Gareth Pugh IS going to Dior Homme

[ahlefeldt]

It's true! Gareth Pugh IS taking over at Dior Homme. The rumours started when Delphine Arnault, the daughter of LVMH head honcho Bernard Arnault sat front row at his debut menswear show in Paris, and now we've heard from well placed sources backstage at Louise Goldin that it's a done deal. No official from LVMH yet but we're expecting the announcement that Gareth is taking over from Dior Homme's current designer Kris van Assche any day now.

taken from : http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/fashion...dior-homme.htm

[mass]

[KodakII]

Is he still going to be funded by Lamy?

[osn19]

Good Bye Van Assche !

[ironman]

hmm...although there's not much wrong with aw09 dior by kva, i guess this is okay news

although i'd rather buy straight Gareth than Dior by Gareth, i may end up liking both

bye bye money :(

[reborn]

I think this is great news. It will give Pugh the opportunity to learn the biz and how to assemble a collection and execute a vision from top to bottom. And a lot of young designers started working for major design houses.

KVA, well, I have not been a fan of his work (either for Dior or his eponymous label), but I give him credit for attempting to fill in the shoes that Slimane left.

[XSKY]

how many strikes did it take, in a row, for kva to finally strike out?

TOO MANY

[BeauIXI]

Thank god. I hope there's a guillotine involved in KVA's abdication. Viva la revolución!

[philip nod]

this is great. i look forward to shopping at Dior again. i bet sara is thrilled.

[curiouscharles]

A tamer version of Gareth's aesthetic might be exactly what the doctor ordered (for me).

Very excited for the first show - it would be great to see Dior produce clothing worthy of its stature again.

[Sombre]

Wow. This is news. Although I don't think Dior produced clothing "worthy of its stature" under Slimane (grunge just doesn't isn't an inherent factor of Dior) and although I'm one of the few supporters of Kris van Assche, I don't think he has done well at Dior Homme. I wonder if they'll relocate him to a different brand or if he'll just focus on the eponymous line.

As for Pugh at DH, I think the chance of a hit is definitely higher than that of a miss.

Of course this is still all just speculation; there was nothing concrete in that article except the title.

[Faust]

gentlemen, let us give gareth some benefit of the doubt until we see his DH collections. Although it is true that his flare for the dramatic took centre stage with his own line, it is very likely that the solid, inventive tailoring that formed the underlying structure of his menswear pieces will be more prominently featured under the Dior banner.

my sentiments exactly. theatricality showcased his talent.

[snafu]

now i can finnally not be embrasssed to write dior in waywt
i hope he shakes things up and fucks up the now dior clientle or scares them off, had enought of dior tees shiney sneakers and yawn 19cm jeans

i want gareth to fuck with the cutting of the blazers, jeans to go down to 13cm, the colours to go back to what gareth's clothes are about "black black and balck" and bring on the neo nazi stomp your fucking face in boots

[ang]

i want gareth to fuck with the cutting of the blazers, jeans to go down to 13cm, the colours to go back to what gareth's clothes are about "black black and balck" and bring on the neo nazi stomp your fucking face in boots

if i imagine a new dh collection like this i cant sleep anymore cause im so looking forward to having those clothes...

gareth pugh + dior homme = luster every year... awesome

[osn19]

now i can finnally not be embrasssed to write dior in waywt
i hope he shakes things up and fucks up the now dior clientle or scares them off, had enought of dior tees shiney sneakers and yawn 19cm jeans

i want gareth to fuck with the cutting of the blazers, jeans to go down to 13cm, the colours to go back to what gareth's clothes are about "black black and balck" and bring on the neo nazi stomp your fucking face in boots

Redacted !
Hope he gets rid of the shiny aspect of his own line though. And I'm afraid DH will be getting the same hype as with Slimane once again.
Actually I don't blame KVA for doing a bad job at DH, but the people at LVMH who chose him after Slimane are guilty. They are the ones who really shoud get fucked for ruining everything that DH had become. They probably don't deserve to get DH back on the darker side of the force, but it sure sounds exciting for us to have Pugh there.