The question shouldn’t be around Karl but around someone with a strong POV.
Chanel failed for 11 years between 1971 to 1982 trying to be about Coco. They will fail if they are trying to be about Karl.
The reality is there: Chanel is now about Coco as much as it is about Karl.
They needs someone who has a strong POV that will play, go against, embrace, contradict everything about it.
See at Fendi, they tried to pass Mr Jones as a new Karl. He was the new « Renaissance man ». We are still waiting for the Hit collection…
Very good point but don’t you think with social media it’s harder now? Everybody has an opinion, if you do something that’s not “Chanel” people would eat him up.
You know, it’s like a kind of a Met Gala thing… people that know nothing about fashion and about the themes feel very entitled to have an opinion, to say if the person is on theme or not on theme… and they have literally no clue.
I feel like in these days, when there are no real voices anymore, everything has like a bully approach from people in social media… I find it super hard to have a public job. You need to be all sugar like Jacquemus. He is a product of today.
Sadly, I feel no one could go now against what Chanel is in people’s mind, even if the current Chanel has very little to do with the original Chanel. I feel like top management would not even want that. In fact, if Hedi goes there id want him to give personal vision, but I’m afraid it will be like what people expect , something like his last two Céline collections… 60s, black and white and eyeliner. Is that Chanel though? Not even.
I hate denim but would love a denim collection, skinny jeans again, something very 2006 Kate Moss, idk, something with more vibe and less image curator.
