Is Pierre Hardy being influential or trite?

Putting aside my bottle of the Big House's The Slammer 2006, a very good Syrah wine, which I recommend you pick up and drink, I have to look in complete disdain for Pierre Hardy's attempt at making Gap relevant. The Gap brand is simply supposed to die and no attempt by any influential designer will ever be able to make it relevant. In today's economic marketplace buying luxury plain tees is simply ridiculous, gas is high, the middle class is dwindling, and the Gap brand is one of the commodities of middle class style that will inevitably have to gracefully disappear in a way Hilary Clinton wished she did, with class.

His shoes for Gap, simple and stylish, are no longer practical for working middle class girls, that have to walk instead of take their cars. His flats are simply too casual, when the middle class girls are trying to get ahead in the marketplace, and afford what is worth so much more, Botox.

Here are some of his designs for the Gap, where you can judge for yourself the relevance, of these $98 a pop shoes.