Discussion: Who Should Be The Creative Director of Chanel?

[Lola701]

Blazy has gone quiet on Instagram, could be that he’s on holiday…

Or designing/finishing the Prefall collection he is supposed to present in less than a month…

 

[Olaffo]

^ can sense another colour of leather set and unzipped fly already…

 

[Xone]

 

[LadyJunon]

I thought this was a announcement...

 

[vogue22]

I thought this was a announcement...

One can always dream..

 

[couturefan]

Well that's sad. She was usually sitting second or third row at the Chanel fashion shows

 

[NYLA22]

The article mentioning Pharrell at LV (and the Lindsay at Ungaro talk) makes me wonder...could you ever see Chanel ever going down the route of a non-traditional creative director?

Someone with "vision", but who isn't a fashion designer per se?

Sofia Coppola?

 

[tourbillions]

Someone with "vision", but who isn't a fashion designer per se?

you mean hedi? i dont see him as a fashion designer... he is the perfect vision maker tho. never seen any mindblowing silhouettes or techniques from him, its all about the vibe

 

[HigthaVandah]

The Jack Skellington silhouette may not blow your mind. Hedi begs to differ.

 

[Thefrenchy]

Take this with a grain of salt but I was told today the announcement might come in the next couple of weeks...

 

[Living Proof]

Lauren Sherman said it could come as soon as this week.

 

[couturefan]

I really hope it's Blazy.

 

[StylishCynic]

Lauren Sherman said it could come as soon as this week.

*Blazy’s Bottega departure could come as soon as this week (the 26th)

 

[Olaffo]

Blazy Saddles

News, notes, idle gossip and fresh reporting on the increasing likelihood that Bottega’s Matthieu Blazy is getting the Chanel job.

puck.news

 

[nationalsalt]

Does anyone know anything about Blazy's current contract with Kering? I.e. if it's up for renewal / if Chanel would have to buy him out of it etc?

Given that Bottega is Kering's only real success story at the moment, I can't see them giving him up without a tussle.

 

[avonlea002]

A Chanel SA told me they actually hired Tokyo Toni.

 

[Olaffo]

Blazy has been appointed with immediate effect on 15th Nov 2021 so his contract might actually came to the end two weeks ago or so. That would mean Chanel wouldn’t have to pay for breaking up the contract with Kering and maybe just for non compete or something like that…

 

[couturefan]

Given that Bottega is Kering's only real success story at the moment, I can't see them giving him up without a tussle.

Lauren Sherman wrote: "My guess is that whatever is happening behind the scenes, it’s all very civil on both sides. This job is a precious thing."

If a designer really wants to leave there isn't much Kering can do about it. Sure, they could force him to stay until the end of his contract but do you really want an unhappy designer at your fashion house? Letting him go in good terms is the smartest thing to do, you just don't get offered to be creative director of Chanel everyday, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity.

 

[Melancholybaby]

Lauren Sherman wrote: "My guess is that whatever is happening behind the scenes, it’s all very civil on both sides. This job is a precious thing."

If a designer really wants to leave there isn't much Kering can do about it. Sure, they could force him to stay until the end of his contract but do you really want an unhappy designer at your fashion house? Letting him go in good terms is the smartest thing to do, you just don't get offered to be creative director of Chanel everyday, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity.

That's nice and all, but Kering doesn't have a great track record when it comes to breaking up with their creative directors...

 

[Vikingtop]

This!

And Kering has a history with broken relationships with former designers..... maybe they want to change their behaviour when somebody exits....