Hedi Slimane - Designer

[yslforever]

I agree with a lot of this but Miami is not the hottest city in America, it’s a gilded veneer that once stripped away is a “culture” run by tasteless crypto bros and hookers lol.

If Miami is the hottest city in the USA, it says more about the state of the USA than about Miami…

 

[PDFSD]

If Miami is the hottest city in the USA, it says more about the state of the USA than about Miami…

it think we should not confuse culture with tax friendly and good weather states and proximity to NYC its like a hamptons is an extension of NYC with better weather and you can still do build big offices etc to continue to do business

 

[PDFSD]

back to hedi :-)

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Armani Dealers​

Amid the endless Hedi Slimane murmurs, a talmudic reading of all the potential outcomes for the Armani saga.

The Hedi Slimane-to-Armani rumors simply won’t die—even though, as recently as this week, the company once again shut them down with a big denial. At this point, the whole thing feels A.I.-generated, like those Pretty Woman 2 movie posters that keep popping up on my Instagram feed. There are many reasons why it would be ill-advised for Armani to bring in a new creative director less than two months after the passing of its singular founder. Most importantly, any person of stature would understandably be wary of the late designer’s much-scrutinized will, which requires his heirs to sell 15 percent of the company to a new investor within 18 months, with the opportunity to increase that holding to 49 percent in a few years.
Of course, I understand why the speculation has continued: Slimane exited LVMH-owned Celine more than a year ago and bought property in Milan. Everyone wants something to talk about. Also, I think some people are trying to manifest this into being. (I want it to be true is the refrain I keep hearing.) But everyone I’ve spoken to around Slimane said that it just would not make sense, and there has been no indication from his side that it’s happening.

Slimane, who is very online, is not done as a fashion designer. But there are other jobs that he could be prepping for. After all, while the game of designer musical chairs has died down after last season’s tarantella, it never really ends.

I suspect that there will be at least one or two changes that could involve Slimane at the beginning of next year. Remember, nobody expected him to land Celine—a house we thought had very little to do with his design philosophy. In the end, he made it his own.

I understand why Giorgio Armani could have thought that Slimane was a worthy successor: They are both incredibly consistent and require complete control over brand expression. Slimane is also a C.E.O.-designer type who would understand the complexities of the Armani business and be flexible. (At Saint Laurent, he changed everything, while letting them keep selling Stefano Pilati’s cash-cow Tribute heel.) But everything hangs on the vision of the owners, both present and future.

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[FashionPower]

I'm going off topic but, does anyone know how Celine Beaute performed in its debut year?
The first lipstick drop was released one year ago and I feel like nobody actually really cared about it.
Furthermore, a 85 bucks lipstick now feels like Wet&Wild makeup compared to 120 bucks refill bullet from LV.

 

[Lola701]

I'm going off topic but, does anyone know how Celine Beaute performed in its debut year?
The first lipstick drop was released one year ago and I feel like nobody actually really cared about it.
Furthermore, a 85 bucks lipstick now feels like Wet&Wild makeup compared to 120 bucks refill bullet from LV.

I doubt anybody knows… For obvious reason.
And also it’s a very exclusive thing too that was launched in between a change of creative leadership.

I doubt it’s making huge numbers but at the same time, the distribution is very selective like the perfumes and it’s something that comes really with the idea of the brand as a lifestyle entity.

However it will be interesting to see the campaigns for the beauty side and how they are going to push it in the future.

But clearly Celine Beauté, much like Vuitton beauté, is following the Hermes blueprint instead of the Chanel one.

 

[Avonlea]

I would like to see the property he bought in Milan.