Comments on: Fashion Industry News Roundup: 10/014/08

By: Nathan Branch

Nathan Branch — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:13:31 +0000

Yeah, the recurring complaint regarding luxury brands is that two corporations, LVMH and PPR, own the majority of fashion/design houses and have homogenized design as a result.
Where individual designers used to be able to make a splash and change the course of design/production for years after (Yves St. Laurent, for instance, with the debut of his post-war ‘New Look’ — or CoCo Chanel collaborating on her groundbreaking Chanel No. 5), it’s now getting more difficult to tell design lines / perfume lines apart from their “competitors” because they’re no longer in competition.
The marketing image of the brand has become more important that what the brand actually produces, but I think we might see a de-emphasis on this as a result of logo oversaturation (i.e. niche fragrance companies finding a market foothold due to major brand fatigue).

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:17:09 +0000

I had no idea that one company, LVMH, sold all of those top brands. This blog is awesome for both the writing and the educational value!

By: Nathan Branch

Nathan Branch — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:35:13 +0000

Well, you know — when I speak Sergio Rossi, I have to find some way to get people to listen.
But, still, I mean, I saw a number of photos where Hayek and Castillo looked thick as thieves, then she divorces her husband and he quits a few months later as head designer for one of her husband’s companies . . . I wouldn’t be surprised to see the two of them team up on a project of their own. 50/50 partners.
She’s already co-founder for the Mango label, and with her fashion/business connections and now likely financial wherewithal (divorce attornies + high flyin’ hubby = big payoff), I would guess that a Hayek / Castillo partnership is not a total improbability.
It’s my own personal idea of soap opera heaven.

By: ScentScelf

ScentScelf — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:05:32 +0000

Aw, man, that’ the worst–as in best–kind of rumor mongering, the clever tinge o’ fact logic stuff. Now I’m all interested in people I wouldn’t have thought, let alone cared, about otherwise.
Bad boy.