10 reasons for my hatred: The news of the fashion world that we are tired of
During fashion shows, the fashion world always gets bigger. Sometimes there are even too many of them, and this starts to annoy. Especially when the news is about the same people. But whether it is the hundredth news about the hat of Anna Dello Rousseau or the twentieth (probably) assumption about who will still take the place of John Galliano, anyway, every publication will be quick to release material with a recognizable name in the title. Even if nothing happened to the hero of the news. A gullible reader still clicks on the link - suddenly, this time, they will finally tell him who will take the place of unfortunate John Galliano?
1. Who will take the place of John Galliano?
Number of search results for John Galliano by Google News - 588
It seems that more than one publication decides to start the news about the announcement of the name of the new creative director Dior with the phrase: "And the Oscar goes to ..." Almost half a year has passed since the accused of racism, John Galliano left the brand. At first, it seemed that there were plenty of applicants for his position: Erdem Moralioglu from Erdem and Phoebe Faylo from Celine also predicted him. The favorites were determined immediately: Susie Menkes bet on Albert Elbaz from Lanvin, and Katie Horin on Riccardo Tishi from Givenchy. In order to refute the rumors about their transition, the designers for two took the whole summer - at this time their names were found more often than others in our RSS feeds.
Meanwhile, among potential leaders, Dior loomed Azzedin Alaya: the brand offered him this place, but he refused, saying that he did not want to sell his soul to the devil.
Then general attention was directed to Marc Jacobs, who all summer declared that he hadn’t been offered a position at Dior. Skeptical Katie Horin changed her mind and wrote that now Dior had no choice but to choose, so Mark is quite suitable. And Karin Roitfeld said that if Jacobs heads Dior, she will not miss a single show of the brand. And this is in spite of the fact that he is not engaged in couture, and he is doing well in Louis Vuitton. Founder Marc Jacobs and Marc by Marc Jacobs put forward a condition: for one transition in Dior, he demanded $ 10 million in compensation for himself and his partner Robert Duffy. And now the only question is whether Dior will agree to pay the sum for which you can buy 8,000 of their bags. It seems they are ready, because this story is already fed up with everything in order.
For the time being, rumors about Mark Jacobs stopped for a while, but new and absolutely absurd ones began. This time, the post of Dior creative director is being tipped off to young designer Alexander Vang - the very one who started his career in the fashion industry from sorting letters in Teen Vogue, and is now considered to be almost the best American designer (albeit, according to the American Project Runway Michael Kors).
The inquisitive will remember that there is still Bill Geitten, who was John Galliano's right hand for the past twenty years and who was assigned to lead John Galliano. Yet he is not the best option: Dior’s latest couture collection, created under the guidance of Bill, was criticized because of excessive pretentiousness, and the last collection of ready-made clothes designed by Geitten was called too cautious. The Dior authorities promise to appoint a replacement for John Galliano in the coming weeks, and it remains to be hoped that the weeks will not turn into months.
2. Stefano Pilati leaves Yves Saint Laurent
Google News Stefano Pilati search results - 115
The story of Stefano Pilati and Yves Saint Laurent may not be as bloody as the story of John Galliano and Dior, but it is also no-no and it will appear in the news. The fact is that with the onset of the regular Fashion Week in Paris, everyone as a team begins to discuss the departure of Stefano from YSL. The reason was the discontent of buyers, and the fall in sales, and the transition from ally Pilati Valerie Hermann to Reed Krakoff, which never took place. And every time the rumors about the dismissal of Pilati turn out to be just rumors.
But candidates for the new creative director Yves Saint Laurent are one more fantastic than the other. At first it was thought that this post would be occupied by Raf Simons, but judging by the laudatory reviews about his work at Jil Sander, he will remain the successor to Gilles Zander for a very long time. Then it was believed that Edie Sliman - in the past, the designer of Dior Homme, and now a photographer - will return to creating clothes just as the head of YSL. Interestingly, Karin Roitfeld, who left French Vogue at that time, was supposed to help Slimane in Yves Saint Laurent, but it remains to be guessed how.
And where should Stefano Pilati go? According to the same rumors, he could take the place of Giorgio Armani in all his stamps. But the Italian designer is not going to leave his own business.
3. Karin Roitfeld will work on a new project.
Number of search results for Carine Roitfeld by Google News - 260
By the way, about Karin Roitfeld. Leaving his chair, the editor, in which shooting in French Vogue balanced on the verge of fashion and porn, became the main newsmaker of the industry, having pressed Anna Dello Russo herself. She was about to launch Harper's Bazaar in France, then almost became the chief editor of Le Figaro, then, as already mentioned, was supposed to help Edie Slimane in Yves Saint Laurent. But unexpectedly, Karin took up freelance work: she styled Chanel and Jean Paul Gaultier advertising campaigns, designed Barneys showcases and starred in their advertising campaign, worked on cover V and wrote a book. In addition, after the departure of Roitfeld from French Vogue, each edition considered it her duty to place it on her pages - this is how she appeared for i-D, Interview, V and Visionaire. Fortunately, the stylist soon announced a new project: it will be an independent magazine in English, published four times a year. It will be released in September of the next year and, by the way, will be created not without the help of Karin’s close friends: it is possible that Mario Sorrenti, a photographer, and Olivier The prehistory of the publication already reminds of how Dasha Zhukova left Pop and started doing Garage with Shalah Monrok and Derek Blasberg. By the way, right now Karin arrived in Moscow with one of her many projects - the Irreverent book.
4. Christian Louboutin is suing ...
Number of search results for Christian Louboutin on Google News - 772
If Christian Louboutin accidentally looked into a store of some inexpensive shoe brand, for example Centro, his lawyers would have secured a comfortable old age. Recently, the French shoemaker managed to accuse two brands - the French Yves Saint Laurent and the Brazilian Carmen Steffens - in the illegal use of red soles. And the appearance of shoes with red soles at YSL designer allegedly told the consultants of one of the New York stores, but YSL representatives said they were not going to produce such shoes at all. And Carmen Steffens does believe that their soles are not red, but maroon. Judges agree with the defendants: according to the court’s decision, Christian Louboutin cannot hold a monopoly on the use of red, and his claims are rejected. Unfortunately, the lawyers of the designer promise to find new approaches to solving this problem, and now there are reports in the press that court cases are resumed.
5. Kanye West creates a collection of clothes
Google News Kanye West search result number - 3360
Some things are inevitable, like another financial crisis or the new season of the Doctor House series. These include the creation of their own clothing line by rapper Kanye West, who used to design shoes with Louis Vuitton and Stubbs & Wootton. An incredible sensation arose around his first collection - but in vain.
The news that Kanye created his own brand of clothing almost didn’t arouse any interest: everyone thought that it would be an unpretentious clothing brand like Justin Timberlake or Liam Gallahara. But numerous details about the collection, which the publications relished for several months, forced everyone to change their prejudice. So, along with West, the collection was developed by British designer Katy Irie, advised by fashion editor at Australian Harper's Bazaar, Christina Centener, and the shoes for the collection were created together with Giuseppe Zanotti. In addition, the rapper show was officially listed in the schedule of the Paris Fashion Week. In general, there was a lot of hope.
But when it came to the show, the illusions dissipated: it was just the case when most critics without hesitation used the expression "too beaten." Needless to say: when Anna Wintour, the chief editor of American Vogue, was asked to express her opinion about the collection, she succinctly replied: "Ask someone else." But there was a joke that now Paris Fashion Week is like Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia: they have a Kanye West show, and we have a Timati show.
6. What did Tavi Gevinson do?
Google News Tavi Gevinson search results - 70
At the beginning of her career, Tavi Gevinson, an 11-year-old-looking girl, was the most common independent fashion blogger: she photographed herself in an unimaginable mix of vintage, mass-market and hand-made, created collages from photos of Kurt Cobain and shots from films about American students schools and even devoted rap Rei Kawakubo. Tavi was noticed, and a year later she was attending fashion shows: remember the story when her hat with a bow prevented Grazia journalists from watching the Dior show, after which John Galliano himself spoke with her. Gevinson began receiving gifts from Miuccia Prada, writing a column for Harper's Bazaar, styling for The Block. This would continue until now, but unexpectedly Gevinson’s love for the industry faded away: a fifteen-year-old girl said that after a terrible incident with the former creative director Dior, she was disappointed in fashion and would no longer write about her in her blog. Then began the tangled story of the relationship Tavi Gevinson and Jane Pratt, creator of the popular in the nineties magazine Sassy. At first they wanted to make a magazine together, then he had to become an online magazine, then nothing was heard about him. Finally, the girls broke up and each launched its own online magazine: Janepratt.com and Rookiemag.com. The latter is obviously named after Tavi Gevinson's blog and writes for teenagers about culture, love and style. Now the young blogger is the managing editor at Garage magazine Dasha Zhukova. And, by the way, it has time to go to school.
7. Anna Dello Russo released the perfume / shot the film / put on her hat
Number of search results for Anna Dello Russo on Google News - 469
Before Anna Dello Rousseau came to the post of the creative director of Japanese Vogue, no one seemed to know about the existence of the magazine, just as they had not guessed recently about the existence of Anna herself. From the late 80s she worked in Italian Vogue, then in L'Uomo Vogue and seemed to wear an invisibility cloak, otherwise how to explain that her famous cherry hats and watermelon slices remained unnoticed all this time?
Now, having decided, apparently, to compensate for the lack of attention for many years, Anna does everything that will look good in the news headlines: she creates perfumes, acts in their advertising campaigns, stylizes shooting and shows, appears on the covers of fashion magazines, publishes T-shirts for Yoox.com, becoming the heroine of street-style blogs, and at shows always sits in the front row. Despite the fact that it seems that there is nowhere else, Anna Dello Rousseau is unpredictable, like a bullet with a displaced center of gravity: she will walk with a sheep under her arm at the Emanuel Ungaro show or with the poodle at Lanvin for H & M, then announce the work on the musical project under With the guidance of Kanye West, who is as ubiquitous as she is, she will simply make a film. During the breaks, Dello Rousseau manages to practice yoga, walk the dog and, while living in Italy, work in a Japanese magazine. But perhaps her main achievement is still to come: an exhibition of clothes and more than four thousand pairs of shoes by the best designers of the beginning of the 21st century is the most obvious way to perpetuate your name in fashion history.
8. Karl Lagerfeld released a bottle / handle / helmet / chocolate Batista Zhiabikoni
The number of search results Karl Lagerfeld by Google News - 1680
Creative director Chanel, Fendi and Karl Lagerfeld becomes a newsmaker about once every three days. In addition to the main position of designer in, for a minute, three fashion houses, Lagerfeld is removed in social advertising, produces perfumes, advertising champagne, crockery, motorcycle helmets, segways, commemorative coins with the profile of Coco Chanel, edits the magazine, acts as a DJ and, ultimately the other is the commander of the Order of the Legion of Honor of France. In addition, Karl does not cease to please us with incredible projects: he releases a bottle of wine, then life-size chocolate Battista Zhiabikoni. The fact that he himself takes photos and videos of advertising campaigns of his collections (and short films are often pulled to a full meter) is already taken for granted and doesn’t surprise anyone, like what unexpected brands and people he sometimes decides to cooperate with: the post of art director of 31 Rue Cambon magazine Olivier Zama will do a collaboration with H & M or Macy's. It seems that the goal of Lagerfeld is to put on everything in sight, the logo of two crossed C (or KL, at worst), trim with quilted leather and attach a special limited Chanel handbag.
9. Terry Richardson photographed ...
Google News Terry Richards search results - 796
In contrast to Anna Dello Rousseau, fashion photographer Terry Richardson seemed to have always existed. Unlike Karl Lagerfeld, he does not pretend to anything more than just the title of a scandalous photographer, and neatly does his job, recording the results in a blog. If someone takes the claim that he saw Richardson without a plaid flannel shirt, do not believe it: this simply can not be, unless it were regular surveys of nudity, where he could easily appear in the same family pants or completely without them. Speaking of nudity: an amateur (and what else could a raised thumb mean?) Of naked women, Richardson once nearly paid for his passion. One of the models accused him of sexual harassment, and then several more girls passed on amnesia. But, as was to be expected, the amount of news starting with "Terry Richardson took off ... for ..." for a couple of days exceeded the number of those who wanted to restore justice, and the photographer also found patrons in the person of Mark Jacobs and Karin Roitfeld. Since then, an endless stream of news tagged "Terry Richardson" is conventionally divided into announcements of his photographic activities and the activities of the models against him. And it is not clear what to read more interesting.
10. Lady Gaga appeared on the cover ...
Number of search results for Lady Gaga by Google News - 10,100
The field of activity of the artist Lady Gaga is wider than the space of the Universe: choosing a profession at the intersection of music, fashion and art, she provided herself with lessons for thirty years ahead. For example, only for this spring-summer season, Gaga appeared on the covers of nearly twenty magazines, and the number of editorials with it tends to infinity. Lady Gaga usually wears the same clothes as the rest of the time: meat dresses, Alexander McQueen and Philip Tracy's crazy hats. But the most beloved Lady Gaga brand is Thierry Mugler, where her stylist and friend Nicola Formicetti works as a chief designer. And if the singer became behind the scenes Mugler, then she signed a formal contract with the cosmetic brand M.A.C. This collaboration brings Lady Gaga fame, because all the proceeds from the sale of the line it has created go to charity.
In her spare time, Lady Gaga leads Amen Fashion, a column in V magazine and appends an introduction to a book with Terry Richardson, which will actually be an album with her photos. Of the recent photo shoots, the shooting for the October issue of Harper's Bazaar was the most memorable: Lady Gaga was tired of shocking us with her coloring and hairstyles and appeared on the pages of the magazine with almost no makeup.