{"id":339450,"date":"2025-12-10T13:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/339450\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T13:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:06:10","slug":"erics-new-fashion-house-first-hires-katie-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/339450\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric’s New Fashion House \u2014 First Hires? Katie\/Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Bold & Beautiful had Ridge push dad Eric out the door of the company he\u2019d founded, the Forrester patriarch vacillated between heartbreak and fury. But once the dust settles, a very different feeling is bound to take hold: defiance! Eric knows he has a lot left to offer the fashion business, and if Ridge is too pigheaded to see that, fine: Eric can just start his own fashion house<\/a> and knock his son down a few pegs. And we know just who is destined to help him do it.<\/p>\n

Eric and Katie Are Kindred Spirits<\/p>\n

It can\u2019t be a coincidence that just before Eric was given his walking papers, Katie had been left feeling similarly unappreciated by Ridge and Brooke. When she accepts Bill\u2019s offer to return to Spencer Publications \u2014 and c\u2019mon, she\u2019s obviously going to! \u2014 watch for her to float a radical idea to her former husband: Let\u2019s bankroll Eric\u2019s new fashion house, Eric Forrester Originals!<\/p>\n

Overnight, Katie could be the new firm\u2019s CEO \u2014 hey, she\u2019s held the role before at Forrester<\/a> \u2014 Will could be working as Senior Vice-President in Charge of Fabric Swatches, and Bill could be grinning from ear to ear knowing how steamed the venture makes Ridge.<\/p>\n

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But Katie\u2019s no dummy. And she cares very deeply for Eric. So she\u2019d want to safeguard his health the same way everyone else does. Only she\u2019d do it by bringing in a co-designer for Eric who is more open-minded than Ridge, a designer who made Hope For the Future a sensation and then left L.A. because there was no longer any Hope in his future.<\/p>\n

Yep, we\u2019re talking about Thomas!<\/p>\n

Bring Thomas Back With a Vengeance<\/p>\n

If Ridge and Taylor\u2019s son were returned to the canvas to team up with his grandfather on his new venture, it could breathe fresh life into the character, who was pretty much discarded when Hope turned down his proposals (before accepting Carter\u2019s and Liam\u2019s). With Hope in rearview and Paris in his past, Thomas could wipe the slate clean, establish himself as a designer who leaves Dad in the dust and becomes the most eligible bachelor in L.A.<\/p>\n

\"Jacqueline<\/p>\n

How much fun would it be for the show to allow Thomas to be the playboy that Ridge once was \u2014 someone looking for a good time, not a commitment. He could date Forrester model Lainey<\/a> (whose few appearances have left us wanting more) and steal her away to Eric\u2019s fashion house. He could have a fling with Ms. Dylan that could potentially bring her one step closer to her scary endgame<\/a>. He could even get under Bill\u2019s skin by flirting with Katie.<\/p>\n

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Welcome Back, Fashion Wars!<\/p>\n

Best of all, if Eric strikes out on his own, it would tee up the fashion wars anew. Headwriter\/executive producer Bradley Bell even said as much<\/a> this summer when the show moved into its spacious new studio. \u201cWe\u2019re putting fashion at the forefront,\u201d he cheered. Bring it on!<\/p>\n

Get a sneak peek at Hope and Liam\u2019s wedding<\/a> via the below photo gallery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Bold & Beautiful had Ridge push dad Eric out the door of the company he\u2019d founded, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,17662,105410,134,176730,9521,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-339450","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-bb","11":"tag-bill-spencer","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-eric-forrester","14":"tag-the-bold-and-the-beautiful","15":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}