Hedi Slimane - Designer

[youthinasia]

maybe it's the monochromatic fit with the slim jeans, but am I alone in thinking he kinda looks like Gru from Despicable Me but with a wig?

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[HigthaVandah]

maybe it's the monochromatic fit with the slim jeans, but am I alone in thinking he kinda looks like Gru from Despicable Me but with a wig?

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He looks like Snape.

 

[tourbillions]

Hear me out... if that new lanvin appointment doesnt work out, i think hedi will be fabulous at lanvin. Id definitely buy it

 

[plentyofhorns]

Hear me out... if that new lanvin appointment doesnt work out, i think hedi will be fabulous at lanvin. Id definitely buy it

His diva *** is not going to a house as irrelevant as lanvin

 

[SpeedRacer666]

What’s Hedi Slimane’s Next Move After Celine?

...an Instagram account called Hedi Slimane Homme came online. The first post recapped Slimane’s “Black Tie” collection for Yves Saint Laurent in 1999, when the young designer burst on the scene with a virile vision of men’s style that was hardcore but also tender, like the rock ’n’ rollers he documented in graffiti-covered clubs. The account—widely assumed to be run by Slimane or someone close to him—has also published archival images from Slimane’s groundbreaking run at Dior Homme in the aughts, when he introduced his now-signature dagger-sharp silhouette to the masses, and from his return to Saint Laurent from 2012-2016 when he moved to LA and found grungy inspiration in SoCal’s surf scenes.

According to a source familiar with his thinking, Slimane is still singing the same tune. The source tells me that Slimane is currently in LA resting and taking photographs, which doesn’t sound like a man in a hurry to establish a new fashion house. (Remember, he took a five year break in between Dior and Saint Laurent, and another two years off before Celine.) The source also emphasized the critical importance of Slimane’s relationship with the highly-trained atelier teams at YSL and Celine, the institutional skill required to execute his most elevated, imaginative ideas. It would be a tall order to build a similar workshop on his own; if Slimane thinks of himself as a couturier, and I believe he does, an independent venture isn’t going to cut it.

So what options does that leave Slimane? The source cautioned that the Hedi Slimane Homme account is for purely archival purposes, but the posts read to me like a pointed message to an industry in the midst of upheaval. Slimane’s work is much more subversive and innovative than many give him credit for, and Hedi Slimane Homme feels like a reminder: I crashed Paris Fashion Week with androgyny and indie sleaze when your favorite new androgynous indie sleazester was still in diapers! Is this one sign that Slimane is throwing his rakish felt fedora in the ring during a moment where many brands are—or should be—looking to a proven creative dynamo and commercial rainmaker?