Gabriela Hearst - Designer

[helmutnotdead]

Finally something positive. Can't wait for them to hire someone even worse than her.

honestly screaming in public.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

Oh thank God.

 

[perhydrol]

honestly screaming in public.

Same! It was so surprising to learn that she's already out, especially after announcing yet another collaboration, this time with Atelier Jolie. Well, good riddance as the latest resort collection is just tragic.

 

[yslforever]

Finally something positive. Can't wait for them to hire someone even worse than her.

Oh yes they can and will find worse. Richemont has no artistic flair at all... She also closed her Paris namesake store (the one she has inside the Bristol hotel).

 

[bc collector]

So the rumours turned out to be true in the end...
If Chloé's sell-thru is so amazing under her tenure and she is allegedly such a nice person, this does not make sense.
Either one or the other are not true. Or both.

 

[perhydrol]

^That's why I thought the story from WWD with her and the CEO was a damage control, as it got released almost immediately after the Miss Tweed article on how Gabriela is disliked at the brand.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

^That's why I thought the story from WWD with her and the CEO was a damage control, as it got released almost immediately after the Miss Tweed article on how Gabriela is disliked at the brand.

Touche! It definitely threw me off the scent.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

So the rumours turned out to be true in the end...
If Chloé's sell-thru is so amazing under her tenure and she is allegedly such a nice person, this does not make sense.
Either one or the other are not true. Or both.

Well, I think she's leaving because she's actually a fuc&ing b!tch and everyone at Chloe hates working with her.

 

[TaylorBinque]

She is a real B and yes, she got a Chloe job through connections and all, ahem, the LVMH stake. Her namesake brand never really took off than before she joined Chloe. She was making unpractical IT bags but then everything dulls down. Her stuff are just not exciting. Most of the stuff that brought back Chloe popularity has less to do with her designs and visions but all the collabs they did. The Barbour, Teva, Eres. The alphabet and signs jewelry are from before her. The logo tote bag definitely was not her idea but they do sell very well. Her original bags at Chloe are horrendous.

 

[FashionFanatico]

Bye, B*tch!

I would love to see Olivier Theyskens taking over at Chloe.
he's one of the few left who can handle edgy romance in fashion.

 

[Lola701]

Fantastic news!
I’m not surprised by the reports about her being difficult to work with.
You needs a bit of humility to work in a studio in Europe, specially France. And from her look unfortunately, you can sense the arrogance of « well-born » people.

That’s one done. The list of « designers who have to go » is still long: Williams at Givenchy, Kim Jones at Fendi…etc.

Bye, B*tch!

I would love to see Olivier Theyskens taking over at Chloe.
he's one of the few left who can handle edgy romance in fashion.

Please, leave that man alone lol.
Him + another brand clearly doesn’t work. Can’t he just be great on his own?

 

[FashionFanatico]

Please, leave that man alone lol.
Him + another brand clearly doesn’t work. Can’t he just be great on his own?

i will not it worked out quite well at Rochas for 5 years.

i know he's a free spirit and might get crushed by the risen demands of a big fashion house, but i also heard that he's still kind of struggling to keep his own label afloat - even he got all the huge public praise for his latest collections and there's a waiting list for his patchwork gowns which take loads of time and effort to make.

 

[Mathewthew]

Why not someone within the team? If I remember correctly, I think some of the team members are here since Clare.

 

[Remi17]

Apparently Angelina Jolie new fashion venture will do a capsule for Chloe

 

[Lola701]

i will not it worked out quite well at Rochas for 5 years.

i know he's a free spirit and might get crushed by the risen demands of a big fashion house, but i also heard that he's still kind of struggling to keep his own label afloat - even he got all the huge public praise for his latest collections and there's a waiting list for his patchwork gowns which take loads of time and effort to make.

Lool. I feel you but I always see his name thrown around on TFS. I like him but come on, it’s not like he can be at the helm of all the brands around either.

‘The saddest thing for him is that he has proved the commercial viability of his work.

Rochas was almost 2 decades ago.

What he needs maybe is a boost like a Couture collection with Gaultier. It’s now a rendez-vous people expect in the industry and while we have yet to see the impact it had for Haider (we will see if his name is around in the next mercato) or even Glenn (Diesel is good but he needs more), it would be great for exposure for his own line.

I would rather dream for Olivier to be able to operate with his own name and do a collab with Gaultier than be at the helm of whatever house.

The difficult thing for him is to find a clientele and speak to that clientele to maintain operations. There are designers with less brand awareness that manages to do it and I think he can.

 

[FashionFanatico]

^ she's a bit late to the party.

Celebrity Designers these days are like the equivalent to dinosaurs shortly before the end of the Mesozoic Era.

Angie, Pharell, Rihanna, Lindsay... their egos are much more impressive than their fashion sense.

 

[Remi17]

^ she's a bit late to the party.

Celebrity Designers these days are like the equivalent to dinosaurs shortly before the end of the Mesozoic Era.

Angie, Pharell, Rihanna, Lindsay... their egos are much more impressive than their fashion sense.

Totally! While most things look amazing on her I never got the impression she was in anyway into fashion.

It’s a zero risk venture for celebs, so I can’t entirely blame them for cashing in. I assume it was the suits that thought this would be a good idea. No matter how badly it turns out they still walk away unscathed with their original career intact.

I used to love Chloe so much so am always hoping it will find it’s way back but seems like they are more interested in investing in an extremely costly collab.

 

[perhydrol]

^ But it's a collab for the Jolie's new fashion venture, it's definitely not Angelina for Chloé kind of situation.

 

[Remi17]

^ But it's a collab for the Jolie's new fashion venture, it's definitely not Angelina for Chloé kind of situation.

Yes hopefully they are taking their time to get a new CD.

I would actually love a Hannah Macgibbon comeback.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

Why not someone within the team? If I remember correctly, I think some of the team members are here since Clare.

A bunch left to go work for Isabel Marant.