Gatekeepers are lynched as elitists/racists/misogynists blah blah blah by the commoners that have overrun the industry as an excuse for their lesser “talents”. These people only ever invest the effort into their hustle for fame and fortune these days, to dress and be GBF with the latest celeb— but they don’t bother investing the blood/sweat/tears with their design.
Interesting observation about Nicolas. I’ve mentioned this before of him and MAS: that there seem to almost be this passive-aggressive frustration he’s expressing through Vuitton with many of the trolling designs and with her even more trolling styling. They’re both better than these offerings that resembles circus costumes, but they’re punking the consumer and media because the brand is so ludicrously critic-proof. What working journalist is going to openly criticize LVMH? And when even girls working at Panda Express, or stealing from their employer, to own a monogram tote, it’s a brand that’s long transcended the realm of the elite and stylish, and securely nestled into pop culture. I have the same repulsion entering a Vuitton store as I do an Apple or Starbucks these days: That’s the level of pop culture Vuitton is at right now. And Nicolas is too good for this, frankly. He’s a fantastic and even shrewd business-oriented designer who knows how to excite the masses as well as the elite; HIs doll collection was sublime— then the recent mermaid-costumes were the stuff of Cirque du Soleil corniness. To see him designing again on the level of his Balenciaga days (but not Balenciaga aesthetic because that would be just absolutely pointless), free of any logos/monograms: Just to imagine him with a logo/monogram-free Chanel…(…and free of MAS…)
