Virginie Viard, ravnateljica Chanelova kreativnog studija preuzet će dužnost koju je dosad obavljao danas preminuli Karl Lagerfeld te će postati nova kreativna direktorica te modne kuće, objavila je uprava Chanela. "Suvlasnik tvrtke Chanel, Alain Wertheimer zadaću stvaranja povjerio je dosadašnjoj ravnateljici Chanelova kreativnog studija i najbližoj Karlovoj suradnici, koja je na toj dužnosti provela više od 30 godina. Ona će biti zadužena za nove kolekcije kroz koje će živjeti ostavština Gabrielle Chanel i Karla Lagerfelda", stoji u priopćenju tvrtke.
German designer Karl Lagerfeld (C) walks the runway fashion studio director of Chanel Virginie Viard (L) and his godson Hudson Kroenig during the Chanel Metiers D'Art 2018/19 Show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on December 4, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
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Karl Lagerfeld je Virginie Viard rado nazivao "svojom desnom i lijevom rukom". "Da je izgubim, bio bih paraliziran", rekao je svojedobno. Upravo se ona 22. siječnja na kraju modne revije u Grand Palaisu naklonila publici i pozdravila je umjesto Lagerfelda koji je, kako su organizatori kazali izostao s događaja jer je bio "umoran".
U jednom od rijetkih intervjua, koji je dala 2017. časopisu Madame Figaro, Viard je ispričala kako u 3D tehnici pravi skice za svojeg mentora. "Dugo se poznajemo i vrlo lako pretačem njegove zamisli u skice. Imamo sedam radionica, godišnje osam kolekcija, no Karl sve vodi." Tada je također otkrila da se Karlu obraća s "Vi".
"On je jedina osoba koju tako dobro poznajem, a obraćam joj se s "Vi". I to mi se jako sviđa."
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 24, 2015 member of the jury and French director of Chanel's creation studio Virginie Viard (2nd R) looks at creations during the 30th edition of the International Festival of Fashion and Photography, at the Villa Noailles in Hyeres, southeastern France. - Virginie Viard, Lagerfeld's right hand person, will be the successor of late German designer Karl Lagerfeld, and will become the fashion designer of Chanel according to a statement of the French fashion house. German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has died at the age of 85, it was announced on February 19, 2019. (Photo by Bertrand LANGLOIS / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 2, 2018 late German fashion designer of Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld (L), flanked by French fashion studio director of Chanel Virginie Viard (R), acknowledges the audience at the end of the Chanel Spring-Summer 2019 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show in Paris. - Virginie Viard, Lagerfeld's right hand person, will be the successor of late German designer Karl Lagerfeld, and will become the fashion designer of Chanel according to a statement of the French fashion house. German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has died at the age of 85, it was announced on February 19, 2019. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)
