Haider Ackermann - Designer, Creative Director of Canada Goose & Tom Ford

[Norden]

It’s a really nice interview. I welcome his voice back into fashion. His jpg show had some flaws, but it was still a magical and emotional affair, something that can’t be said of other shows at this moment. I hope he’ll give us sensual and lush shows, deep and a bit dark. I love the angle of Tom Ford for Haider. I see so many overlaps but also exciting differences.

 

[yslforever]

Just visited Canada Goose's website and I just think he brings a lot there; his designs are really good (for what CG is) and Ethan Hawke as ambassadors is super interesting imho. This capsule collection has a lot of early Raf vibes too, with a hint of his previous Berluti work, and tbh I love it.
I assume his TF will be different, but he can probably do both very well. There is a lot of potential in what I saw at CG.

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

Thank you so much for the interview, Lady Junon.

His JPGaultier was breathtaking, combining dreaminess and sharpness.
Like Ravel's music, his clarity is always poetic, never clinical.

I expect the best of Haider at Tom Ford.

 

[NYLA22]

I love Haider but he's not an obvious choice for Tom Ford. Tom's glamorous. Haider's definitely seductive but he's not mainstream. He's subtle and even sometimes plain weird. I love him, he stands out but he's not everybody's cup of tea. He's got to speak to a lot of people at Ford. His stint at Berluti was great but it didn't last long. I think his ultimate dream along with Hermès is YSL. Ford comes close to that but it's not the same.

Why was he at Berluti for such a short amount of time?

 

[alwaysademo]

The GQ article posted in a page back, I read just now and have to say.. wow what a waste of paper. 4500 words and for people who actually care enough to learn more about HA, almost no new information! You learn TF reached out, that he's supported by very cool names in the business but, almost 2 separate paragraphs on Timothet Chalamet (not a hater and understand his appeal to GQ readers but come on) and phrases like "This is a man who by his own admission, "take love very seriously"" "taking the reins of Canada Goose" and most alarmingly "TikTok fashion pundit" lol he mentioned Anne Chappelle and their "rumored fallout" in 3 wispy lines which is actually not a rumor at all, she publicly talks negatively about him and there's the System piece that covered actual details about the fallout. In essence it's a hype piece that's written by someone who has no sources but writes primarily looking at his IG and 5' of 3 google searches. Why can't we have Cathy Horyn do the writing or some fashion professional of a higher calibre for such a piece? I imagine any other creatives working since the 90's and being appointed to such a desirable and becoming position should be written about with some level of insight.

 

[brandon J pierre]

Haider doing Tom is like putting Chocolate and Caramel together.

That penis necklace effectively ended Tom's run....

It was so distasteful, so ridiculous. I was offended by it and I'm offended by very little, it turned me off from Tom... It was an affront on many levels. A waste of 18k gold...

I am sure it's discontinued now because it tanked the brand image. Nobody wants to seem like a corporate raider with weird sex fetishes...Epstein Energy.

What? Are u talking about 🤔😂🥴

 

[LadyJunon]

The GQ article posted in a page back, I read just now and have to say.. wow what a waste of paper. 4500 words and for people who actually care enough to learn more about HA, almost no new information! You learn TF reached out, that he's supported by very cool names in the business but, almost 2 separate paragraphs on Timothet Chalamet (not a hater and understand his appeal to GQ readers but come on) and phrases like "This is a man who by his own admission, "take love very seriously"" "taking the reins of Canada Goose" and most alarmingly "TikTok fashion pundit" lol he mentioned Anne Chappelle and their "rumored fallout" in 3 wispy lines which is actually not a rumor at all, she publicly talks negatively about him and there's the System piece that covered actual details about the fallout. In essence it's a hype piece that's written by someone who has no sources but writes primarily looking at his IG and 5' of 3 google searches. Why can't we have Cathy Horyn do the writing or some fashion professional of a higher calibre for such a piece? I imagine any other creatives working since the 90's and being appointed to such a desirable and becoming position should be written about with some level of insight.

It's because they have to make this somewhat niche designer appeal to their terminally online audience. Ackermann's quoted words were the only thinking part of that article.

As for Chappelle, I think that her failure to revive Poiret reveals a lot about she was more of a passionate shareholder than a businessman. Until 2020, with the help of two other minority investors, she led a micro-group called 32 BVBA, the holding company of the Ann Demeulemeester and Haider Ackermann labels.

Ann D was the group's lifeline and I imagine that Ann Verhelst managed the strategies and goals of the label, while Chappelle supplied money when needed. The lack of strategy after Verhelst's departure, followed by the other two investors walking out, caused the mini-group to slowly collapse under its own weight, taking the much smaller HA down with it.

 

[velvetandsilk]

What? Are u talking about 🤔😂🥴

Tom Ford's Controversial Gold Penis Necklace Has Some Outraged

Tom Ford's Controversial Gold Penis Necklace Has Some Outraged

www.huffpost.com

 

[Lola701]

^^
Tbh, if a Tom Ford customer (not commentator on social media) is shocked by those kind of products from Tom, he/she may have misjudged the brand and the designer from the start.
I found it funny. I should have gifted to someone lol.

From the brand first campaigns in 2007, everything was said!

 

[kasper!]

Why suddenly bring it up? I got one in 2016...At that time they even had T-bracelet just like Tiffany T designed by Francesca Amfitheatrof!

 

[LadyJunon]

Fun fact, YSL (under Vaccarello's direction) also released a penis necklace with a pair of matching earrings a few years after TF.

Daily Mail

 

[imjustken]

Why was he at Berluti for such a short amount of time?

I don't know, they never tell. But the quality was there, it's always there. His Fall 2018 is one of the most beautiful menswear shows I've ever seen. Kris Van Assche also left after a few seasons. Nobody is interested in maintaining long-lasting relationships with designers nowadays. Haider should always be given the means to create. I wish him all the best at Tom Ford but I don't get my hopes up it will last a long time. Brands use and abuse talents.

 

[Lola701]

Why was he at Berluti for such a short amount of time?

Haider has the reputation of being difficult or volatile. So maybe he wasn’t in the best conditions himself but Antoine Arnault never really had a real plan or vision for Berluti.
We see what happened after he left and the state of the brand today.

So maybe Haider had a seasonal contract there.

Tom Ford is a nice « business card » where he can express himself and I hope they tied him with a 5 years contract lol.

 

[imjustken]

Haider has the reputation of being difficult or volatile.

So was Yves Saint Laurent. He drew his Russian Ballets collection at one of the lowest points in his life. He was probably impossible to live and work with. But out of that darkness, out of that pain, out of the terrible depths of depression and addiction came light and beauty. Talents need support, especially in in their darkest hours.

 

[Lola701]

So was Yves Saint Laurent. He drew his Russian Ballets collection at one of the lowest points in his life. He was probably impossible to live and work with. But out of that darkness, out of that pain, out of the terrible depths of depression and addiction came light and beauty. Talents need support, especially in in their darkest hours.

Saint Laurent was the designer of his namesake brand and had Pierre Bergé who was the real chef d’orchestre.
Everybody is difficult or demanding but for Haider, from what I have been told a lot of time is his spirit of independence that makes him difficult. His willingness to commit was questioned. That’s why I used volatile.

But I agree that talents needs support but that support needs to come from their inner circle first and then trickle down at their job.

 

[Kimihiro]

I’d really love him at YSL.