Halston anyone? Help a newbie

[SoCal2NYC]

Pierre Cardin has over 300 different types of products with his name on it.

 

[mussel]

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

Pierre Cardin has over 300 different types of products with his name on it.

Why would anyone still be holding a license for Pierre Cardin, the brand is so cheap that holding it is a liability.

 

[Sartorian]

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

Harvey Weinstien bought the Halston about 2 months ago naming Tamara Mellon (of Jimmy Choo) the president and Rachael Zoe (stylist that "created" BoHo) a creative consultant. This has nothing to do with the men's license; but, this is in terms of reviving the Saks/Neiman Marcus/Bergdorf Goodman level of women's couture.
Tie this with a movie starring Alec Baldwin, fashion's love of all things pop-culture nostalgic, and you have a label resurgence akin to John Travolta's after Pulp Fiction. Didn't Lauren Hutton do ads for the label back in the 80s?

 

[TheHoff]

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

Pierre Cardin has over 300 different types of products with his name on it.

Are you saying this Pierre Cardin Deluxe Multi-Function Emergency Car Light is crap?? I beg to differ, sir.

 

[paper clip]

Originally Posted by TheHoff

Are you saying this Pierre Cardin Deluxe Multi-Function Emergency Car Light is crap?? I beg to differ, sir.

Awesome! Well played!

I remember those 'designer' brands from when I was an impressionable yout' in the '80s.

 

[von Rothbart]

I don't understand why American designers (or the brand owners) have such difficulty managing their brands when they go mass market, with Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan (and may be Calvin Klein) the only exceptions. Even the very talented Narcisco Rodriguez had to sell his name to Liz Claiborne. Geoffrey Beene, Oscar de la Renta, Halston and Bill Blass were all venerable names, now can only be found in 3rd-tier dept. stores or discount outlets. Beene even had a couture store overlooking the Grand Army Plaza across from the Central Park.

 

[SoCal2NYC]

Geoffrey Beene, Oscar de la Renta, Halston and Bill Blass were all venerable names, now can only be found in 3rd-tier dept. stores or discount outlets. QUOTE]

Oscar de la Renta and Bill Blass are carried at Saks and you'd be hard pressed to find a skirt suit for less than $3,500 and you can have your pick of the litter of evening gowns from $7,000-$15,000.

I know Oscar has the Macy's men's license and maybe even a women's (both of which I believe are called Oscar or O Oscar de la Renta)...I'm not sure if Bill Blass has anything else out there.

 

[gnatty8]

Originally Posted by TheHoff

Are you saying this Pierre Cardin Deluxe Multi-Function Emergency Car Light is crap?? I beg to differ, sir.

The lines of that emergency car light are impeccable, the design, breathtaking. That emergency car light could only have been executed by a master designer of fine men's garments.

 

[LabelKing]

 

[Sartorian]

This thread is really rad.

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

Harvey Weinstien bought the Halston about 2 months ago naming Tamara Mellon (of Jimmy Choo) the president and Rachael Zoe (stylist that "created" BoHo) a creative consultant. This has nothing to do with the men's license; but, this is in terms of reviving the Saks/Neiman Marcus/Bergdorf Goodman level of women's couture.

Nobody likes Rachel Zoe. Any whore can be a stylist these days.

 

[caelte]

Originally Posted by TheHoff

Are you saying this Pierre Cardin Deluxe Multi-Function Emergency Car Light is crap?? I beg to differ, sir.

I don't want to bum you, but due to it's unprecedented success there were many counterfeits.
The real one is pictured on the box.

 

[LabelKing]

You used to see a lot of shoddy Cardin stuff in the Duty Free stores during the '80s and '90s.

 

[Shirtmaven]

Originally Posted by von Rothbart

I don't understand why American designers (or the brand owners) have such difficulty managing their brands when they go mass market, with Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan (and may be Calvin Klein) the only exceptions. Even the very talented Narcisco Rodriguez had to sell his name to Liz Claiborne. Geoffrey Beene, Oscar de la Renta, Halston and Bill Blass were all venerable names, now can only be found in 3rd-tier dept. stores or discount outlets. Beene even had a couture store overlooking the Grand Army Plaza across from the Central Park.

Years ago, I intorduced myself to Geoffrey beene at the Farmers Market in Union square. He was there every Wed. picking out food for his dinner parties. He had me make some shirts and Boxer shorts for the 5th ave store which is now the home of Dominco Vacca.

His department store shirt and tie lines, were the largest selling desinger labels at Macys/federated at one point in time. He actually approved all of the designs and patterns that went into production. he did not just wait for the check. the reason it was so successful was that this fantastic designer actually was involved in his liscense.

Carl