I am so glad and excited about these news. At least Hedi is back in fashion and his talent will not be wasted in time. Furthermore, I am very pleased that he is back particularly at LVMH Group, which is known for its distinctive artistic touch and level of quality. Since LVMH Group has brands like Dior I am happy that at Celine he will be able to kick ar**s of designers I hate like Kris Van Assche and Maria Grazia Chiuri because I have no doubt Bernard Arnault will compare their performace...
There is still nothing better than his Dior Homme for me personally. I did not like his Saint Laurent as much because I do not like Saint Laurent's DNA altogether. Nevertheless, I think he did not do bad at Saint Laurent too. Maybe not as good as at Dior Homme but still...
I know nothing about Celine so I am really curious what lies ahead. I read Celine does not have much of archives and history so he will probably have more opportunities to come up with something his own, it will be easier to make changes and set a direction. In addition, I think that Celine is relatively unknown and not too overhyped brand yet. Consequently, we can expect his first collections to be smaller scale production, higher quality and for more reasonable prices than, for example, Dior or Saint Laurent? Is not Celine something more of a niche and less commercial fashion house that as part of LVMH Group could still have access to higher quality production and materials because of LVMH Group's bargaining power to suppliers?
Anyway, I am glad he is not at Chanel. I hate Chanel, which became successful largely because of feminist movement and Gabrielle's pragmatic affairs with men and which lacks true feminine beauty, and which popularised cheap costume jewellery, suntan and other working class attributes. I think Chanel so overhyped and Chanel is definitely not for him too. Especially after Dior, which stands for totally opposite...
Because Hedi would hardly help to sell Dior any better. Dior already sells well. You can appoint at Dior almost anyone today and it will still sell well just because is it a famous brand. Berard Arnault wants to maximise revenues within the group. That is why he appoints a strong star designer like Hedi to a weak brand like Celine. Furthermore, it is good for Berard Arnault to have such strong star designer like Hedi in backup within the group so if Maria Grazia Chiuri's or Kris Van Assche flops after flops will suddenly start to kill revenues of Dior, then Berard Arnault will be able to quickly move Hedi to sort out the situation. At least I think Berard Arnault hopes so. Berard Arnault is probably also afraid of having a designer like Hedi in competing fashion house that does not belong to him. Maybe he already feels the coming death of Dior. Remember how John Galliano was only for several collections at Givenchy until he suddenly was moved to Dior?
There is still nothing better than his Dior Homme for me personally. I did not like his Saint Laurent as much because I do not like Saint Laurent's DNA altogether. Nevertheless, I think he did not do bad at Saint Laurent too. Maybe not as good as at Dior Homme but still...
I know nothing about Celine so I am really curious what lies ahead. I read Celine does not have much of archives and history so he will probably have more opportunities to come up with something his own, it will be easier to make changes and set a direction. In addition, I think that Celine is relatively unknown and not too overhyped brand yet. Consequently, we can expect his first collections to be smaller scale production, higher quality and for more reasonable prices than, for example, Dior or Saint Laurent? Is not Celine something more of a niche and less commercial fashion house that as part of LVMH Group could still have access to higher quality production and materials because of LVMH Group's bargaining power to suppliers?
Anyway, I am glad he is not at Chanel. I hate Chanel, which became successful largely because of feminist movement and Gabrielle's pragmatic affairs with men and which lacks true feminine beauty, and which popularised cheap costume jewellery, suntan and other working class attributes. I think Chanel so overhyped and Chanel is definitely not for him too. Especially after Dior, which stands for totally opposite...
Hedi is obviously very ambitious so i wonder why they didn't offered him the Dior job. I find it so weird to have KVA and Hedi Slimane in the same group...
Because Hedi would hardly help to sell Dior any better. Dior already sells well. You can appoint at Dior almost anyone today and it will still sell well just because is it a famous brand. Berard Arnault wants to maximise revenues within the group. That is why he appoints a strong star designer like Hedi to a weak brand like Celine. Furthermore, it is good for Berard Arnault to have such strong star designer like Hedi in backup within the group so if Maria Grazia Chiuri's or Kris Van Assche flops after flops will suddenly start to kill revenues of Dior, then Berard Arnault will be able to quickly move Hedi to sort out the situation. At least I think Berard Arnault hopes so. Berard Arnault is probably also afraid of having a designer like Hedi in competing fashion house that does not belong to him. Maybe he already feels the coming death of Dior. Remember how John Galliano was only for several collections at Givenchy until he suddenly was moved to Dior?
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