Nicolas Ghesquiere finished his last day as the Creative Director of top French fashion house Balenciaga this Thursday.
Alexander Wang, the 28-year-old American designer with his own eponymous label, is rumoured to take over the job soon.
Though a formal announcement has not been released, the same confirmation news has been reported on various respected sources, including industry bible WWD.
So, what should we expect from the “new” Balenciaga?
I think we will see a more commercial direction and mass appeal for Balenciaga, as that seems to have been on PPR‘s agenda (the brand’s parent company) for quite a while.
At the same time, I am actually very interested to see which brand Nicolas Ghesquiere is going to join… or whether he will start his own line instead.
剛過去的星期四,是Nicolas Ghesquiere 在法國著名時尚品牌巴黎世家作為創意總監的最後一日。
居傳聞,亞歷山大王將在保持自己同名品牌發展的同時,兼職為巴黎世家擔任創意總監一職。
雖然品牌尚未有發佈正式聲明,宣布正式此消息。但已經有很多極具影響和權威性的媒體、人物刊登並證實此消息屬實,其中包括被譽為時尚界聖經的WWD。
那“新”的巴黎世家會有甚麼改變呢?
我認為,設計可能會更容易被大眾所能接受,也就是走向商業化的道路。因為這是品牌的控股公司PPR一直以來想做的(努力提高銷售=高利潤),也應該是他們選擇亞歷山大王的原因之一。
而在大家都在討論新接班人的同時,我卻很想知道Nicolas Ghesquiere會去哪裡。是加入另一品牌(聽說PPR的競爭對手LVMH有意招攬他入門),還是自創門戶?
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