Olivier Theyskens Officially Parts Ways with Nina Ricci

[tricotineacetat]

I don't think he ever got the 'big time' support of the media, except from maybe the American Vogue crew under Anna Wintour - people like Virginie Mouzat, Olivier Zahm of Purple or Carine Roitfeld have instead opted to champion people like Christophe Decarnin or Riccardo Tisci instead of Olivier Theyskens at Nina Ricci... and to be honest, I am not surprised about that... So honestly, I don't see the big media hype at all.

What Olivier has thrown out on the market these last few years looked like the kind of saccharine, pastel-coloured clothes directly targeted at conservative uptown ladies who lunch, not the cool, young Paris chick that he sometimes spoke of when he described the character behind the Nina Ricci collections.

To speak of trash I think might be a little harsh, even though I was not a fan of his collections at Ricci personally, but I think his work for Rochas had a lot more distinction (these clothes had the class of Chanel, without the cockiness of Karl) and raison d'être.

 

[Scott]

completely agree with you about the nina ricci assessment. it never had quite the same distinct quality that he had at rochas. it was just never him and there was this discomfort i felt being conveyed in those clothes. i never got a sense of satisfaction from him ever. the aesthetics were never close or related to his own.

we really can't blame all of these rumours on olivier himself,i mean anna wintour did admit to campaigning him to take over halston not to mention her pathetic fawning of the nina ricci crap. it's almost as if wintour is trying to even dictate his personality with this halston thing.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

^heh

yeah,all i can say is that,he was never any kind of geoffrey beene or claire mccardell. not terrible but terribly overrated for the work he did,imo.

Really you think so? I think Halston's reputation for disco glam precedes him, a lot of his clothes were actually technically amazing more in line with Vionnet and actually what Madame Gres and Issey Miyake were doing in the 70's. His patterns were geometric wizardry, of course it would all look so simple in the end. He's one of 7th Ave's masters IMO. Please reconsider, it's a disservice to yourself to overlook his clothes.

 

[JuiceMajor]

With Anna being such a big force behind him, I wouldn't be surprise she want to poach him and take him Stateside!

 

[dior_couture1245]

Umm...this is baffling.

Peter Copping is busy preparing his first collection for Nina Ricci — a capsule resort collection, which is expected to be unveiled later this month — and in the meantime, the house is trying to clear out all trace of Olivier Theyskens. On Friday, its holding a major one-off sale in Paris, with catwalk pieces and ready-to-wear spanning several seasons, as well as shoes and accessories going for as little as 40 euros ($55).

(WWD via fashionologie.com)

 

[Spike413]

That is one hell of a sample sale.

It is strange though. Could Puig really be that hard up for money?

 

[trikekos]

I would get everything for $55... O.o
so sad I don't live there..

also there's the rumor he's taking Lanvin. well it's in the 'Rumor has it' thread...

 

[from: sophia]

SHHH why do I not live in paris I would die to get my hands on that sale

 

[LolaSvelt]

^I agree.

Olivier at Lanvin would be very interesting.

 

[mackos]

Olivier at Lanvin would be very interesting.

No way. Lanvin = Alber Elbaz for me and there is no possibility I can imagine it separately. How about Oliver for Ungaro though, there are some rumors they're looking for a new designer

 

[dior_couture1245]

No way. Lanvin = Alber Elbaz for me and there is no possibility I can imagine it separately.

I feel the exact same way. Sure Chanel would be an incredible opportunity, but I still can't help but feeling that Lanvin loosing Alber would be an incredible loss. I see so much longevity in the partnership of Elbaz and Lanvin.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Olivier needs his own house again. First Rochas, then Ricci, then Lanvin? WAY TOO MUCH.

 

[Navygreen]

What? 40 euros? What the...

 

[Milho]

No way. Lanvin = Alber Elbaz for me and there is no possibility I can imagine it separately. How about Oliver for Ungaro though, there are some rumors they're looking for a new designer

I third that.

Lanvin with Elbaz is like Balenciaga with Ghesquière, it's nothing else but THE perfect match. it'd be killing me if Ghesquière leaves Balenciaga, god bless him and me!

 

[mikeijames]

I third that.

Lanvin with Elbaz is like Balenciaga with Ghesquière, it's nothing else but THE perfect match. it'd be killing me if Ghesquière leaves Balenciaga, god bless him and me!

you took the words right from my mouth. if i recall correctly, both have financial stakes in the houses for which they design.

 

[Melisande]

So...what's he been up to?

 

[Mathewthew]

I saw him at paris once, near where he live.......

 

[mrsjamesdean]

I would like to know,who in the hell from tFS actually went to THAT sample sale? So I can harass them with mass pm and force them to send it to me.

 

[Blanche DuBois]

olivier is sooo over rated, but I think it really affects your skills to go from house to another...simply he is not proper from this echonomics times

 

[tricotineacetat]

Oh please. Its been over-analyzed why Olivier's talent never got to blossom properly on a commercial level - Ricci wasn't a good fit, neither for the house, nor him as a designer.

Rochas was in more ways than one the place where he could have succeeded, had the house been owned by a private owner such as Lanvin is (Rochas had sales growing as strongly as 20-30% in the last few seasons before the hosue was shut down). He had an ultra-precise vision AND sellable merchandise there, it's the skirt- and pantsuits and knock-out separates that actually worked and whose pricetags we have gotten accustomed to nowadays that everyone's clothes are as expensive as Rochas was.

 

[bbofbalenciaga]

I saw him at paris once, near where he live.......

Where does he live?