Chapter 501 Fashion TV(1/2)
The aftermath of the European currency crisis is still continuing, but Simon and Janet's itinerary has not been affected. Even the article in the Wall Street Journal on September 26 was actually arranged in advance.
I have been to Helsinki and participated in Gucci's show. The rest of my time is to travel everywhere.
There are so many beautiful scenery in Europe in autumn, and fairy tale-like towns surrounded by red leaves can be found everywhere.
This was until September 29, when Milan Fashion Week closed.
Simon and Janet returned from the Alps to attend the fashion week's closing party.
Because of Gucci's rapid rise, Milan Fashion Week, which was originally only more concerned than London Fashion Week, has been quite lively in recent years.
The most obvious point is that there are obviously many more supermodels and celebrities participating in fashion week than before.
Moreover, as the Westeros system has become increasingly influential in the fashion and entertainment industries, many people are actually coming for Simon.
"After the next New York Fashion Week, I hope to go to Los Angeles to see it, Simon, can you let me take the Victoria's Secret show? Even if there is only one."
The closing party scene.
Naga Allman held a glass of red wine, looked at Simon with blue eyes, and his body tilted slightly towards the man, with a bit of pitiful begging in his expression.
The girl wore a black suspender dress tonight, which was average in style, but it was hard to hide her slender figure.
As a "legged girl" who was praised by Simon, this time she not only did not get the endorsement quota for Victoria's Secret Angels like Yasmin Gary, but she did not even get the qualification to walk the catwalk of ordinary Victoria's Secret Angels.
The reason is mainly because Naga Allman's appearance and figure are more suitable for high fashion, and lack the beautiful face and slim figure that Victoria's Secret Angels need. On the other hand, the girl's original career focus has always been in Europe, and she usually lives in Paris. After becoming famous, she began to expand her business in North America, but in fact, she is not even good at speaking English. She just spoke to Simon and used German directly.
Therefore, Naga Allman simply did not participate in the selection of Victoria's Secret Angels.
Of course, because it was praised by Simon, it would definitely not be good if the other party did not participate in the fashion show that he personally operated. Therefore, he specially explained to Simon through Elite's senior management.
Simon also felt that girls were not suitable for Victoria's Secret Show, so he didn't care.
Many people in the circle understand the reasons, but it does not prevent some media from talking about this matter.
The same "waist semen" and "leg semen" brought out by Westeros personally. The waist semen has been qualified as the spokesperson for Victoria's Secret Angels, but the leg semen has not even participated in the Victoria's Secret show.
So, is it because something angered Westeros, or is there any other insider?
Some supermodels in the fashion industry rely on becoming a muse of a certain brand designer to become famous, even if they lose favor, their fame will still exist.
However, if this circle is out of favor in front of Westeros, the problem will be somewhat serious.
There is no such precedent in Hollywood.
for example.
Meg Ryan.
Westeros is really good at praising women, but if a woman is neglected, the outcome will be miserable.
Naga Allman's agency has hinted through some media platforms more than once that the girl did not participate in the Victoria's Secret show, and it was simply inappropriate in image. Moreover, the girl also has endorsement cooperation with Melisandra's CK brand, so the matter has nothing to do with whether she was neglected by Westeros.
However, some media always like to watch the fun without complaining about the big deal.
Moreover, the fashion industry is not big after all. If a newcomer with the potential of a supermodel can be suppressed, no matter whether it is a well-known model or an agency with a competitive relationship, he will not mind pushing it.
So, the explanation is to cover up.
The cooperation with CK cannot be cancelled because of the agreement. Is there any cooperation in the future? It is not certain.
Conclusion: I must have been neglected!
Sophia actually talked about these things when she was gossiping and Simon, so Simon naturally didn't take them seriously.
At this time, seeing Naga Allman's pitiful appearance, I realized that this incident seemed to have a great impact on the girl.
After thinking about it, Simon shook his head and said, "But, Najia, the main trial and rehearsal was over last month. You can insert it now, at least one theme needs to be rescheduled."
Seeing that Simon's tone was not very firm, Naga Allman immediately said: "Simon, I have contacted Mr. Casablanca. As long as you agree, Elite can replace one of his models and I will replace them."
This time, there were 40 people in the Victoria's Secret Angel team, most of which were from famous model agencies such as Elite and Ford. One of them was not that famous. Yunaga Allman topped the table, and it seemed that there was no big problem.
Since the girl had already made plans and Elite cooperated, Simon nodded.
As for who was replaced, Simon didn't care much.
However, he still reminded: "Schedule this and don't have any messy news. Also, since you missed the rehearsal in August, stay in Los Angeles after New York Fashion Week, just prepare for this."
Naga Allman's pitifulness just now was wiped out, with a bit of excitement in his expression, and nodded, "I know."
Simon looked at the girl in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.
Women are indeed fickle.
Noting Simon's expression, Naga Allman quickly restrained a little and said, "Simon, you will also go back to North America next, right?"
Simon didn't understand so: "Yes."
"So," the girl's eyes were filled with some hope: "Can I get a ride-blower?"
Simon was stunned for a moment, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Tomorrow at 9 o'clock, Milan International Airport."
Seeing the girl getting excited again, Simon added with a smile: "But there will be a lot of people together this time."
In recent days, not only Naga Allman, but many people have inquired whether they can take Simon's Boeing 767 when returning to North America.
From the original Madonna, Cindy Crawford to the current Naga Allman, Simon could not resist the little entanglement of Queen McArthur's promise. Madonna just arrived specifically to support Gucci's show, so it would definitely not be too much to ask for a pickup.
Since the beginning was there, Simon simply agreed when he mentioned it, and then he took the initiative to invite some people to join him.
There will definitely be no harm in giving away such favors.
As a medium-sized passenger plane with a standard passenger capacity of 200 people, even if it is converted into a private plane, it is easy to ride dozens of people together.
In addition to the Simons' own accompanying team, more than 20 other men and women eventually returned to North America together, and Janet simply prepared an air party for this.
After getting his own business, Naga Allman noticed that Rolling Stone lead singer Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall came over together, greeted each other politely, and took the initiative to flash the scene.
As one of the famous models of this era and Mick Jagger's wife, Jerry Hall certainly won't miss several fashion weeks.
Simon greeted the two and chatted casually about topics like movies and music with Mick Jagger.
Today, Jerry Hall, who wore a silver dress with a much stronger temperament than Naga who had just left, just stood beside him, occasionally matching the two men's words.
However, when a woman inadvertently looks at Simon, she will inadvertently show a slightly joking smile on her expression.
It seems to be reminding Simon something.
Of course Simon will not forget the weekend she spent in Hawaii with Jerry Hall and another famous model Ella McPherson.
Of course, Simon did not feel guilty in front of the woman's husband.
The couple in front of me are not fuel-efficient lights.
Although he has married Jerry Hall and has children, Mick Jagger's romantic affairs will appear in gossip media every few days.
Of course, Simon had no position to give advice to Mick Jagger. The only thing he did better was that he would not let the media catch any handle.
After a few talks, Jerry Hall, who was about to part, said, "Simon, I heard Madonna say at the party the night before yesterday that you can take your plane back to North America. Can you bring me one?"
"Of course," Simon nodded, realizing something, looked at Mick Jagger and asked, "Will Mick go to North America together?"
Mick Jagger shook his head and said, "I have some other schedules here."
"What a pity, because there are many people together this time, Jenny has specially prepared an air party. If you can be together, it will definitely be more lively."
"It's really a pity, I can only look forward to the next time."
When the couple left, Simon had a few more social events. Seeing that the time was about the same, he found Janet in the crowd and planned to leave.
Sofia also returned to the mountain villa on the shore of Lake Como in the northern suburbs of Milan.
It was already past ten o'clock when he arrived home. Janet, who was very concerned about maintenance, ran to take a shower and planned to rest as soon as possible. However, Sophia was not sleepy and even talked to Simon about an idea that she had just had at the party.
Melisandra has four brands now. Gucci is the main revenue, accounting for more than 70% of Melisandra's revenue. Van Clerk and CK are also developing very rapidly. The last Latu Winery is entirely Simon's personal collection and does not pursue commercial interests. However, because of the past experience, Sofia is easy to manage Latu Winery. Nowadays, the best red wines are basically retained by the wineries, but the annual output is also steadily generated good returns through Sofia's operations.
Overall, except for CK, which has just been acquired, the other three brands continue to provide Melisandra with more or less profits.
For most companies, if they have sufficient funds, they will of course choose to expand further.
Compared with LVMH, which has two pillars, Dior and LV, Melisandro does have a considerable gap to catch up.
However, Sofia has not yet found a suitable brand to acquire. In the luxury industry, it is even more difficult to create a brand from scratch, so it has the idea of developing other businesses.
Inspired by some of the time when dealing with the media in the past few years of running Melisandra, Sophia recently came up with the idea of setting up a dedicated fashion TV station.
This will increase Melisandra's voice in fashion media.
The paper media landscape in the fashion circle has long been established, and it is not easy to get involved.
Although there are specialized fashion TV stations, they have little influence. They are usually just channels that are skipped by people. No one in the TV industry thinks that TV stations specializing in fashion can be made on a large scale.
After all, fashion is a bit far from ordinary people after all.
In Simon's memory, the most famous fashion channel should be Fashion TV, headquartered in France.
However, after hearing Sophia say her thoughts, Simon turned on the TV in the living room and searched for a moment, but there was no Fashion TV.
Let women change several fashion channels for themselves, and Sofia even broadcasts several channels, but it is not Fashion TV.
After carefully sorting out the memory, Simon remembered that the famous Fashion TV was officially established in 1997 and has not appeared yet.
For professional TV stations, Simon does not have the prejudice that the traditional TV industry is used to thinking that it may not be able to do it.
To be continued...