System magazine's cover story landed online last night, meaning Nicolas Ghesquière's first post-Balenciaga interview is out there. Portraits of the designer in his Paris studio shot by Juergen Teller and a fashion editorial featuring Balenciaga pieces — mostly from Marie-Amélie Sauvé's personal wardrobe — styled by Sauvé and photographed by Patrick Demarchelier accompany the interview.
After initial reports citing a "joint decision" between the designer and fashion house to end their working relationship and a comment by Kering's François-Henri Pinault implying Ghesquière was let go ("We decided that with Nicolas it was time to separate our path ... after 15 years, it was quite a noble decision"), Ghesquière said, "over the last two or three years it became one frustration after another." Among them, as recounted to System's Jonathan Wingfield: "There was no one helping me on the business side"; "They wanted to open up a load of stores but in really mediocre spaces, where people weren’t aware of the brand"; "There wasn't really any direction"; and there was increasingly little distinction between his own brand and Balenciaga's brand to observers.
Via: Nicolas Ghesquire on Leaving Balenciaga: You Have to Cut the Cord
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