Huelle or Joseph Font are perfect choices for them
Stefano Pilati could be great, even Hedi is OK

still I'd love to see a brave girl at Chanel
eg Julie Pelipas of BETTER.US or Chitose Abe

 

[Caffeine]

Chitose Abe

I love her but she can't command a couture business.
I pre-ordered some of her creations lately and the execution was poor. how does a piece of deconstructed garment fall on the body (does it balance? does it slant front/back or left/right?)? One has to be thoughtful about it. She is not there yet. (And her business is now more commercial so I'm not sure if she will ever be that meticulous?)

 

[jeanclaude]

They should hire a good medium, who can channel Lagerfeld to design from beyond.

Either that, or just buy a ouija board; and ask the design team to summon him each season.

 

[blueorchid]

@jeanclaude they'd be probably better off just finding him bodies he can inhabit... like, Pazuzu in The Exorcist, but make it fashion

 

[jeanclaude]

@jeanclaude they'd be probably better off just finding him bodies he can inhabit... like, Pazuzu in The Exorcist, but make it fashion

More like Chucky in "Child´s Play" (just change Chucky doll for a Karlito by Fendi).

 

[blueorchid]

More like Chucky in "Child´s Play" (just change Chucky doll for a Karlito by Fendi).

They have lots of Karl dolls to choose from, actually... I'm rooting for the teddy bear.


ebay

 

[jeanclaude]

They have lots of Karl dolls to choose from, actually... I'm rooting for the teddy bear.

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They could use Choupette as a vessel too! A cute version of Lagerfeld...Cat Lagerfeld!!

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[vogue22]

I see everybody mentioning Galliano and Marc Jacobs when Pierpaolo Piccioli is right there and quite frankly the most obvious choice they could make imo.

 

[IndigoHomme]

still I'd love to see a brave girl at Chanel

Shut up! Maria Grazia can hear you and destroy one fashion house is enough for this century

 

[Irere]

The best choice — traditionalist but with a sense of experimentation, and very skilled with couture-level craftsmanship — was just taken off the market and out of contention. Sarah Burton could have done great things at Chanel.