“The problem nowadays is that creative directors only get one-year contracts,” thejarc posted. “I think that a constant change of the creative director is seriously damaging for the brand image (see Ungaro). I don’t know the numbers behind Manish but he turned the house from a cheesy perfume brand into something vaguely relevant (though after [two] collections it’s rather hard to tell; [Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy’s] beginning was a bit slow as well and look where they are now, financially speaking).”
Manish Arora still maintains his eponymous label, so thankfully he won’t be disappearing from the fashion scene altogether. But still, this continuous game of designer musical chairs is discouraging.
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