Designers And Brands Are Splitting Up. Why?

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Apart from brands, no matter which industry, employees and bosses can say good-bye to each other after leaving the company is a lucky thing. This also means that such a lucky thing will not happen frequently.

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Quite a lot of goodbyes are filled with resentment and grudges in the tide of resignation.

The latest example is the Hedi Slimane who formally left the Yves Saint Laurent in April of this year. In June 21st, Slimane introduced the parent company of Yves Saint Laurent, a group of former cloud owners, that is, his former employer, who had not paid his compensation during the implementation of the non competition agreement.

In the fashion industry, the competition prohibition agreement is very common. The main purpose is to restrict certain level employees to jump to their competitors in a certain period of time, which will bring adverse effects to the company.

Generally speaking, because designers may not be able to find new jobs smoothly during this period, fashion companies will make some economic compensation to the designer with the agreement.

So, Slimane is fighting for this in litigation.

But then the announcement from the cloud gave a completely different set of claims.

Kai Yun said that after the end of the contract with Hedi Slimane in April, the terms of prohibition of business strife were abolished, and the freedom of Slimane was also returned to him, so that he did not need to be bound by relevant provisions. However, Slimane thought that the terms were still in force and demanded compensation.

As a matter of fact, the news of his departure from Slimane has not stopped his speculation about his next destination.

It is said that he is going to replace Karl Lagerfeld and become the artistic director of Chanel. He also says he will create his own brand to fill his vacancy without personal brand.

However, these guesses were eventually denied by Chanel and Hedi Slimane respectively.

It is impossible to prove whether the opening of the cloud has exerted any pressure on the road of Hedi Slimane's reemployment, which has led to Slimane's seemingly unreasonable claim.

In fact, the competition prohibition agreement can do very little.

It doesn't matter whether there is any job hopping.

Last October, after the end of Raf Simons and Dior's three and a half years' cooperation, it was restricted by the competition prohibition agreement. In the past six months, Raf Simons did not go to any new brand work.

But Fashionista, a fashion news website, said the Raf Simons's competition agreement will expire at the end of July. Calvin Klein will officially announce Raf Simons as the brand new creative director in August.

Although flow is free, it may still be the age when designers are most anxious.

Under the power of capital, designers and designers of iron houses are responsible for selling, and the cruel production rhythm of the fashion industry is also needed.

At the moment when business is hard to do, the brand also needs to make great changes in the line of men and women and the adjustment of the show time. As a result, the contradiction between designer and brand is more prominent.

After the announcement of Raf Simons's departure from Dior, he did not publicly comment on the work experience. However, when he was still in office, Raf Simons interviewed System magazine and said that he felt that he had too many series to do and time was not enough.

Of course, this has become a very decent farewell. Embarrassment can be seen in the process of Lanvin sacking Alber Elbaz. Lanvin company is now divided into two groups: supporting the decision to expel and supporting Elbaz, the heart is torn, no one seems to have benefited from this dispute.

Nicolas Ghesquiere is also the same. In 2013, he was sent to court by his old Balenciaga because of his "improper remarks on leaving the office". Designers and branding were uncommon.

However, the final courtesy is still being tried to maintain. In a statement on litigation, Kai Wan said the differences will not change the group's affirmation of Hedi Slimane's contribution, and he succeeded in reforming the brand in the four years Hedi Slimane worked for Yves Saint Laurent.

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