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Hearst’s Au Revoir to Chloé

Gabriela Hearst walks the runway during the Chloé Womenswear Fall Winter 2023/2024 show.
Gabriela Hearst walks the runway during the Chloé Womenswear Fall Winter 2023/2024 show. Photo: Stephane Cardinale via Getty Images
Lauren Sherman
June 5, 2023

I heard late last week that Gabriela Hearst was on her way out at Chloé, the Richemont-backed Parisian fashion house, where she showed her first collection in March 2021. I reached out to Hearst and a Chloé rep on Monday morning for comment but didn’t hear back; a couple of hours later, WWD leaked the news. Funny how the world works.

The timing is intriguing—and not because, just this morning, Hearst announced that Chloé would be the first brand to “collaborate” with Angelina Jolie on her new, confusing fashion venture, Atelier Jolie. This past February, Hearst and C.E.O. Riccardo Bellini were written up in WWD touting their success, with sales up 60 percent over two years. The big commercial hit, I know from buyers, is the knitted “Nama” sneaker; the WWD article noted that the “Woody,” a structured canvas shopping tote with straps made of grosgrain ticker tape, is also performing well.