Pierpaolo Piccioli - Designer, Creative Director of Balenciaga

[chungkyekye]

i totally get what you're saying but lately with all the new debuts going on, i look back wonder whether things were really as bad as they were made up to be and i felt the need to rationalise and wonder if i really gave them a fair chance.

regarding the brand signature colours mentioned like tiffany blue, hermes orange - i get where u were coming from but i looked at it from more of a trend angle and those mentioned are so part of the established brand identity so they can't really enter the 'trend' category.

ancora red definitely flopped but from my angle and area (but i'm not in forecasting) - the pink and lime green trickled down incredibly effectively during the time and throughout many ranges until i (or maybe just me?) couldnt escape from them when you looked at buys and it resonated in some sort of way (although its might not be as strong as bottega green). but i think where i'm coming from is while the brands themselves might not have fully reaped the 'benefits' (sales) i definitely see all the parties that did in the wider ecosystem - maybe i wasnt clear enough

in terms of the actual fashions they are putting out - well it was what it is but and i don't feel that strongly about them - they are just 'there.' i'm trying to take a more balanced approach

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

Sabato, whose oeuvre as a designer is quite average, was given a stellar opportunity for two years and it didn't work.
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Now, what can make me cry is that a brilliant mind like Patrick van Om. has been working in the shadows for 25 years or that Theyskens is not doing Dior.