Olivier Theyskens in Consideration for Halston Post
WWD reports
that Olivier Theyskens may be close to signing on to be the lead designer at Halston.
According to sources, Vogue's Anna Wintour is keen to find Theyskens, who recently exited Nina Ricci, a job in New York, and she is said to have been lobbying to get him installed at Halston. Over the past few months, the iconic brand has been putting its feelers out, and sources said it was at one point looking at Narciso Rodriguez and at London-based designer Marios Schwab to succeed Marco Zanini, who left the company last year after two seasons as creative director of the revived line. Halston executives said no decision has been made on a new creative director.
Theyskens would be a good fit for Halston, although it would be a challenging undertaking given the state of the economy and the work that will be required to revitalize the Halston brand.
