Who Will Succeed John Galliano At Dior? #2 *Update Raf Simons Offically Hired*

[Scott]

how atrocious if not downright offensive they brought kanye west's name into this debacle. whosoever started that should be banished from fashion forever to live on a pig farm with only overalls and straw hats as their wardrobe.

 

[Fashion_Girl22]

^ I can't give you karma rn, but every bit of that statement deserves it.

 

[tarsha]

Young French Designer Maxime Simoens Leaving Leonard, Is in Talks With Dior

Stefano Pilati isn’t the only designer showing his final collection for his French fashion house employer in Paris today. However, in the case of young French designer Maxime Simoens, it is also his first. Simoens began his role as creative director of Leonard last October and showed his first collection for the brand today, just as WWD reports he is expected to part ways with the brand.

Why so soon? Sources told the trade that he may have a better opportunity: namely, that elusive Dior job that we’ve all been waiting with baited breath to see filled. While not very well known, Simoens is considered a promising talent. At 27 years of age, he also designs his own eponymous line, which he shows during Paris couture week. In fact, he was the first designer ever to have been accepted into the French Federation of Fashion (of which the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture is an entity) without having ever shown a collection. WWD compares Simoens to Christian Dior’s successor Yves Saint Laurent, who took over the house at the age of 21.

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[TianCouture]

I can't stand Maxime Simoens aesthetic! I truly hope this is just a rumor!!!

 

[liberty33r1b]

Unbelievable Dior Twist?
LAUREN MILLIGAN Updated Wednesday March 7, 1.12pm: Whispers on the Miu Miu front row this afternoon suggest that - after all the back-and-forth - Marc Jacobs is set to be announced as the Christian Dior creative director this afternoon.
Jacobs was one of the first names in the frame when Galliano was dismissed in March 2011, but after serious negotiations with LVMH ceo Bernard Arnault, Jacobs effectively ruled himself out of the running late last year - reportly after his request to bring his entire Louis Vuitton team with him was denied by Arnault.
"I am at Vuitton, and I am very happy there," Jacobs said in December 2011. "I've been saying that for a long time. There have been on-and-off conversations about Dior. I don't know; maybe someday in the future, maybe years from now, I may end up going someplace else, maybe Dior. But right now I am at Vuitton, and all that matters to me is that that's where I am and I'm going to keep doing my thing."
In some way substantiated by this morning's show, which was a tribute to Louis Vuitton's proud history as a luggage brand, Jacobs' rumoured departure would leave the way open for recently-departed Jil Sander creative director Raf Simons to take the Louis Vuitton helm.

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[Thefrenchy]

Oh God, I'm so tired of this

 

[Boomer]

Oh God, I'm so tired of this

^ Yeah, me too! Jeeze- Dior can solve all of their problems with one phone call- it is so obvious; Lindsay Lohan is available! What more could they ask for? Look at all she did for Ungaro! (Alright, maybe not a good example, but...) Give her a suite to party in and a couple of dresses: problem solved!!

 

[TianCouture]

Ugh, I could not even begin to fathom Raf Simons @ LV. And considering Marc's current track record, which save for LV SS'12, has been really, really bad, I don't think he could manage @ Dior...and bringing his entire team? How many people would lose jobs @ Dior!? They should just re-hire Galliano and be done with it! Waaaaayyyyy to drawn out!

 

[mistress_f]

ok since the afternoon has now passed so we can stay calm and assume that that's not happening, right?
i already 'lost' most of my fav. designers, i can't really put up with marc doing couture.

 

[KhaoticKharma]

I'm starting to think keeping Gaytten around might be a smart move for all parties... hear me out on this one.

For the suits, he's making money. For the next big name creative director, well... he or she isn't forced to follow in the footsteps of the great Galliano. It'll be a lot easier to be compared to Gaytten than Galliano, and it also gives the brand a little time to be washed of the Galliano aesthetic, so to speak- if there's one thing Gaytten's doing well, it's making the brand as generic as possible. After six years of Gaytten's collections, the next designer/s- be it Marc Jacobs, Haider Ackermann, or the Mulleavy sisters- will essentially be able to come in and do their own thing, without having to worry about naysayers holding them to keeping with a certain "aesthetic." I may not be the fan of six more years of Gaytten, but I can certainly see why it would appeal to the people behind the scenes.

 

[pen6693]

^it's six more seasons.
By six seasons, do they mean the: 2 Couture shows, 2 RTW, 1 Cruise, and 1 Pre-Fall?

 

[Alexei]

I'm so sick of all the back-and-forth and yet I find myself returning to this very thread on a daily basis! This Dior job has become a sick joke, and for the sake of my own sanity, I am taking an indefinite break from this thread.

 

[Scott]

you know a name we never hear being bandied about is bruno pieters? even though i love his new endeavour and likely will never go there,i think bruno has a lot of the qualities to do something like dior and even something like YSL.....he not only had his fledging p-a-p which focused so much on artisanship and very much in vein with what these two houses historically represent but he started his career as an actual couturier. he has the best of both worlds in his arsenal of talent.

 

[Miss Galliano]

Dior will never go far ,the vision is gone ! |Dior can keep Bill gayten 4 ever and the trash couture too

 

[JuiceMajor]

Galliano for Schiaparelli would be a good start for him!! And please please please not Jacobs for Dior!

 

[user.n.]

Seems like no one wants that job, and the brand is satisfied with Gaytten. It's like replacing a diamond with zirconia i think, so i have lost my interest in this case.


Btw quoting from 20-10-2011 (tarsha via fashionista)

>At the end of last month, Sidney Toledano, president and CEO of Dior, said he expected to have news on Dior's new designer "in the next few weeks."

I did a search in the International Sidney Toledano - Naive People Dictionary and i found that:

in the next few weeks: once (maybe)

Winter is coming

 

[Pradable]

Rumor: Kanye West In Talks With Dior

We wish we were making this up. The Dior rumor mill went on hiatus for a few months, perked up again during Paris fashion week and we haven’t heard anything since…until now. And it’s not at all what we expected to hear.

According to our source, Kanye West–you know, the rapper who designed a couple of not-so-well received collections and showed them in Paris–has been in talks with the 65-year-old couture house about the position John Galliano left vacant over a year ago.

We’re taking this rumor with an even bigger grain of salt than all the other ones, because honestly, what could Dior be thinking? Perhaps they’re just looking for someone to bring more publicity to the house while the design team continues to make the clothes. If that sounds completely outlandish, remember–Ungaro hired Lindsay Lohan once. And compared to Lohan, West is practically a couturier.

Interestingly, Riccardo Tisci, who obviously collaborated with West in some capacity on his collections, was one of the early rumored candidates for the Dior job. Also worth noting: West looked pretty chummy with Antoine Arnault, son of Christian Dior chairman (and LVMH CEO) Bernard Arnault, at a Givenchy show back in 2009 (above photo). Just sayin.’

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April Fools!

 

[Melancholybaby]

^Not even funny enough for April Fool's Day.

 

[dioramour]

Re: Rumor: Kanye West In Talks With Dior


Well done! I needed that!
I wish you could have heard the groans as I was reading it!

Happy April Fool's Day 2 U 2!

 

[pinkpooding]

id rather see the world come to an end than to see kanye west design for dior
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