Diorling said:Mutterlein, that's a good illustration, Hedi Slimane is much like YSL when he was at Dior. YSL got canned from Dior too, and now look at him. I have high hopes for Hedi, I wonder if he can move past his current look? He's a Pheobo Philo...
Crakk said:Punch them Hedi, simple and articulate, I love him. I find it funny that English is NOT his natural language, yet he writes it better than most American citizens.
Frida Giannini worked under Tom Ford and she's a mess at Gucci. It's the Gucci/Chloe/Dior Homme situation...What I think is funny is that Tom/Phebo/Hedi probably thought "If I make such a strong image, noone can replicate it, and they will never have the same success w/o mel" and so far, it's true! I mean, Gucci is a mess...Chloe is falling apart but we'll see about Dior Homme.birdofparadise said:I was never, ever a fan of the brand though I did think the early collections were exceptional, the appeal was a little wider. I was thinking that perhaps it would become a Gucci situation simply because there was no brand identity for Dior menswear before this, nothing beyond the basics. Hedi breathed life into it and attached it strongly to his own aesthetics, more so than he did at YSL. But taking on a former employee was a smart move, he knows Hedi's old Dior, he can understand where it was going, he can move it back, move it forward. I do wonder why they allowed him to keep his brand but were stuck on giving Slimane his own womenswear line...
(off the topic P.S. Where in the hell is John Ray???)
JJohnson said:I wear a size US 15, so no designer shoes for me..except I squeeze into these Marc Jacobs sneakers I have...bleh YSL makes a wicked shoe, but I'll never be able to wear them...I wonder what Andre Leon Talley does with his shoes..lol
homeboy said:*cough* copywriter *cough*
Diorling said:Frida Giannini worked under Tom Ford and she's a mess at Gucci. It's the Gucci/Chloe/Dior Homme situation...What I think is funny is that Tom/Phebo/Hedi probably thought "If I make such a strong image, noone can replicate it, and they will never have the same success w/o mel" and so far, it's true! I mean, Gucci is a mess...Chloe is falling apart but we'll see about Dior Homme.
I LOVED John Ray! He was so similar to Tom Ford but he had more elegance rather than SEX SEX SEX.
kuba01 said:I don't understand the point of his statement - it just says that he wants to leave to pursue other avenues in fashion and he thanks a lot of people.
There's nothing new in his statement - just a reiteration of facts and things we already knew...
Diorling said:Frida Giannini worked under Tom Ford and she's a mess at Gucci. It's the Gucci/Chloe/Dior Homme situation...What I think is funny is that Tom/Phebo/Hedi probably thought "If I make such a strong image, noone can replicate it, and they will never have the same success w/o mel" and so far, it's true! I mean, Gucci is a mess...Chloe is falling apart but we'll see about Dior Homme.
I LOVED John Ray! He was so similar to Tom Ford but he had more elegance rather than SEX SEX SEX.