Slimane signs with Gucci Group?

[AA60322]

Got this from StyleZeitGeist.com:

http://stylezeitgeist.com/forums/thread/18862.aspx

[ChaseDizzy]

haha it's like trading team members and stuff...

[domdomdomdom]

interesant

[therealcas]

good for Hedi...he wanted his own label and now he is going to get it.

[Tiranis]

Good stuff... if this is real, I'm quite interested in seeing what this leads to.

[isoform]

hedi's own label and a women's line? ...i hope.

[Vitamian]

Is it going to be cheaply commercial?

[youth_culture]

Is it going to be cheaply commercial?

Cheap w/ extremely limited runs is the way to go.

You know how Express has this new tagline of "This Is Art. Wear It." or some such shit? Well, Slimane should open a store & the motto should be something along the lines of "No Drinking. No Drugs. Just Baby Food."

Yesh.

[wild_whiskey]

I have a feeling it will be more expensive than Dior Homme, since that is typically the direction taken when designers leave a label to start their own.

[fadingblue]

on some other forum i post i posted this same thing two days ago and i got a bunch of pretty convinvcin "thats not true" answers.

[Gabriel]

woo I now work in the same groupe as Hedi

[beast]

woo I now work in the same groupe as Hedi

You work in Gucci group?

Any discounts on Gucci products?

[Gabriel]

haha I wish... I'm in another group but part of the PPR group which owns Gucci

[beast]

haha I wish... I'm in another group but part of the PPR group which owns Gucci

So what kind of discounts you get from belonging to PPR group?

[domdomdomdom]

I have a feeling it will be more expensive than Dior Homme, since that is typically the direction taken when designers leave a label to start their own.

im inclined to believe this since its true of the past, although i wish it werent

[Gabriel]

So what kind of discounts you get from belonging to PPR group?

no discount on anything from the gucci group

10 or 15% off Printemps stores and a few other things... nothing very exciting trust me.

[Mbrand]

2 years ago I worked at Haussman (Mkg dpt) and had that same 15%. I heard LVMH employees get access to private warehouse sales.

In the SDA group I work for now, I get at least 30% discount on the whole catalog, unfortunately I'ts more about coffe makers and toasters than clothes.

[Guest Chocodove2]

Hmmm...the only thing I find odd about this news is that niether WWD or DNR have a peep about it on their sites. They are usually the first to report on anything...but who knows.

[homme.homme]

nothing on WGSN either....

[domdomdomdom]

Hmmm...the only thing I find odd about this news is that niether WWD or DNR have a peep about it on their sites. They are usually the first to report on anything...but who knows.

hopefully theyre just slow this monday

[Sayword]

It's a wrap, Gucci whores are the new dior whores.

[homme.homme]

It's a wrap, Gucci whores are the new dior whores.

I thought it would have been the other way around....?

[bph]

So what kind of discounts you get from belonging to PPR group?

Gucci Group employees get 50% off at their home brand (whichever one they directly work for, ie. YSL, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, etc.) and 30% off at all other Gucci Group brands. (im a former employee)

[watchman]

dang, how do I get hired haha. Has it been confirmed at all yet? And if so, has it been confirmed that he's getting his own brand? this all still seems up in the air.

[beast]

Gucci Group employees get 50% off at their home brand (whichever one they directly work for, ie. YSL, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, etc.) and 30% off at all other Gucci Group brands. (im a former employee)

Do they have any policy about employees buying tons of stuff at 50% or 30% off and flogging off on ebay or to friends? If not, money making opportunities abound.

Also, I assume as employee, you have first dips on sample or warehouse sales?

[watchman]

i would assume they strongly look down upon a practice like that. I know that in most retail outlets, or places where you're given a discount, you are expected to not abuse it.

[Gabriel]

Yes and depending on the company, you might have to pay full price and get the discount on your salary. That encourages thinking twice about it.

But back to Hedi: there are wild rumours going round. Is the gucci group thing confirmed news?!

[beast]

Yes and depending on the company, you might have to pay full price and get the discount on your salary. That encourages thinking twice about it.

That can still work. You get a Balenciaga bag for 1000 euro, you get 300 or 500 euro credited into your next pay cheque, you sell said bag for 600 euro (assuming you have a 50% discount), which is a cool 40% off retail price when the bag is just released, not during sale.

Get another bag and repeat. This adds a steady income to your present pay. You can recruit your colleagues to utilise their staff discount as well.

[Gabriel]

I'm sure some people do that...

I'll pm you if I ever get a job at Balenciaga

[beast]

I'm sure some people do that...

I'll pm you if I ever get a job at Balenciaga

Balenciaga, Gucci, Mcqueen etc etc. Basically anything that has mens wear in the Gucci Group.