The aftermath of the European currency crisis is still continuing, but Simon and Janet's schedule 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 the Gucci catwalk show, and the rest of the time was spent traveling around.
There are so many beautiful scenery in Europe in autumn, and fairy tale-like towns surrounded by red leaves can be found everywhere.
This continues until September 29, when Milan Fashion Week ends.
Simone and Janet returned from the Alps specifically to attend the closing party of Fashion Week.
Due to the rapid rise of Gucci, Milan Fashion Week, which originally attracted only slightly more attention 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 in the past.
Moreover, as the Westeros system becomes more and more influential in the fashion and entertainment industries, many people actually come here for Simon.
"After the New York Fashion Week is over, I hope to go to Los Angeles to see it. Simon, can you let me participate in the Victoria's Secret catwalk show, even if it's just one."
Closing party scene.
Nadja Orman was holding a glass of red wine, looking at Simon with her blue eyes, leaning slightly towards the man, with a bit of pitiful begging in her expression.
The girl wore a black suspender dress tonight. The style was ordinary, but it could not hide her slender figure.
As a girl with "legs" praised by Simon, not only did she not get the endorsement spot of the Victoria's Secret Angel like Yasmin Gary this time, she didn't even get the qualification to walk the catwalk of an ordinary Victoria's Secret Angel.
The main reason is that Nadja Allman's appearance and figure are more suitable for high fashion (High Fashion) and lack the beautiful face and slim figure required by Victoria's Secret Angels. On the other hand, the girl's original career focus has always been in Europe, and she is usually based in Paris. Although she began to expand her business to North America after becoming famous, in fact, she still doesn't even speak English very well. She just spoke German directly to Simon.
Therefore, Nadja Allman simply did not participate in the original Victoria's Secret Angel selection.
Of course, because he was promoted by Simon, it would not be good not to participate in the fashion show run by the other party himself, so he specially explained it to Simon through Elite senior management.
Simon also felt that the girl was not suitable for the Victoria's Secret show, so he didn't care.
Many people in the circle understand the reason, but that doesn't stop some media from talking about it.
The same 'waist essence' and 'leg essence' were hand-picked by Westeros. The waist essence has obtained the qualification of Victoria's Secret Angel spokesperson, but the leg essence has not even been able to participate in the Victoria's Secret show.
So, has he fallen out of favor, is there something that has offended Westeros, or is there something else going on
After some supermodels in the fashion industry become famous by becoming the muse of a certain brand designer, their fame will still exist even if they fall out of favor.
However, in the current circle, if he falls out of favor in front of Westeros, the problem will be serious.
It's not like there's no such precedent in Hollywood.
for example.
Meg Ryan.
Westeros is really good at complimenting women, but if you neglect a woman, the consequences will be miserable.
Nadja Allman's agency has hinted through some media platforms more than once that the girl did not participate in the Victoria's Secret show because her image was inappropriate. Moreover, the girl also has an endorsement partnership with Melisandre's CK brand, so the matter It has absolutely nothing to do with being snubbed by Westeros.
However, some media always like to watch the excitement and don't take it too seriously.
Moreover, the pool in the fashion industry is not big after all. If a newcomer with supermodel potential can be suppressed, no matter it is a well-known model or an agency with a competitive relationship, they will not mind pushing it.
So, the explanation is just a cover-up.
The cooperation with CK cannot be canceled because of the agreement. It is not certain whether there will be further cooperation in the future.
Conclusion: Definitely still left out!
Sofia actually talked about these things with Simon as gossip, and Simon naturally didn't take it to heart.
At this time, looking at Nadja Orman's pitiful appearance, I realized that this incident seemed to have a considerable impact on the girl.
After thinking about it, Simon still shook his head and said: "But, Nadja, the main fitting and rehearsal ended last month. If you step in now, at least one theme will have to be rearranged."
Seeing that Simon's tone was not too firm, Nadja Allman immediately said: "Simon, I have contacted Mr. Casablanca. As long as you agree, Elite can replace one of its own models and replace it with me."
There are a total of 40 people in the Victoria's Secret Angel team this time, and most of them are from famous model agencies such as Elite and Ford. It seems that it will not be a big problem to replace one of them who is not so famous and replace it with Nadja Allman. .
Since the girl had already made plans and Elite was cooperating, Simon nodded.
As for who was replaced, Simon didn't care much.
However, he still warned: "Arrange this matter, and no messy news is allowed. Also, since you missed the rehearsal in August, stay in Los Angeles after New York Fashion Week to prepare for this matter. "
Nadja Orman's pity just now was gone. There was a bit of joy in her expression, and she nodded: "I know."
Simon looked at the girl in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.
Women are indeed fickle.
Noticing Simon's expression, Nadja Orman quickly calmed down and said, "Simon, you are going back to North America next, right?"
Simon didn't know why: "Yes."
"So," the girl said with a bit of expectation in her eyes, "can you give me a ride?"
Simon was stunned for a moment, then a smile quickly appeared on his lips: "Nine o'clock tomorrow morning, Milan International Airport."
Seeing that the girl was about to get excited again, Simon smiled and added: "However, this time there will be many people together."
In recent days, not only Nadja Allman, but many people have asked if they can take Simon's Boeing 767 when returning to North America.
From the first Madonna and Cindy Crawford to the current Nadja Allman, Simon initially couldn't resist the Madonna's little entanglement and agreed. Madonna just came here specifically to support the Gucci show and asked for a pick-up for sure. Not too much.
Now that there was a beginning, when other people mentioned it, Simon simply agreed, and then even took the initiative to invite some people to join him.
There will definitely be no harm in sending this kind of favor along the way.
As a medium-sized passenger aircraft with a standard passenger capacity of up to 200 people, even if it is converted into a private jet, it is easy to carry dozens of people together.
In addition to the Simons' own accompanying team, there will eventually be more than twenty other men and women who will return to North America together, and Janet even plans an in-flight party for this purpose.
After settling her own affairs, Nadja Allman noticed Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall walking towards each other, greeted each other politely, and took the initiative to get out of the way.
As one of the famous models of this era and the wife of Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall will certainly not miss several major fashion weeks.
Simon greeted the two and casually chatted with Mick Jagger about movies and music.
Jerry Hall, who wore a silver dress today and had a much stronger temperament than Nadja who had just left, just stood by and occasionally exchanged words with the two men.
However, when the woman looked at Simon inadvertently, a slightly teasing smile appeared on her expression.
It seemed to be reminding Simon of something.
Simon will certainly never forget the weekend he spent in Hawaii with Jerry Hall and another famous model, Ella Macpherson.
Of course, Simon didn't feel guilty in front of the woman's husband.
The couple in front of them are not fuel-efficient lamps.
Although he is married to Jerry Hall and has a child, Mick Jagger's love affairs will appear in the gossip media every now and then.
Simon certainly had no position to give any advice to Mick Jagger. The only thing he did better was that he would not let the media get any clues.
We all chatted for a while and were about to leave. Jerry Hall, who had never spoken much, said: "Simon, at the party the night before yesterday, I heard Madonna say that she could take your plane back to North America. Can you take me with you?"
"Of course," Simon nodded, then realized something, looked at Mick Jagger, and asked, "Won't Mick go to North America with us?"
Mick Jagger shook his head and said: "I have some other schedules here."
"What a pity, because there are more people together this time, and Jenny has specially prepared a sky party. It will definitely be more lively if you can come together."
"It's really a pity. I can only look forward to next time."
After the couple left, Simon socialized a few more times. Seeing that it was almost time, he found Janet in the crowd and planned to leave.
Sofia also returned to the mountain villa on the shores of Lake Como in the northern suburbs of Milan.
When we got home, it was already past ten o'clock in the night. Janet, who was very concerned about taking care of herself, ran to take a shower and planned to rest as soon as possible. However, Sophia was not sleepy and talked to Simon about an idea that had just come up at the party.
Melisandre Company now has a total of four brands. Gucci is the main revenue maker, accounting for more than 70% of Melisandre's revenue. Van Cleef & Arpels and CK are also developing very rapidly. The last Chateau Latour, this is entirely Simon’s personal collection and does not pursue commercial interests. However, because of her past experience, Sofia is able to take care of Chateau Latour with ease. The current winery basically keeps the best red wine for itself, but the annual output, through Sofia's operation, also steadily produces good results. income.
Generally speaking, except for CK, which was just acquired, the other three brands continue to provide Melisandre Company 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 the two pillars of Dior and LV, Melisandre does still have a big gap to catch up with.
However, Sophia has not yet found a suitable brand to acquire. In the luxury goods industry, it is even more difficult to create a brand from scratch, so the idea of developing other businesses came up.
Inspired by her interactions with the media over the past few years while running Melisandre's company, Sofia recently came up with the idea of setting up a dedicated fashion TV station.
This can increase Melisandre's company's voice in fashion media.
The print media landscape in the fashion industry has long been established, and it is not easy to get involved.
Although there are some specialized fashion TV stations, they are not very influential and are usually just channels that people will skip casually. No one in the television industry thinks that a TV station specializing in fashion can be too large-scale.
After all, fashion is a bit far away from ordinary people.
In Simon's memory, the most well-known fashion channel should be Fashion TV headquartered in France.
However, after hearing Sophia express her thoughts, Simon turned on the TV in the living room and searched for a moment, but there was no Fashion TV.
Let the woman switch to several fashion-type channels for herself to watch. Sophia played several channels in succession, but none of them were Fashion TV.
After combing through his memory carefully, Simon remembered that the later famous Fashion TV should have been officially established in 1997, and it has indeed not appeared yet.
Regarding professional TV stations, Simon does not have the traditional TV industry bias that they may not be able to do it.
When Ted Turner founded CNN, the entire industry felt that a dedicated news channel couldn't make a difference. Now, no one apparently thinks so anymore.
The fashion channel is certainly the same.
Fashion TV in my memory, although it is headquartered in Paris, France, is a typical global TV station, and its coverage is not much worse than those of well-known cable TV channels.
This fact also proves the feasibility of professional fashion channels.
Since Fashion TV in the original timeline was founded in 1997, it can develop into a global fashion media. If a fashion TV station is established from scratch five years in advance, it will obviously have the same potential as long as it is run properly.
The current Westeros system also has the resources and capital strength to run a TV station from scratch.
"This is a very good idea. In this way, I will first ask Bob to find some suitable people and draw up a plan first." After Simon finished speaking, he mainly noticed Sophia's expression and said with a smile: "What do you think, if it is just established? A fashion TV station attached to Melisandre's brand is just to promote Melisandre's brand. How much development potential does this TV station have?"
Sofia originally just wanted to set up a fashion TV channel under Melisandre's banner. Listening to Simon's words, she also understood that this idea was directly taken away by the little man in front of her.
If you think about it carefully, if you just rely on Melisandre's banner, it will be difficult to achieve much development.
If it is done by Daenerys Entertainment and avoid being labeled as Melisandre, then this fashion TV station can hope to truly gain recognition and cooperation from the entire fashion industry. Moreover, if this TV station does this, even if it appears to be neutral on the surface, it will inevitably show a tilt towards Melisandre.
Although she knew that Simon's choice was correct, due to a woman's instinct, Sophia still appropriately showed some helpless resentment and complained to the man in a low voice.