Vogue Chaos Issue 5: You Can't Retire Yet
Law Roach's retirement plans are confusing and Chanel might empty out your retirement fund
Deinfluencing You From Buying Chanel
Some of the top fashion newsletters are all about shopping but I am a long way from being able to spend on luxury items so it would be silly of me to venture into that area. Infact, I don’t even bother to check prices of items but these Chanel bag price hikes have been so amusing to see because you could buy a whole car for that money. Based on Youtube reviews, the leather might stain and scratch very easily. How come people bought the idea that Chanel bags are an ‘investment piece’? Especially when fine jewellery and gold are right there…
Anyway, at almost 10000 dollarinos, these are some bags you can buy instead. Yes, ALL OF THEM for about the same price. I am no Aryabhatta but the math works out.
Law Roach’s Retirement Plans
In a very dramatic Instagram post, Law Roach announced his retirement because, in his words, “The politics , the lies and false narratives finally got me!” It sent the entire fashion community in a frenzy because how is the most successful stylist retiring at the peak of his career? People were begging him to stay and there was a major outpouring of support. Another side of the internet (TIKTOK) started creating conspiracy theories which I am going to list here because commentary accounts are getting out of hand and we need to shame them for being ridiculous
Zendaya asked him to sit in the second row at the Louis Vuitton show which apparently hurt him so much that he broke ties with her
He retired in order to get ahead of some upcoming drama which would have cancelled him
Zendaya would not have a career or any good roles without him being her image architect
LVMH is pulling a Dior ‘power move’ and asking them to cut ties. The French don’t like stylists acting like the main character
Zendaya has no personal style and she would still be dressing like a ‘bay area blasian’ if not for him
As we can see here, for no reason and without any evidence, Zendaya was blamed and attacked for a piece of news that isn’t even definite, we don’t even know what it means. All in a span of some 36 hours!
And in that time, Valentino posted, then deleted, and then posted again, an announcement of a collaboration with Law Roach for their New York window display. And, he just walked the BOSS show?! From the very beginning I suspected it is all a marketing ploy to launch something new like a TV show or a Fashion line, some people suggested maybe an NFT or an image architecture firm which made me chuckle. None of us could have predicted that he would be launching his modelling and window dressing career.
One thing we know for sure is that he is not retiring from fashion. Based on his interview with Luke Leitch earlier today, “What I’m (Law) retiring from is the celebrity styling part of it: the being in service and at service of other people.” I guess Addison Rae needs a new stylist and Priyanka Chopra is safe (for now). Another thing I would advise to everyone is to just get a diary you know, instead of making stirring drama over nothing on social media. Because if he comes back and styles Zendaya again I would be giving major side eye.