SUPPOSEDLY Gareth Pugh will replace Kris Van Assche as head designer of Dior Homme. Nobody has confirmed the report but I have heard that it will be announced any day now. Speculation that Pugh might take the reins from Van Assche reached a fever pitch when LVMH chief Bernard Arnault's daughter Delphine Arnault sat front-row at his very first menswear show at Paris Men's Fashion week and called the collection "beautiful" and "amazing." Critics, too, called it flawless. This is really fucking exciting news for anyone into menswear. Van Assche never quite lived up to Hedi Slimane, who left Dior Homme almost two years ago, and anytime you mention Dior Homme everyone says something like "its nice but I don't care because it's not Hedi Slimane." If anyone can bring a label back from being a bit behind, its Pugh. Celebs like Beyonce, as I posted a month or two back, have really started jocking Gareth Pugh's line and I imagine the Dior Homme line will be at least comparable to when Hedi Slimane was at the reins.
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