Fendi S/S 2024 Milan

[Nimsay]

Lola is right. Anyone wearing Karl/Sylvia Fendi RTW was a somebody. Fendi RTW appears to be truly produced in small runs and the most desirable RTW is only available in NY LA Paris Milan Seoul or TokyoThat sort of waned with the Fila lineup. I also dont think that was Fendis choice i think LVMH arranged it.

Kim Jones is a star to hypebeasts with broccoli haircuts and corny BMWs that make a lot of noise. I too am glad LVMH finally reached their end with him. I am glad Fendi Maison treated Kim as he deserved to be treated. Fashion needs gatekeeping.

 

[Kimihiro]

I always perceived Fendi RTW as a very specific language—which was part of its charm. Fendi women for me always had a certain conviction. Obviously they wanted it to be bigger, more universal so they hired someone who mass produced merchandise without any world building skill; someone who cannot dress or flatter women. They ended up with such a homologized mediocrity that can’t compete with Dior or Celine in the staples department. Do we really need another LVMH house for that? Givenchy is somehow in that limbo too.

I wish they kept Fendi more specific, hire someone with a unique vision. If the products are good it will sell like at Loewe… maybe Michele is really that person.

ALSO: FUR, FUR, FUR!

 

[HazJW]

I always perceived Fendi RTW as a very specific language—which was part of its charm. Fendi women for me always had a certain conviction. Obviously they wanted it to be bigger, more universal so they hired someone who mass produced merchandise without any world building skill; someone who cannot dress or flatter women. They ended up with such a homologized mediocrity that can’t compete with Dior or Celine in the staples department. Do we really need another LVMH house for that? Givenchy is somehow in that limbo too.

I wish they kept Fendi more specific, hire someone with a unique vision. If the products are good it will sell like at Loewe… maybe Michele is really that person.

ALSO: FUR, FUR, FUR!

Has he any experience working with faux fur, though? I'm intrigued by the idea of him coming in, but it could go very wrong if he tries to reintegrate fur and doesn't know how to do it...

 

[Kimihiro]

Has he any experience working with faux fur, though? I'm intrigued by the idea of him coming in, but it could go very wrong if he tries to reintegrate fur and doesn't know how to do it...

Michele did faux fur pieces as Gucci. However with Fendi I think it’s important to employ fur beyond its usual applications. Those Karl haute fourrure shows come to mind. I’m not sure though if it’s worth it with faux fur.

 

[HazJW]

Michele did faux fur pieces as Gucci. However with Fendi I think it’s important to employ fur beyond its usual applications. Those Karl haute fourrure shows come to mind. I’m not sure though if it’s worth it with faux fur.

Ah I'm strongly against the use of fur, as cool as Karl's usage of it was, but each to their own.

 

[tourbillions]

please no faux fur!! if they are going to do fur, make it real but keep it for haute couture.

 

[LadyJunon]

Lola is right. Anyone wearing Karl/Sylvia Fendi RTW was a somebody. Fendi RTW appears to be truly produced in small runs and the most desirable RTW is only available in NY LA Paris Milan Seoul or TokyoThat sort of waned with the Fila lineup. I also dont think that was Fendis choice i think LVMH arranged it.

Kim Jones is a star to hypebeasts with broccoli haircuts and corny BMWs that make a lot of noise. I too am glad LVMH finally reached their end with him. I am glad Fendi Maison treated Kim as he deserved to be treated. Fashion needs gatekeeping.

Another factor is that, despite the LVMH (and at the time, Prada) acquisition, the Fendi family is still very involved in the house.

Silvia, the founders' granddaughter, is the creative director of the menswear. Her daughter, Delfina, is the creative director of the jewellery. Karl Lagerfeld was a honorary Fendi (part of the company since '65).

Kim Jones is an outsider and probably very intrusive one.

Along with Michele being more distinct, he's also familiar with "Old Fendi", since he worked there in the late 90s and early 00s before Ford hired him at Gucci. It would also be the third creative director Kering has lost to LVMH.

 

[RaisinBoy]

Wait!? Thought this was designed by Karl??!? Stefano?? As in Gabbana?!?!?!

 

[LadyJunon]

Through the lens of Loïc Prigent:

 

[Nimsay]

Fendi cannot do faux fur. I dont know how a plastic coat solves anything.

 

[Lola701]

The only interesting thing about this video was learning that Karl’s dress from 1999 was coated linen. All this time I thought it was plastic.
I’ve always found that collection bold but it adds to the charm of it to know that he was already pushing for fabrics development at Fendi, outside of fur.

 

[Cocteau Stone]

Funny seeing the side by sides with this collection and the one it references. Kim Jones is so over-calculated the clothes come across as something they're really not.

Karl had a very fun outlook to Fendi that took the craft seriously so the experimentation felt exciting and fresh, even if some of the collections felt a bit heavy handed. Kim on the other hand tries too hard to come across as fun and experimental with the designs; like seeing someone taking not being serious too seriously so they over think on how to relax. I mean the differences with how Kim talks about Fendi to how Silvia does, you can just tell he doesn't fit.