I would have thought that these guys are all a little bit more relaxed. Of course there's a lot of money involved and Hedi (imho) is mainly about his aura. Some kind of hype. If this bombs due to critics even before anything hits the stores, YSL's plan to become the next über-it label is in danger. But all these "open letters" are like a turbo for a possible failure i think.
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Originally posted by ES3K View PostI would have thought that these guys are all a little bit more relaxed. Of course there's a lot of money involved and Hedi (imho) is mainly about his aura. Some kind of hype. If this bombs due to critics even before anything hits the stores, YSL's plan to become the next über-it label is in danger. But all these "open letters" are like a turbo for a possible failure i think.Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde
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Rumor has it that Slimane has quit.Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde
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Originally posted by ian+ View PostUPDATE: (4 p.m.) Saint Laurent PR has followed up denying that Hedi Slimane has left the company.Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde
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Originally posted by BrokenBoards View PostNow the mill is abuzz with him taking the reigns from the Kaiser at Chanel.
It would be interesting to witness, to see whether it would simply be your prototypical commercial success (most likely due to the "Hedi hype factor" and fan base alone), in switching gears, diluting and dumbing down the product, to go after the Instagram/Luxury H&M generation.
You can almost guarantee though, that it would be in lieu of creative integrity and true progression, as we've seen with the creative unmitigated disaster (albeit commercially successful) that's taken place at YSL.
Call it the "Wang effect", going after flash and hype over substance with a "name" appointment, as we may have just seen at Balenciaga (again), as opposed to the right fit for the brands codes and ideals.
With that said, personally I believe things like tradition, brand codes and ideals are romantic ideals and notions which are dying a slow death. At this rate, pretty soon every brand in the luxury pantheon are all going to become one large insipidly amorphous recycled clone of each other.Last edited by Law; 01-04-2016, 11:08 PM.
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I heard David Guetta will go to Chanel, Hedi Slimane will become a famous EDM DJ and Karl Lagerfeld will be entombed in Lenin's tomb.Selling CCP, Harnden, Raf, Rick etc.
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Originally posted by Fuuma View PostI heard David Guetta will go to Chanel, Hedi Slimane will become a famous EDM DJ and Karl Lagerfeld will be entombed in Lenin's tomb.Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months - Oscar Wilde
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