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After graduation in 1985?fewer than one-third of Hermann's classmates were women?there were three job offers for every student. Hermann turned down an entry-level post at L'Oréal in order to supervise special projects at the Comité Colbert, a luxury-goods trade association. (Maureen Chiquet, Chanel's global CEO, who is the same age as Hermann, started at L'Oréal as a brand manager for hair color.) When a L'Oréal director inquired why Hermann went elsewhere, she told him, "I didn't want to spend my days selling shampoo in the south...
Chanel's U.S. president, Maureen Chiquet, admits that banking on a celebrity for celebrity's sake can be a risky venture. Although the brand has had contractual relationships with stars since the '50s (Suzy Parker, Catherine Deneuve, Ali McGraw, Candice Bergen and Carole Bouquet), its Nicole Kidman--Baz Luhrmann No. 5 ad surpasses any single-ad commitment to date. Kidman's reported $4 million-to-$5 million contract was meager compared with the total budget, which some estimates put at more than $40 million...
...When you're banking on a celebrity as uniquely a celebrity, when everybody knows about their private lives, you always run the risk of the brand and the celebrity not being in synch," Chiquet says. "But the No. 5 ad was like going to a movie. Nicole was playing a character in a story...
...Maureen Chiquet, president and COO of Chanel Inc., is a walking example of this style. "I like to wear jeans and a Juicy Couture tank top with a special piece," she says. "Head to toe in a fancy outfit doesn't look modern. And price is no longer the determinant of style." That from a senior exec at Chanel? "Well, you either want something superexpensive with beautiful detailing, or you want something that's hip and disposable. What does the well-made, kind of nice stuff in the middle mean anymore...
...well designed," he says. "Instead of paying too much money for something not exciting, you should buy two or three things for fun from H&M and, if you have the money, a Chanel jacket." H&M stores reported lines around the block when Lagerfeld's collection arrived. Maureen Chiquet, president and coo of Chanel Inc., likes the mix. "I like to wear jeans and a Juicy Couture tank top with a special piece," she says. "Head to toe in a fancy outfit doesn't look modern. And price is no longer the determinant of style." This from a senior...