Unless
you became a Louis Vuitton collector literally decades ago, you
probably can’t imagine the brand without Marc Jacobs, Vuitton’s creative
director of 16 years, Louis Vuitton Outlet
who revolutionized the brand’s handbag business, started an
industry-wide trend of artist collaborations and positioned the company
firmly at the nexus of fashion and pop culture. Yesterday morning,
though, Fashionista reported that industry rumors and its own anonymous
sources indicate that Jacobs’ long tenure as head of the brand may be
coming to an end when his contract runs out in 2014. Louis Vuitton knows
just how we like to commemorate an occasion: with a new bag. To
celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Louis Vuitton Cup serving as a
qualifier to the America’s Cup yacht race, the brand has opened a pop-up
shop on the San Francisco Bay and stocked it with all of the Vuitton
sports gear you could want. That includes one very special, Louis Vuitton Handbags limited edition bag: the Louis Vuitton San Francisco Neverfull Tote Bag.
Vuitton
and Jacobs are currently still in negotiations to renew the contract,
and if Jacobs left, it would be of his own volition. After all, he’s
presided over a decade and a half of record sales and profits for the
leather goods company, and despite LVMH’s recent desire to take Vuitton
in a direction that’s more appealing to the highest end of the market,
the brand seems to be comfortable with the idea that Jacobs is still the
man for the job. Louis Vuitton Sunglasses
He may have other ideas, though, and in his absence, rumors indicate
former Balenciaga chief Nicolas Ghesquiere might be the heir to the
throne at the world’s most important luxury brand.
Jacobs
recently appointed two high-profile names, Kate Hillier and Luella
Bartley, to revamp his Marc by Marc Jacobs brand, admitting that it had
fallen behind the burgeoning contemporary market. With the pressure of
overseeing four full collections a year for three distinct brands,
perhaps Jacobs thinks its time to scale back his responsibilities and
focus on the lines that bear his name. louis vuitton shoes for men
In recent years, the Marc Jacobs brand has also fallen behind some of
its competitors, especially in the uber-profitable accessories and shoe
businesses, even though Jacobs’ shows are still among the most
influential in the world. It’s been since the Stam Bag, in the
mid-2000s, that Jacobs’ flare for accessories brought his own brand an
overwhelming hit.
Although
all of this is just gossip, it makes a certain amount of sense,
considering the timing and strategies of all the brands and designers
involved. The only real question I see involves Ghesquiere; although his
motorcycle bags sold well at Balenciaga, his designs, no matter how
beloved by fashion people, were generally not retail gold. For a company
like Vuitton, that just won’t fly, even though he is unquestionably the
most gifted free Louis Vuitton Rolling Luggag
agent on the design market right now. With the devoted Vuitton fanbase
and Ghesquiere’s artistic talent, though, commerce might not prove to be
a problem, should these rumors turn into reality.If you’re a fan of
Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs or Nicolas Ghesquiere (which might be all of
you, actually), let us known your thoughts on these prospective moves in
the comments!
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