Discussion: Who Should Be The Creative Director of Chanel?

[tourbillions]

They were too late but Sarah Burton would have been perfect. just saying it again to annoy her non-beleivers 🤣

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

I loved Mathieu's Artisanal at Margiela, I like his Bottega, but we are at a point where I think we only have smokescreens, mirages and red herrings to intentionally conceal the chosen one (who, like tourbillions said, is most probably already working in a Chanel collection).

Like all of you, I am [exhausted by/addicted to] this thread 🤣 and that's why I stick to my first intuition, Jeremy Scott (with Hedi as second option).

But I have no clue and, in a way, I like it.

 

[JohannesL]

They were too late but Sarah Burton would have been perfect. just saying it again to annoy her non-beleivers 🤣

I actually think she is better than most of those rumored ones because she knows how to work for a brand a la Marc Bohan at Dior. She was very underrated because she was always living in the shadow of Lee but somewhat managed to make her McQueen work. She has never been the most exciting choice for any brand (even at Givenchy), but she will be definitely a safe bet for Chanel if they want an interim designer.

 

[Caffeine]

At the risk of infuriating some members with idle speculation - and knowing full well it would never happen - how do you all think Tom Ford would fare at Chanel, either in his prime or *gasp*...now?

I would have loved it. But it won't be him. He is out of Leena's budget.

 

[Nimsay]

1. The Marc Fendi collab created the Cargo Baguette which is an instant classic they still are making.

2. Marc made Chanel stop producing the Mademoiselle. Prior to the Stam bag - quilting was exclusively Chanel. So the completely anonymous 2.55 and Mademoiselle actually screamed Chanel at the time... Marc snatched quilting from Chanel and now you see everyone has a quilted option. Chanel had to drop the mademoiselle because it became just another bag really. I think GGucci picked up the vertical mademoiselle quilt...

 

[Lola701]

.2. Marc made Chanel stop producing the Mademoiselle. Prior to the Stam bag - quilting was exclusively Chanel. So the completely anonymous 2.55 and Mademoiselle actually screamed Chanel at the time... Marc snatched quilting from Chanel and now you see everyone has a quilted option. Chanel had to drop the mademoiselle because it became just another bag really. I think GGucci picked up the vertical mademoiselle quilt...

Because the Mademoiselle is one of my favorite Chanel bag ever, I will put the church back in the middle of the village: the bag flopped.
It wasn’t because of Marc at all.
It was a bag that performed well as a seasonal offering but never really made it as a classic. They tried to establish it as a classic when Karl signed Blake Lively as a brand ambassador but it didn’t stick, much like the Coco Cocoon line.

But so many brands build the identity of their bags off Chanel so at this point, any creative director can take the job if it’s the barometer lol.

 

[Nimsay]

i realized we are discussing two bags.

The Mademoiselle w/ Blake was a bowler shaped quilted bag - kinda like the stam. Thats not the one I meant. That is a gorgeous bag though.



harpers bazaar

this is the one i was referring to

 

[jeanclaude]

i realized we are discussing two bags.

The Mademoiselle w/ Blake was a bowler shaped quilted bag - kinda like the stam. Thats not the one I meant. That is a gorgeous bag though.


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harpers bazaar

this is the one i was referring to

That vintage Jumbo bag looks like a brick with chains...