So Clare Keller who once designed for the likes of Gucci, Chloe, Givenchy is now at Uniqlo.
NYT has done an article on Clare, where Clare tries to make out that Clare wanted her stint at Givenchy to be a short one …sure Clare
Meghan has emailed in to say she got a few items from Clare’s Uniqlo collection. Bet she’s gutted she can’t get the designer togs anymore! But my god…Meghans hardly the person to call upon as a fashion ambassador.
But I’m thinking, 2017- April 2020, when she left Givenchy. Is a very short time for a head at an atelier. So it looks obvious she was let go or was ‘mutually agreed’ as the Sussex’s like to say.
But could it be, that her stand out garment from her time there, Meghans wedding dress, was her downfall?
Im sure on paper the dress looked gorgeous. Simple, elegant, clean lines. But with the bespoke duchess satin used, which was incredibly thick - it didnt lend itself to elegant sleeves or a fine fit. We also know from the flower girl dresses it was a rush job. Charlottes dress was shocking, with a hanging hemline etc.
The fit of some of the flower girl dresses and Meghan dress didn’t look good. This must have reflected on Givenchy and Clare. I’m guessing that’s why she left so soon with no job to go to and now is at a fast fashion label!
Her Trajectory seems the same as Meghans. Duchess to D list. Givenchy to Uniqlo.
So why on earth she got Meghan to write an email talking her up I don’t know. Working with her seems like the kiss of death!
https://archive.ph/lpnqP - for those that don’t have an NYT subscription
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/style/clare-waight-keller-uniqlo-givenchy.html