Hedi Slimane - Designer

[Foxie-Pooh]

so much for shooting the fragrance ads 2 years in advance...

 

[Lola701]

Challenges (French business publication owned at 40% by Arnault) released a paper on the exit of Hedi.
The article is quite long to translate with accuracy….
But basically, Hedi left because of strategic differences and power issues and with the CEO of Celine (Séverine Merle) is at the root of the issue.

He got too much power and basically being responsible of everything didn’t left much room for her.
Apparently Hedi wasn’t consulted for cancellation of the Celine show last year. He was even more frustrated when Alaïa managed to hold a show.
They also mention the fact that Lisa was supposed to be the face of Celine beauté.

LVMH wanted Hedi to stay but he decided to leave.

So, I suspect that the random releases of the collections since last year were probably done without the approval of the CEO.

So hopefully, the CEO will have more space without the omnipotent designer that is Hedi.


This is an ongoing issues with designers tbh at that level of power. You can’t have two stars in a big brand.

 

[blueorchid]

They also mention the fact that Lisa was supposed to be the face of Celine beauté.

Of course...

 

[MulletProof]

^ wait and Hedi declined? first read it as the other way around, which would be odd considering how he tried to cover her face at all costs..

I knew the tantrum over cancelling the show for safety reasons (protests) while another designer lands in a more favorable situation in a matter of hours/days would not be something he can so easily let go of.

 

[Lola701]

Of course...

^ wait and Hedi declined? first read it as the other way around, which would be odd considering how he tried to cover her face at all costs..

I knew the tantrum over cancelling the show for safety reasons (protests) while another designer lands in a more favorable situation in a matter of hours/days would not be something he can so easily let go of.

No actually, it became an issue because Guerlain wanted her to be the face of their make-up (and I think she ended up having some kind of social media « ad » with them) when the project of Celine beauté was in the works and he considered that it was the duty of the CEO to fight for the exclusivity of the talent.

 

[Jacque Marcel]

Omg, the Lisa drama lol. Did she jump ship to LV cause she knew he wasn't going to be at Celine much longer? Anyway, would love to see Hedi at Burberry. That brand needs help and good bags.

 

[PDFSD]

Challenges (French business publication owned at 40% by Arnault) released a paper on the exit of Hedi.
The article is quite long to translate with accuracy….
But basically, Hedi left because of strategic differences and power issues and with the CEO of Celine (Séverine Merle) is at the root of the issue.

He got too much power and basically being responsible of everything didn’t left much room for her.
Apparently Hedi wasn’t consulted for cancellation of the Celine show last year. He was even more frustrated when Alaïa managed to hold a show.
They also mention the fact that Lisa was supposed to be the face of Celine beauté.

LVMH wanted Hedi to stay but he decided to leave.

So, I suspect that the random releases of the collections since last year were probably done without the approval of the CEO.

So hopefully, the CEO will have more space without the omnipotent designer that is Hedi.


This is an ongoing issues with designers tbh at that level of power. You can’t have two stars in a big brand.

Ceo `s want to be also the stars since they see other ones get credit for the success of other brands, for fashion creativity should lead once brand positioning/direction is decided pre or upon hiring, suits ruining allot as they think creativity is replaced like a ceo or store staff.

Good for Hedi he walk away he knows he can redo whatever he did again Bravo!!!!!

 

[PDFSD]

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https://www.challenges.fr/entreprise/revelations-sur-les-conditions-du-depart-d-hedi-slimane-de-celine_907639​

Revelations on the conditions of Hedi Slimane's departure from Celine​

By Claire Bouleau on09.10.2024 at 16:41, updated on 09.10.2024 at 7:10 p.m.Subscribers
INVESTIGATION – The departure of artistic director Hedi Slimane from Celine, announced on Wednesday October 2, reveals the strategic divergences between management and creation in the LVMH group house.

Hedi Slimane greets the audience at the end of the Celine Homme Spring/Summer 2020 fashion show presentation in June 2019, in Paris.
AFP / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT

Regulars in the Sentier district of Paris have probably already walked past the imposing black carriage entrance that stands proudly under number 16 rue Vivienne. When you push the handle, you enter the sumptuous Hôtel Colbert de Torcy, a 17th - century building listed as a historic monument. For ten years, it has housed the headquarters of the fashion house Celine, owned by the LVMH group (shareholder of Challenges ). If its stone walls could talk, they would tell the story of that day in late 2014 when they saw all the employees move in, enthusiastic, their boxes under their arms. They would describe three years later, that other day when the then artistic director, the famous British Phoebe Philo, packed her bags, leaving the place to her successor Hedi Slimane . They would say how, under the latter's leadership, turnover has increased fivefold in seven years, from 500 million euros in 2018 to 2.5 billion today, according to our information. And then they would talk, in recent times, about the voices that are raised, the doors that slam and the farewells of the star designer to the rue Vivienne .

Several employees summoned​

Because on Wednesday, October 2, at 12 noon, a press release was released, announcing what had been expected for months: the departure of the director of artistic creation and image. Three hours later, another official communication revealed the name of his successor: Michael Rider, who worked at Celine from 2008 to 2018 where he was design director alongside Phoebe Philo before becoming creative director of the women's line at Polo Ralph Lauren. Since then, on the second floor of number 16, where Celine's creative studio is located, the atmosphere has been heavy.
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paywall i can't hack now lol

 

[HigthaVandah]

publication owned at 40% by Arnault….
Hedi left because of strategic differences and power issues and with the CEO of Celine...
He got too much power and basically being responsible of everything didn’t left much room for her...
LVMH wanted Hedi to stay but he decided to leave.

Is Arnault going to bother to fire Merle directly, or is he just going to wait until she finds out about this article?

 

[HigthaVandah]

Celine took down Hedi's 'Olfactory Diary'. Now I kinda wish I'd saved it.

 

[Kimihiro]

Celine Beauté, Lisa and the Asian market?

Say what you want about that but that would’ve been huge.