Marchesa

Marchesa Employees Are Reportedly on the Run

The fashion label’s P.R. nightmare continues as Page Six reports that employees are looking to leave the company.
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Keren Craig and Georgina Chapman walk the runway at the Marchesa fashion show during New York Fashion Week, September 13, 2017.By Frazer Harrison/Getty Images.

The trouble seems to be far from over for Marchesa co-founder and Harvey Weinstein’s estranged wife, Georgina Chapman. After being dropped from a collaboration with Helzberg Diamonds and being forced to cancel the presentation of the label’s latest collection, Chapman is still struggling with the aftermath of her soon-to-be ex-husband’s fall from grace.

Page Six spoke to a New Canaan, Connecticut-based wedding stylist, Diane Lloyd Roth, about the already-changing opinions brides have toward the once-beloved Marchesa. “I tell my brides to bring [pages] from magazines, and [Marchesa is] always included,” she said. "[Some clients] were going to go look at Marchesa . . . and now they’re getting cold feet. They don’t want the association. The first question when someone’s getting married is, ‘Who are you wearing?’”

Employees at the high-end label are also reported to be looking to exit the company with one fashion publicist telling the Post, “Everyone is trying to leave.” According to the publicist, Weinstein’s anger and abusive behavior made its way over to his wife’s company, creating a less-than-ideal work environment.

“Harvey would call Marchesa employees and yell at them, scare the shit out of them,” he said. “It’s a tough place [to work].”

Chapman is said to be relying on her business partner, Keren Craig, who co-founded Marchesa with Chapman in 2004, for support since the sexual abuse allegations against Weinstein became public earlier this month. Craig and Chapman have known each other since they were design students at London’s Chelsea College of Art and Design in the late 90s.

One anonymous employee for a retailer that carries Marchesa believes that the while the company may suffer initially, it will ultimately be able to find success. “I do think some stores will drop them,” they told Page Six. “In fashion, editors and buyers only go with what’s ‘cool.’ But they won’t suffer overseas. I think they can weather the storm.”