I wonder if Kris Van Assche will be placed at Loro Piana as LVMH seems to be building up that brand.
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I am too, but I don't think it will be Kris Van Assche. Some people are suggesting Virgil Abloh but this isn't the first time his name has been tossed around in the rumour mill (he was rumoured to replace Tisci at Givenchy and LVMH took a totally different direction) so I doubt he will be their choice.
I wonder why Alber Elbaz hasn't been selected for any fashion house yet. It's like he's forgotten or something.
Alber’s name was floating around as a replacement for Karl at Chanel for a long time. I would love to see him at Nina Ricci now that Guillaume Henry left - playful, feminine aesthetic.
I really hope Virgil doesn’t go to Vuitton. I am already anticipating Kim at Dior - all these covetable pieces for Dior Homme (was never really wowed by any of Kris’ collection while at Dior)
And how about Phoebe Philo at Hermès - now that would be amazing.
I thought Phoebe Philo decided not to design anymore and focus on family. I'm not sure. She would be a perfect fit at Hermes.
Yeah I was never wowed by the pieces by Kris Van Assche for Dior Homme either, unlike how I was with Hedi Slimane's Dior Homme. There were some very nice pieces from Kris Van Assche, but I didn't buy Dior Homme as often as I used to (other brands seemed to do more interesting things).
God, please not Virgil... I've had enough of streetwear to last me three lifetimes.
I'm really excited about Kim joining Dior Homme! I'm sure it's going to be spectacular!
To be honest, neither Hedi (really not a fan of the manorexic monochromatic aesthetic, and the petulance of Hedi as an individual), nor Kris really drew me to Dior Homme, apart from a pair of boots from Hedi's collection back in '07 and of course, I'm in love with Kris's Atelier collection this S/S '18!
I would love Olivier Theyskens to head up a big design house again, I think his work for Rochas was absolutely divine...
In celebration of the arrival of spring! Yes it is the Canadian tuxedo
With Olivier Lapidus out at Lanvin, I'd like Alber to go back there. But In my dream world Alber would go to Dior, Maria would go to Lanvin, Italo Zucchelli would go to Louis Vuitton. Kris Van Assche would go to Canali.
I like Maria Grazia Chiuri. I would prefer her over Alber because she can make some amazing dresses. I'm not sure if her contract will be renewed with Dior when it expires, now that Dior has a new president with a different vision. According to the Business of Fashion, there is a rumour that Kim Jones may take over Maria Grazia Chiuri's job when her contract expires so that Dior's men and women's lines have consistency, under the vision of "One Dior". That's an insane number of collections to design each year (only Karl Lagerfeld seems to be able to do that without resigning), so I don't think that is likely.
I feel that the trouble with this is that it won’t look good on Dior to terminate (and they can spin it however they want) their first and only female creative director ever - especially after a strong feminist niche that Dior have made for itself.
As credible as BOF is (and yes the rumors almost always are true), critics haven’t been a big fan of MGC’s Dior - so there’s a part of me that believes that not renewing her contract is simply wishful thinking.
I just hope Pietro Beccari doesn’t use the same Fendi formula at Dior - of cutesy, kitschy items. While Fendi, no doubt, has gained visibility - so many of their items end up going on sale season after season (with still plenary of stock available) and in my eyes has really cheapened the brand.
Alber would be wonderful at Nina Ricci (a spot just opened there!)....or Chanel.
I think Pietro may push some innovative accessories at Dior, but Dior will have a different pricing strategy given that its business is now largely through company-owned concessions (except for footwear). Fendi, on the other hand, relied quite heavily on wholesale.
One of the reasons why Fendi's image may have cheapened is that the retailers that carried Fendi heavily slashed prices to get rid of merchandise. While Fendi's own boutiques and concessions only offered discounts from 30-40% off on its accessories (with some lines like the Peekaboo not going on sale), retailers like Saks, Neiman Marcus, Ssense, and others reduced prices up to 80% off in some cases.
Dior won't have this issue (except for footwear which is largely wholesale). Since it took years to reign in Dior's wholesale business so that now most of its fashion accessories are only sold through Dior-owned concessions/boutiques, I doubt Pietro will reverse that and dilute the image of the Dior brand which was (and is) so costly to control.
While Maria Grazia Chiuri's accessories team brought some amazing changes to the Lady Dior and Diorama bags, the bags that she has introduced as new styles aren't selling as well as the styles that came before her. Even here on TPF, most new reveals tend to be the Diorama and the Lady Dior. This is in contrast to the stories of Alessandro Michele and Hedi Slimane at Saint Laurent where the new styles their teams introduced (i.e. the Dionysus, Marmont, Ophidia; and the Sac de Jour, & College) became company best-sellers in a very short period of time. Maria's team has yet to bring a unique must-have bag. To be fair, though, she hasn't been at Dior as long as the other two have been at their brands (Hedi Slimane isn't even at Saint Laurent anymore), so she still has time to prove herself. I love the J'ADIOR and DIO(R)EVOLUTION bags, but I have yet to see one on anyone. Yet I've seen the bags I've listed above from Gucci and Saint Laurent everywhere in Toronto!
Perhaps these new bags will be huge hits:
If the new Saddle bag becomes a huge hit (thanks to bloggers and celebrities being spotted with the original), the success still can't be attributed to MGC. For one, it isn't even her team's own unique design. Also, it was not because she reintroduced the bag. Influencers got there first.
I feel like the higher ups wouldn't allow them to unify Dior under one designer only because I can't think of a designer that is capable enough to design over seven collection per year and not complain or spiral out of control.
I forgot about Nina Ricci! Yes he would be amazing there, but so would Olivier Theyskens!
I agree. And it's not like Dior Homme only has 2 collections per year. There's pre-fall and resort as well, so that's 4 collections in addition to Dior's 6 women's collections. That's like a collection a month! It definitely takes more time for creative ideas to take flight than a month.