Marc Jacobs for Chanel???

[Lena]

^I concur! Branquinho at Chanel would be a dream. And a complete compliment to the woman herself. Not only are they both strong-willed and total independent spirits but the clothes are deeply comparable in so many ways,I think.

makes three of us

 

[birdofparadise]

**isn't the word..'gabardine'...?!?!...



gab·ar·dine ** (*P*)**Pronunciation Key**(gbr-dn, gbr-dn)
n.

1. A sturdy, tightly woven fabric of cotton, wool, or rayon twill. Also called gaberdine.
2. See gaberdine.
3. Chiefly British. A laborer's long loose smock; a gaberdine.

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sorry...but that is really distracting to me...

i couldn't read past that...
maybe later...

Don't blame Marc, folks, that's my little nimble fingers that are causing my fellow TFSers to stumble. Please stop all your letters to Marc Jacobs Inc., they are not trying to subvert fashion through bad spelling, all my fault, shoot the messenger please!!! Sorry about that, you know what they say about good intentions...

 

[dhclam]

Oh no, not Marc plzzz!

Marc Jacobs has never been someone that I admired at all. If anything happened to Karl, i think the ultimate choice could be: i) Lady Amanada Harlech (the external eye/ muse); ii) Virginie Viard (director of creative studio @ Chanel); iii) Olivier Theyskens

 

[bleedoll]

I MARC.... but I prefer him not touching CHANEL... heehee
Love his Marc by Marc Jacobs line.. but I just find that I will prefer to have another feel, a DIFFERENT look in between Marc's label and Chanel itself...

 

[droogist]

The entire article's on the NY Mag website, if anyone's interested: http://www.nymetro.com/nymetro/shopping/fashion/fall2005/12544/index.html

I had the same initial reaction - horror - as most here at the thought of a Marc-Chanel meld. But upon further reflection, the idea doesn't bother me quite so much. After all, MJ forte as a designer lies in his ability to attractively reinterpret a classic. Isn't that what the job calls for? In any case I doubt it will ever come to pass; I see Lagerfeld clinging to both his earthly existence and the Chanel post for decades to come.

I must say I'm surprised by the big Branquinho push here, as I don't believe she has either the talent or the range to handle Chanel. (But then, I also seem to be one of the few people here who thinks Karl's doing a good job...) And I blanch to think what poor Veronique's attempts at couture would look like...

 

[birdofparadise]

I think great women designers in menswear would garner more than enough attention to actually call meaningful debate to the topic of women in fashion and has the potential to ignite fresh ideas in fashion period. The menswear at Fendi has moments of sheer brilliance, the ideas coming out of Rachel Comey's workshop keep things moving along nicely.

 

[softgrey]

aw..sorry then and thanks for re-typing it for us bop...

droogist..i fully agree...

chanel needs someone like pilati...who can keep the spirit of the house ...
not necessarily someone with a strong personal point of view...
someone who can re-interperet the same look over and over and make it fresh and interesting and modern...which marc is sort of known for...

who knows...maybe there is someone already there who would be the best for the job...much in the way pilati was tapped to fill the post upon ford's departure...
he was basically an unknown...and he has proven to be quite gem....

but i do also agree with droogist that it doesn't look like karl will be going anywhere anytime soon...so it would seem to be just a bit premature to discuss his successor...

unless of course he just drops dead from malnutrition...
or worse...seeing a 'fat' girl wearing chanel...
'quelle HORROR'......


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[tricotineacetat]

I´m not so keen on the idea of Véronique Branquinho at Chanel either... she may have the *spirit* to fit with the collection, but she´s ultimately not so skilled in couture-level finishings, not to speak of any experiences in handling a classic couture atelier with several workshops for tailleur/jackets, evening and embroidery.

Olivier Theyskens might be a reasonable fit with the house, given the fact that he already has plenty of experience with couture at Rochas and from the days of his own label... another interesting successor *could* be Helmut Lang with his simplicist, sporty designs - his vision might be a very singular though and maybe a bit too avant garde... it´s questionable if he ever returns to the fashion limelight, anyway. Alber Elbaz with his timelessly-elegant, effortless designs could also be a good choice, should he leave Lanvin in the future, his sense of comfort could fit very well with the original attitude of Coco Chanel. Marc Jacobs had plenty of experience from his work at Vuitton, he could definitely handle to manage Chanel... it would probably become a lot younger and streetwise but that *could* be a good aspect, non?

I think in terms of Chanel, it´s very tricky to find a particular favourite - Mademoiselle herself pioneered so many things, from the modern skirtsuit to the L.B.D. to the menswear-for-women aspect so that many could eventually relate with the houses heritage - yet, and this might be utterly the most important factor, only few are able to reign a big house with such a lot of branches as Chanel.

 

[tricotineacetat]

unless of course he just drops dead from malnutrition...
or worse...seeing a 'fat' girl wearing chanel...
'quelle HORROR'......


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Softie... that was a good one, haha!!

 

[softgrey]

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[louis]

LAGERFELD IS in love with HEDI aesthetic and with Hedi himself, so that's it and isn't Slimane contract with DIOR HOMME until 2006 ???
Everybody knows he's so interested in GIRLS right now..........and CHANEL fits him perfectly.

 

[tricotineacetat]

Everybody knows he's so interested in GIRLS right now..........and CHANEL fits him perfectly.

Is that so? I haven´t noticed any hints of interest into womenswear from Hedi´s side yet (I´d be curious to learn where you got that from, though)... and even then... it would be foolish to succeed Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel if he doesn´t have any experience in womenswear... Especially in a house that is still very much couture-driven, it takes more than just being good friends with Karl Lagerfeld, doesn´t it?

 

[fashionista-ta]

but i do also agree with droogist that it doesn't look like karl will be going anywhere anytime soon...so it would seem to be just a bit premature to discuss his successor...

unless of course he just drops dead from malnutrition...
or worse...seeing a 'fat' girl wearing chanel...
'quelle HORROR'......


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Remind us what size Karl thinks is fat ... perhaps we should get a couple tFS members to walk by, see what happens

It will be interesting to see what Marc does as he and his friends get older, say in 10-15 years ... it may be that there will be an evolution that would bring him closer to Chanel.

 

[louis]

Is that so? I haven´t noticed any hints of interest into womenswear from Hedi´s side yet (I´d be curious to learn where you got that from, though)... and even then... it would be foolish to succeed Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel if he doesn´t have any experience in womenswear... Especially in a house that is still very much couture-driven, it takes more than just being good friends with Karl Lagerfeld, doesn´t it?

Just wondering, hell yes! Hedi was FRONT ROW attending CHANEL latest COUTURE show Probably he has already started taking lessons from Lagerfeld.....
If this could help you.......Here is Mr. Slimane on July 7 arriving at Chanel....

 

[fashionista-ta]

^^^ OMG, I'd never seen his pic before--he looks like an elf. Not that there's anything wrong with that, I like elves

Does he have any stated position on girls who wear more than a 2? I think we need to ask this question of all the candidates

 

[softgrey]

there was a fantastic page in wwd magazine that showed pic of a bunch of VERY ECCENTRIC designers and posed the question as to whether you would take fashion advice from such a person...



that pic of hedi looks like it belongs on that page..

ps-karl's photo WAS included.......


but seriously..
wouldn't hedi have to actually DO some womenswear to even be considered for a position at such a major house..?!?!?!
there is a HUGE ammount of money at stake here...
lest we all forget....



seems pretty obvious...no???..

 

[Acid]

definately Softgrey........

doing a sucessful mens brand is one thing......but womens too.......
especially Chanel where you have to consider SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much more than just how the clothes look

 

[fashionista-ta]

Too right ... I remember that page softgrey ... and Marc was on it too I actually like his look.

Thanks for the link to the whole story, droogist. I actually went to Barnes & Noble last night to look for the magazine, and this issue hasn't arrived here in the belt buckle yet ... naturally

Here's a couple other excerpts I thought were really important ...

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“It’s more psychological,” Jacobs says. “For people that don’t have any interest in the psychology of nuance, who need everything to be in their face, who don’t want to analyze . . . those aren’t the people I romanticize about dressing.” ...

Jacobs’s clothes do, sometimes, require explanation, as well as a healthy sense of irony. With the wrong attitude, the wrong body, and without the right wink, wearing Marc Jacobs clothes could leave a girl looking a bit like Mrs. Doubtfire. ...

There’s a strict line in Jacobs’s mind separating the Marc Jacobs woman from the woman who is very Vuitton. It’s the difference between being a siren and being shy, between finished and f*cked-up. It’s the girls he relates to versus those who frighten him a bit—those Tom Ford girls. ...

Ultimately, two people contacted Duffy directly to insist that something be done about Jacobs’s addictions. One was Anna Wintour, who had realized that the designer she’d been aggressively championing for years was now getting thrown off airplanes. The other was Naomi Campbell. ...

“When I first moved here, my life was just like a frustrated version of what my life had been in New York,” Jacobs says. He didn’t (and still doesn’t) speak French. He didn’t like the food, [He didn't like the food?!?!] ...
[size=+1]L[/size]ast February, at the 26th Street Armory, after an excruciating 90-minute wait, Jacobs showed one of the strongest collections of his career. It was dark and it was gothic; the clothes were enormous, lush, and truly beautiful. They were more challenging than one tends to see in New York from such a major designer—it wasn’t easy for the untrained eye to understand, immediately, how so much velvet could ultimately be worn.



Jacobs, for once, was completely satisfied with his work. “It was a great feeling,” he says. “I wasn’t searching for inspiration, I was finding it everywhere I turned. It was T. J. Wilcox, Violet and the Incredibles, Tim Burton. Mostly, it was all the fallen angels in my life. I just think everyone’s an angel, and an angel is a perfect thing. Now I’m going into storybook land, but it’s the imperfection or the trip that I like. We’re all human, and we’re not supposed to be perfect, but there are certain girls who make mistakes, and I just love that. I love the strength to move forward. It’s very hard to be someone publicly, and then to be human and honest at the same time, say, ‘Yeah, I did that. Yeah, I’m human.’ It’s a dark angel, not dark like an evil spirit, it’s a melancholy, broken, dark soul. It’s a good thing.”

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This is probably the best interview of Marc that's ever been done.

 

[gallianoboy]

When Lagerfeld kicks the bucket, Hedi Slimane will be posed to take his place as before mentioned!!! Lagerfeld and Slimane are practically bed buddies, they have developed a friendship to which they attend each others fashion shows and praise each others work....CHANEL....the ultimate fashion house will have Hedi's name stamped all over it!!!!

 

[trendoid]

I adored that article but I think Marc for Chanel will never ever ever happen. I love the guy but I don't think he would be cabable of capturing Coco's essence the way that Karl can. And I think Karl will hold the job for a while longer.

I think you're taking the quote too seriously out of context. I just took it to mean that he respects the position and what Karl has done with it.