Lisa suspected of 'interfering' in causing a director to be fired and promoted to ambassador?

Recently, international media reported that designer Hedi Slimane left his position as Creative Director of the Celine brand after nearly 7 years of association.

This information is also of interest to Kpop fans, because Celine is a luxury brand that famous female idol Lisa (Blackpink) has been a global ambassador for nearly 4 years, since September 2020.

In March this year, Lisa made a surprise appearance at the Louis Vuitton show as part of Paris Fashion Week Fall Winter 2024. At this time, Lisa had no status with Louis Vuitton, but the public guessed that her relationship with Celine had ended.

In July, Louis Vuitton officially announced Lisa as its new brand ambassador. Designer Hedi Slimane left Celine just a few months after Lisa's contract ended, causing netizens to question whether this was related to Lisa or not?

Recently, an article from the news site Challenges about the reason for Hedi Slimane's departure mentioned the Blackpink singer. Challenges emphasized, "the relationship between designer Hedi Slimane and CEO Celine Séverine Merle was never perfect". Accordingly, there were incidents that accelerated the breakup of this relationship.

Celine was scheduled to hold a show to present its new collection at the La Gaîté Lyrique museum on July 3, 2023. But the event was canceled due to riots in Paris (France). Surprisingly, Hedi Slimane was not aware of this, making all his efforts in vain. Another situation was when Hedi Slimane was preparing to launch Celine's new beauty line, which was announced in March last year.

Lisa is currently the ambassador of Celine, so it is likely that the idol will also take on the role of the face of this product line of the company. However, the parent corporation LVMH wants to appoint the idol Lisa as the ambassador for another perfume brand, Guerlain. Challenges said that this could be the "last straw" that makes Hedi Slimane decide to leave the company.

Hedi Slimane became Creative Director for Celine in February 2018. Under Hedi, Celine achieved impressive sales. In its 2021 financial report, LVMH emphasized that the fashion and beauty lines created by Hedi have achieved great success, bringing huge profits to the company.

With global influence, Lisa, when becoming a Celine ambassador, also contributed greatly to making this brand more widespread. The proof is that Lisa is always in the top of the list of celebrities who bring the greatest media value to the brand at the events she attends. Many products she wears "sell out".

However, fans believe that Lisa has also suffered many disadvantages during her time with Celine. For many years as the brand's global ambassador, Lisa has yet to have a truly global campaign.

Not only that, because Hedi Slimane had a conflict with Vogue magazine editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, in recent years Celine has not pushed the ambassador to the prestigious Vogue magazine's cover, and Celine has not performed at Paris Women's Fashion Week.

As soon as she was appointed as the new Louis Vuitton ambassador, Lisa immediately appeared on the cover of Vogue Korea in October 2024 and attended Paris Women's Fashion Week Spring Summer 2025.

Lisa's real name is Lalisa Manoban, born in 1997 in Thailand. Her parents gave her the opportunity to learn to dance and sing from a young age. After winning the YG Audition in Thailand in 2010, Lisa went to Korea to train and became YG's first foreign trainee to debut.

According to Thai media, most Thai idols working in Korea like Lisa have strong financial potential. During the 6 years Lisa was a trainee at YG, her family is said to have paid a large sum of money to support the female idol.

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