Olivier Theyskens, Esteban Cortazar
Olivier Theyskens is kinda like those beach balls people toss around at outdoor summer concerts. They keep bouncing around from place to place, and you never know where they're going to end up until they hit you in the head.
After Theyskens' very public dismissal from Nina Ricci, the rumours started swirling. He was going to Halston. To Lanvin. To a zillion other design houses whose names did not rhyme with "Tina Peachy". But one of the most pervasive rumours had him pegged to revive Schiaparelli - until company bosses said they'll wait until 2011 to relaunch. Anticlimactic, isn't it, that Anna Wintour's golden boy is still on the job hunt?
Moving to Esteban Cortazar, who reportedly parted ways with Emanuel Ungaro after a dispute over whether Lindsay Lohan would be the face of the brand. (He thought not and was willing to go to court over the fallout.) Now, says Cortazar, he and company leaders are "trying to work things out".
All we need is a few more displaced designers, and we have a hit reality show in the making. Karl Lagerfeld will be in charge of kicking off contestants each week.
