New blood needed
Respected fashion commentator Colin McDowell has weighed in on the Dior successor debate again this morning insisting that new blood, rather than a safe established name, is what the house needs for the next phase of its development.
"And so we come to the tragic case of Dior," he writes for the Business of Fashion, after offering his opinion on Raf Simons' Jil Sander departureand Hedi Slimane's YSL arrival. "And it is tragic on more levels than one: that a label needs a designer and that a man, for all his transgressions, needs a job. Fashion needs that man. To insert Bill Gaytten an undisputedly brilliant technician, but not a designer into the gap at Dior can be nothing but a temporary solution. It's high time this gap was closed. But why not with somebody young and untested, as Yves Saint Laurent was when he took over the reins at Dior at the tender age of 21 and went on to revolutionise women's clothes? I still believe that designers with genius and courage, traits which are invariably independent of age, are more likely to thrive at a grand Paris label than at brands in any of the world's other fashion capitals at this point." McDowell made headlines last year after he revealed he had written to Dior chief executive Sidney Toledano to recommend Yves Saint Laurent lookalike Erdem Moralioglu for the vacant post. Another young London based designer, Christopher Kane, was linked with the job last month but told us exclusively that he is not in the running.
"And so we come to the tragic case of Dior," he writes for the Business of Fashion, after offering his opinion on Raf Simons' Jil Sander departureand Hedi Slimane's YSL arrival. "And it is tragic on more levels than one: that a label needs a designer and that a man, for all his transgressions, needs a job. Fashion needs that man. To insert Bill Gaytten an undisputedly brilliant technician, but not a designer into the gap at Dior can be nothing but a temporary solution. It's high time this gap was closed. But why not with somebody young and untested, as Yves Saint Laurent was when he took over the reins at Dior at the tender age of 21 and went on to revolutionise women's clothes? I still believe that designers with genius and courage, traits which are invariably independent of age, are more likely to thrive at a grand Paris label than at brands in any of the world's other fashion capitals at this point." McDowell made headlines last year after he revealed he had written to Dior chief executive Sidney Toledano to recommend Yves Saint Laurent lookalike Erdem Moralioglu for the vacant post. Another young London based designer, Christopher Kane, was linked with the job last month but told us exclusively that he is not in the running.
Change the world with yoga and supermodels
Miranda Kerr has agreed to give a free yoga lesson if she can convince 500 people to take up her Earth Hour challenge.
"I believe everyone has the power to change the world we live in,"
"I believe everyone has the power to change the world we live in,"
Super olsens
THE Olsen twins' new capsule shoe collection for Superga is almost here and will be available to buy exclusively at Harvey Nichols later this month. The stylish twins were appointed the brand's creative directors in September 2011 to mark the tennis sneaker label's 100th birthday, announcing that they would also be designing a range under their fashion label The Row. But they may not be much to get excited over as they are only sneakers but could add sporty youth to a outfit or just wear them doing sporty things. But i see them as being more hipster rather than athletic
Is schiaparelli and galliano set for a comeback?
The latest industry rumor isn’t about a Dior appointment but rather, the house’s former designer John Galliano. Hint reports that Galliano may be heading to Schiaparelli. With the Costume Institute’s upcoming exhibit Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: On Fashion, it would be a timely comeback for the Italian house and for the controversial but genius man
