Chapter 276: Small Problem

Actually, Luo Quan saw two hot searches, but these two hot searches were connected and related to each other.

"Liang Yan is so beautiful!"

"Liang Yan summer Chanel high-end!"

The former was nothing, but the latter hot search immediately attracted Luo Quan's attention.

According to Lisa, she should be the first to wear all Chanel 2017 summer clothes, except for the models on the runway. How come Liang Yan got Chanel's summer high-end here?

Maybe it was last year's.

This was Luo Quan's first thought. Clicking in, she found it was indeed this year's.

This set of clothes was a high-end set she was going to wear tomorrow, and it was also the main style of the "Eden" series launched by Chanel this summer.

This was a black dress, the style followed Chanel's consistent slim waist feature, and some bright red embroidery was added to the edge of the skirt.

If you look closely, you can see that the embroidery pattern is a classic scene in "The Creation of Adam," a painting by the great sculptor Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

The skillful embroiderer embroidered this world-famous painting on a place less than a palm wide and two arms long.

And this embroidery was one of the selling points of this skirt.

With the skirt itself looking very good and having such exquisite details, it received unanimous praise from both inside and outside the industry as soon as it appeared.

Even with a price of 2.4 million US dollars, it received more than 500 pre-orders after the big show ended.

This was a skirt destined to leave a name in fashion history, and its global first wear was handed over to Luo Quan to complete. The two could be considered a match made in heaven.

But this match made in heaven couldn't be combined now. Liang Yan didn't know where she got this skirt and wore it to her new play press conference at night.

Interestingly, this skirt was a skirt tailored according to Luo Quan's 1.73-meter net height plus high heels. Liang Yan, who was just 1.6 meters tall, wore it on her body, making the upper body too tight and the lower body too long.

As a result, Liang Yan's genius stylist widened the waist of the skirt and rolled up a section of the skirt, ruining the two most essential designs.

However, fortunately, the skirt was indeed good-looking. Even after such destruction, it still made Liang Yan look bright and moving in front of the camera, attracting countless eyeballs.

And this appearance was the cause of the two hot searches.

Besides fans praising her for being so beautiful tonight, Liang Yan's fans also had many who knew the goods, and all recognized that this was Chanel's latest high-end customization this year—"Forbidden Fruit."

While popularizing how awesome this skirt was, it also reflected from the side that Liang Yan, who wore this skirt, was even more awesome.

Undoubtedly, Liang Yan gained a considerable wave of traffic tonight with this skirt, hitting the hot search twice by "ability."

However, she herself was also a first-tier star with more than 20 million fans. Even without the skirt, she could hit the hot search by spending money.

But clearly, the former was definitely much more decent than the latter, belonging to the embodiment of strength and traffic.

But the problem was that this skirt shouldn't have appeared on her.

Soon, a fashion blogger posted a question:

"Shouldn't this skirt be worn by Luo Quan first? How come Liang Yan got it first?"

Actually, this problem had been discovered long ago, and many group chats in the fashion circle had long exploded. It's just that no one was willing to be the first bird yet.

Now that someone finally stood up to speak, other peers also immediately reposted and echoed.

These people had few fans of millions and many of over ten million. Although they were not popular on weekdays, when they spoke together, they immediately formed a considerable public opinion popularity.

And when the popularity accumulated to the hot search, the tide of public opinion finally arrived.

Because it concerned Luo Quan, this hot search called "Whose skirt is it?" quickly rushed to the top five of the hot search. Countless melon-eating masses and stars gathered, wanting to see what happened.

Many of Luo Quan's fans also tagged Luo Quan one after another, wanting her to come out and say a few words.

Luo Quan actually watched herself hit the hot search with her own eyes. Reasonably speaking, she should be angry, but she didn't have any special emotions now, just feeling a bit inexplicable.

But since she was mentioned, she definitely had to come out and say a few words. She posted a comment under the relevant hot search:

"I just shot Chanel's summer ordinary clothes today. The high-end clothing is planned to be shot tomorrow, so until now, I haven't worn it yet."

The main person spoke, and the melon-eating masses quickly gathered towards her:

"So what on earth is going on?"

"Didn't we agree that you were the first to wear it?"

"Did Chanel change its mind temporarily?"

"Reasonably speaking, first wear is all said by Luo Quan herself, and Chanel has never mentioned it, right?"

"Does this still need to be mentioned?"

"People flew thousands of miles to send clothes to Luo Quan. This status, not first wear is unreasonable, right?"

"The editor-in-chief of 'Vogue' guarded the photographer for a day, just waiting to get the first-hand photos. Do I need to popularize the status of this magazine in the fashion circle? Isn't this enough to explain Luo Quan's status?"

Seeing that there were still questioning voices, Luo Quan also immediately explained:

"If I wasn't deceived, the best clothes in the Chanel series in the future will all be worn by me first. As for how Liang Yan got it, I don't know. Let's wait until the truth comes out later."

Not long after the comment was posted, Li Yun called:

"I'm really sorry, we all saw the matter on Weibo. This is a huge dereliction of duty!"

"So what on earth is going on?"

After Li Yun's narration, Luo Quan finally understood the ins and outs of the matter.

Li Yun started checking as soon as she saw this skirt appear on Weibo. Later, she saw the surveillance and knew it was a stylist who was at the scene at that time.

That stylist also had some fame in China, so she could enter the photography studio. Then she had a very good relationship with a clothing manager at Chanel. After Luo Quan finished taking photos, she proposed to borrow two pieces for a star she was responsible for to do styling.

The stylist only said it was a first-tier star in China, but didn't say the specific name. The clothing manager thought that since it was first-tier, and Luo Quan had already taken photos of these clothes, she lent them out. Of course, she also received a large sum of money.

As a result, she didn't expect that Liang Yan's stylist targeted this "Forbidden Fruit" that Luo Quan hadn't worn yet, and took it away without the manager noticing.

The place where Liang Yan held the press conference was in Beijing. Lisa knew about it and immediately sent someone to find her. Liang Yan herself was also very surprised, saying she didn't know.

After contacting the stylist, the explanation she gave was that she took the wrong one, and she didn't know that Luo Quan hadn't worn this skirt yet.

Just like this, they threw the pot at each other, and finally, it was thrown to the staff of Chanel itself.

That clothing manager was naturally dismissed immediately, and the clothes were also recovered, but after a blind modification by that "genius" stylist, it couldn't be restored at all.

Even if it could be restored, Chanel definitely couldn't take second-hand goods for Luo Quan to wear.

"Then what should we do now?" Luo Quan only felt it was a bit funny, but she wasn't angry.

"You... aren't you angry?" Li Yun clearly didn't expect that Luo Quan's tone could be so relaxed, without any anger at her original belongings being snatched away.

"If I really want to be angry, the boss and designer at the headquarters should be even angrier, right?" Luo Quan sighed, "The problem is how to remedy it now. Although I don't know what consequences this will cause, it shouldn't be a small problem, right?"

"Of course it's a big problem!" Li Yun's tone became sharp because of her loss of composure. "This skirt was originally supposed to let you have a promotional effect."

"As a result, Liang Yan wore it, not to mention a mess of changes, and it instantly dropped several grades. The foreign side doesn't know about this yet, but domestic pre-orders have been canceled by nearly 50%!"

"Then the loss is quite large." Luo Quan didn't expect the impact to be so large. This one piece was more than 2 million US dollars, and that was the foreign price. After adding tariffs and luxury taxes in China, it would only be more expensive.

This sudden drop of 50% in pre-order volume, I'm afraid the loss will break through 100 million.

"I'm also explaining the situation to you here. We will issue a statement to apologize later. Can you..." Li Yun's words were not finished.

"No problem, I will help guide public opinion." Luo Quan immediately understood and agreed considerately.

Ten minutes later, the official Chanel account issued a statement, publicly naming Liang Yan for obtaining the "Forbidden Fruit" high-end clothing through improper means and modifying it privately.

And the stylist who borrowed this clothing was vague about the borrower, and deliberately took the wrong clothes, taking away the "Forbidden Fruit" that was not intended to be lent, which belongs to serious fraud. The brand will cut off all dealings with this stylist and the company behind her!

At the same time, it also expressed ten thousand apologies to Luo Quan and customers who pre-ordered this skirt. This was a major mistake in Chanel's work, and they were willing to accept all criticism and return requests.

It can be seen that Chanel's statement was filled with helplessness in anger, and it was also very sincere to Luo Quan and customers who were affected.

However, the loss had already been caused, and no matter how sincere it was, it was useless.

As for Liang Yan, she was probably the only beneficiary of this incident.

Relying on a skirt, she hit the hot search three times, and after Chanel's announcement came out, she gained considerable attention.

Although the traffic behind was mostly mocking her, or even scolding her, for most stars, having people discuss her, even if it was all negative, was a good thing.

Stars are most afraid of having no popularity. Black-red is also red. Liang Yan also used this means to get ahead in her early years. Now, after being silent for a period of time, she repeated the old trick, and the effect was significant.

As for the other beneficiary, it was the stylist who had already gone to other places. All her excuses were that she took the wrong one, and it couldn't be blamed on her.

Although the job was gone and the reputation was stinking, Liang Yan probably gave a large sum of money plus a hush money.

Being able to make a stylist give up a glamorous job and superior salary, one can imagine how generous this sum is.

In an event where right and wrong were clear at a glance, Luo Quan finally played the victim for the first time in her life, getting a large wave of sympathy and support from Weibo users.

In the past, she always played the "villain role." Unexpectedly, she became a positive character this time.

It's quite wonderful, but it's also very annoying.

Liang Yan will definitely be mocked by the public for a period of time, but Chanel's loss is far more valuable than the bit of reputation Liang Yan lost.

When Luo Quan came to the photography studio the next day, the Chanel employees were full of sorrow. All the clothes were packed in a large iron box, and several security guards stood next to them.

Li Yun and Johnny had red eyes, clearly not sleeping all night. Their left faces were full of irritability, and their right faces were full of unhappiness. I guess they were severely scolded by the headquarters last night.

As the two highest people in charge here, being scolded is normal, and maybe their future in the company will be affected.

When going out in the morning, Luo Quan also looked at Twitter. Relevant news had already hit the Twitter hot search. This incident also caused considerable discussion abroad. Many celebrities who pre-ordered this dress publicly expressed frustration and anger, and many canceled.

As for the designer of the "Eden" series, he directly tweeted to scold people:

"I refuse to admit that what she is wearing is the clothes I designed. That face filled with hyaluronic acid is full of traces of modern medicine. The naturally insufficient figure is simply insulting the word high-end customization. That piece of garbage that was modified like a rag definitely isn't my creation. It only deserves to appear in the boiler and be burned to ashes!"

Below the tweet, there was also a photo of Liang Yan.

Luo Quan had always heard that designers in the fashion circle were quite poisonous-tongued. Now she had seen it. Scolding people without dirty words, the descriptions were one more damaging than the other. If she were Liang Yan, she would probably be so angry that her nose would be crooked, in the true sense of the word.

However, no matter how fiercely she scolded, it was impossible to make these photos disappear on the internet.

On the other hand, what this designer said was also the truth.

Compared to the photos taken by those models, these raw photos of Liang Yan circulating on the internet were simply excellent negative materials. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was smearing Chanel's image.

The momentum of cancellation could no longer be stopped. Except for a small number of Chanel iron fans, many wealthy women who pre-ordered because of the beauty of this skirt chose to cancel after this incident came out.

Wearing the same clothes as a star with such an image was too low-grade for them.

High-end customization is about a sense of superiority. Now that it has reached this situation, this dress obviously cannot give them superiority.

However, for Luo Quan, her work had to continue. Chanel's high-end customization this summer was not just this one. If she could produce better effects for other pieces with her image, it could also be considered a remedy.

In terms of professionalism, Luo Quan was still quite reliable, concentrating her energy throughout the process and bringing out a better state than yesterday to cooperate with Johnny.

This busyness lasted for nearly eight hours without much rest.

PS: Thank you to book friend scp-310 for the book coins, thank you to big shot "Already Deleted by Data" for the 30,000 book coins! Thank you, thank you! ===== CHAPTER 277 =====