Virginie has been in the company for 30 years and suddenly gone? Leena and the way she talks makes me cringe. Anyone who comes in from HR is bad news. Also, Leena sounds so fake and has no idea about fashion or french. Chanel is iconic french brand with history. And she herself said she has to be lessoned about culture and history of coco chanel. Why Leena? Bringing Leena in made Chanel lose its authenticity. Just my opinion.
Virginie Viard designer who replaced Karl Lagerfeld is leaving Chanel
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I technically count as an Hedi fanboy during the Saint Laurent era. Hedi made sense to me for Saint Laurent at the time in a much needed refresh and I loved him there. Less so at Celine but he eventually seemed to have made it work. Hedi will make every brand become him. He should just start his own label… Once Hedi leaves a house, the house has no identity, no vision - like the current Dior Homme and Saint Laurent IMO. Saint Laurent has become a dupe brand for other French houses in recent years.
I do not want to see a brand like Chanel become Hedi as much as I love Hedi’s work. Chanel always needed someone like VV who could carry the torch and respect the house. I would appreciate an internal hire at Chanel and I hope VV did not leave on bad terms and if she did, I hope our billionaire overlords would have the heart to make things right for Coco’s legacy.
I do not want to see a brand like Chanel become Hedi as much as I love Hedi’s work. Chanel always needed someone like VV who could carry the torch and respect the house. I would appreciate an internal hire at Chanel and I hope VV did not leave on bad terms and if she did, I hope our billionaire overlords would have the heart to make things right for Coco’s legacy.
Hope new one re-release rec mini in caviar leather !!! And lambskin in chevron pattern !!!!!
VV wouldn't handle the heritage for the long run, not without Karl, and she's tired. Let's face it most of her collections were luckluster, with only some memorable. I knew she would't be CHANEL artistic director forever, in fact was expecting her to depart a little sooner. She's done her job, it's time for new blood as CHANEL desperatly needs reset. Not to revolutionize but to survive.
Btw, let's not take gossip as legit info. Times like this there are many trolls claiming to have "intel" on the situation, trying to monetize their social media. At CHANEL nothing goes chaotically, everything is as planned and was scheduled for some time now.
Yes, I remember when KL was appointed.
I was for a short time a Couture client in Rue Cambon and was looked after by Catherine Rivière who was lovely-now the Metiers collections cost more than Haute Couture did in the 1990’s!
And as you rightly said KL with VV wove magic..
I’m keen to see who they have appointed-I’m sure they have someone, but KL can never be replaced, and I don’t think a “celebrity designer “ should take the helm, otherwise it will no longer be Chanel.
The quality needs looking at , as I read about synthetic fabrics and buttons falling off-that didn’t happen 30 years ago..
I bought my first Chanel blouse aged 16, then for Christmas my parents gave me money with a cryptic note from my Mother in the card-“ to buy a button in Chanel’s sale”!
Of course I then went and bought a second silk blouse!
According to an article about the upcoming Paris fashion week involving the absence of Givenchy, Balmain and Valentino, a Chanel spokesperson has confirmed with AFP re the haute couture show "It will be a studio collection and Virginie Viard will not be present”
https://www.hindustantimes.com/life...ouses-abandon-the-season-101718430207960.html
I wasn’t able to find an AFP article on this though.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/life...ouses-abandon-the-season-101718430207960.html
I wasn’t able to find an AFP article on this though.
That’s very sad-as her last couture collection was very good-if this one is, she won’t be present to take the credit-I guess she is being protected from any negative comments..
The article also suggests that it was likely not an amicable split, so it would make sense why she would not be showing up. It seems very unfortunate, how things have unfolded.
Good giggle here!
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Funny how all this is happening now. Within the last year, I acquired a Jumbo XL. I had never seen one in real life with one odd exception. Right after I won the bid, I saw a woman in a restaurant carrying one. She was putting in a lot of effort in keeping the logo facing her body. I wanted to admire it, but her behavior and the timing made it too awkward.
When my Jumbo XL arrived. I actually gasped a little when I unboxed it. I don't think I had had such a reaction before. It is fantastic.
It is amazing and I visit it in my tiny closet often. But I haven't had the courage to wear it yet. Why? I'm not sure. The in-your-face logo (that I love)? The fact that I spent that money (probably shouldn't have)? The comments I would most certainly get from certain people in my life? Because I have too many black bags with ghw (that's the truth)? Because I am inherently fickle? The nagging feeling that it would look better on me if I dropped 15 pounds? I don't know. All silly.
Just last week, I decided to sell it. I figured, I would be better off with the money than the bag and am waiting to receive a quote from The Real Real for it and several other bags.
And then all this happened. It seems to be a bad time to sell it. I think I should hold onto this bag, at least for a while, and see how things shake out.
For what it's worth, I could almost word-for-word have this conversation about my LV Speedy 20 Ink in lambskin. Both amazing, and both a little flashier than my normal taste. I don't wear either though love both. Each could sell easily, I think. Unlike other bags I've sold, both make me wonder if I would have regrets.
I found the prices too high, but there were pieces than really worked well for me in the VV collections. I don’t think she deserves such bad press. In fact, IMO, the cost cutting; the ostensible decline in quality; the over reliance on logo; all of these things would not have come about without a directive from corporate. I think it’s also very likely that VV alone faced pressure that KL was able to ignore. Re bags, I found some of rhe new bags very cute, like the mermaid sequined ones that looked like the ocean, but I don’t really wear many chanel bags any more.
I can’t speak for the designs over the past 5 years as I’ve been out of the game but I recently looked into who was Chanel’s creative director after Karl. I got sidetracked from looking into Ferrell replacing Virgil Abloh at LV because I prefer Virgil’s designs. Anyhoo I only recently looked into Virginie and atleast on paper VV seemed like the right choice at the time since she worked so closely with Karl and she’s been at Chanel forever plus she was Director of the fashion design studio before she became creative director. It seemed like she would have had an idea of Karl’s vision for Chanel but maybe she veered off into her own ideas. I’m very curious to see what her replacement comes up with. As far as the crazy inflated prices at Chanel I’m starting to think that they’re trying to reduce the number of sales to more of an elite crowd. Chanel bags became a thing where every other influencer has one. Maybe they’re trying to make their brand image more exclusive like Hermes? Just a thought.
According to gossip she walked (in a huff).
Obviously, it's a very stressful job, totally not the glamorous position one may think. I can't imagine what the constant roasting must feel like from idiot YTbers who can't tell a gardenia from a camellia and think the only way to do fashion is is to look like a creature from the bottom of a lagoon.
I just hope that everyone who works at Chanel stays positive. It's very unlikely that a company the size of Chanel will not have a worst case scenario plan.
I've been wearing my bags occasionally, but mostly because I have them already. They are harder for me to style.
Directives to creatives delivered by management and CFOs never end well.
Companies may want to grow and grow, but this constant pandering to a new target markets rather than catering to loyal clients is one of the most dim-witted business strategies. Not just Chanel.
Having said that, there here have been times when I've winced whilst walking past a Chanel Boutique window, and she is responsible for the vision.
I feel sorry for her, all the workers, but I'm not heart-broken.