Hedi Slimane - Designer

[PierreGotha]

That is very prada! and he did another backshot like some of his past campaigns.

 

[marcBarna]

 

[vetements]

Fact that it got people talking is already a success in itself, with Hedi, it’s like a sure-win. With him, there is no doubt about being commercially successful, liking his designs or not, it is going to sell.

As for him deleting the past Instagram posts, I don’t see anything wrong with that, to create a cohesive look. I think more so that anything for businesses, Instagram is for marketing purposes like this, for those who intend to do researches in what Céline looked like should visit the libraries or other online sites perhaps.

Can’t wait for his next moves.

 

[tricotineacetat]

The changes in the logo are quite subtle and consistent, not like the drastic re-branding of 'Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche' to 'Saint Laurent Paris'. So in that regard, I'm a little surprised for the strong reactions the new logo is stirring up. That a change in art direction would be obvious was clear to me but I'm satisfied with the end result not completely disregarding what's been there before under Phoebe Philo. While it's a bit much to give it such a self-important explanation written in all-caps, I think the result looks tasteful and consistent - Let's see how this moves on as we get to see the design of stores, packaging as well as the woven tag in the clothes - As well as the actual clothes!

 

[gossiping]

i don't mind it, yeah it's all totally for publicity though. would have been nice if it was all kept quiet till the show

i don't like that they have taken their site content down though !

 

[fashionista-ta]

I think the logo looked so much better before. However, I never had any expectation other than that he would ruin the brand, so any failure at all to do so will come as a pleasant surprise.

 

[MissMagAddict]

 

[MulletProof]

ha, he's not even trying... replace it with saint laurent and same dull piece of junk. But looking forward to the story on his mysterious blond dude: I SPOTTED KENNY IN NOVEMBER 2015 PLAYING THE KEYBOARD FOR LEOPARD LOCOS IN A NAMELESS BAR IN LITTLE UNKNOWN EAST LOS ANGELES AKA LOS FELIZ WHICH WAS STILL FREQUENTED BY OBSCURE SUBCULTURES OF YOUTH REINTERPRETING 1950s JAZZ. KENNY IS ALSO THE 14 YEAR OLD UNKNOWN SON OF HOLLYWOOD LEGEND AL PACINO AND LIVES IN BEL AIR. KENNY, PHOTOGRAPHED IN MALIBU, SEPTEMBER 2018.

 

[simons]

Wasn't this bag from Phoebe's Spring Summer 2018 collection for CELINE?


Credit: Tommy Ton

Notice the font, the spacing, and the accent!! Hmm..

 

[terrainvague]

Wasn't this bag from Phoebe's Spring Summer 2018 collection for CELINE?

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Credit: Tommy Ton

Notice the font, the spacing, and the accent!! Hmm..

That's based of the 70s–80s logo of Céline. It didn't have the accent then.

 

[Lola701]

^^
Yes exactly. Phoebe added the É. It wasn’t there before her...
That bag was part of the SS2018 collection and was gifted in the boutiques. If you pay attention, some of the bags in that collection looked very Vintage. I actually wonder if they weren’t originals from the 70’s.
Phoebe looked a lot in the archives of Celine but she was subtle and her collections had so much references that sometimes people didn’t paid attention.

 

[Melancholybaby]

EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Bag That Is Launching Hedi Slimane’s Celine Reboot

PARIS — When Hedi Slimane joined Celine in February, the first thing he did was design a new bag.

It was a smart move, considering accessories make up an estimated 65 percent of the brand’s revenues and its owner, French luxury titan Bernard Arnault, had touted the arrival of the “global superstar” designer as heralding a doubling or tripling of Celine’s turnover within five years.

Fortunately, creating accessories is an exercise Slimane relishes. The designer, who previously drove skyrocketing sales at Saint Laurent and Dior Homme, named his debut Celine creation the 16, after the location of the brand’s headquarters and atelier in a 17th-century mansion at 16 Rue Vivienne here.


Marking the house’s first official comment on the Slimane era, Séverine Merle, chief executive officer of Celine, discussed the linchpin launch exclusively with WWD. “The 16 handbag is the ultimate symbol of Hedi Slimane’s vision for Celine: it emphasizes our knowledge of incredible craftsmanship,” she said.

The French house, which has shut down its e-commerce site in the countdown to Slimane’s debut show on Sept. 28, plans to unveil a redesigned platform in early October carrying a capsule of Slimane’s new collection for women and men, alongside a selection of current season merchandise, designed by a team before his arrival.

The redesign will coincide with the launch of e-commerce in the U.S., it said. Since introducing online sales in France nine months ago, Celine has established local versions of the site in the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany.

The 16, available in three sizes and a range of colors, is due to go on sale Nov. 12. The Sixties-inspired style is one of three new handbag lines Slimane plans to launch this fall to sit alongside some of the pillars introduced by his predecessor Phoebe Philo during her 10-year tenure at the house.

Although it has not been confirmed which existing models will remain on sale, carryover styles are expected to include the Belt, the Luggage and the Box bags.

Since Lady Gaga was seen carrying the 16 on Instagram on Aug. 30, becoming the first celebrity to wear Slimane’s new Celine designs, the house has been flooded with inquiries, suggesting the prolific designer has scored another hit — even before showing a single stitch of clothing.

He is close friends with the singer and has worked with her on creative projects, including the cover of her “Fame Monster” album. Angelina Jolie has also been spotted with the bag in recent weeks. Slimane shot the actress and humanitarian for a U.S. Elle cover in 2014, and has taken portraits of Jolie privately with her family.

With its classic design, the 16 reflects the heritage of the house, with details such as a cropped flap and gently rounded sides nodding to some of Celine’s historic bags from the Sixties. Merle underlined the painstaking process of designing the bag.

“To achieve this level of perfection, Hedi pushed our team and asked them to deliver their best: despite drawing the 16 on the day of his arrival, it took our team more than six months to achieve the final version, meticulously developing each detail and testing the most luxurious skins to find the perfect leather,” she explained.

Some 100 leather tests were necessary to finalize the design, which marks a shift toward a Parisian aesthetic for the house’s handbags, as well as the return of hardware within Celine’s leather goods assortment. The padlock dangling from the bag can be used to fasten the zipper on one of its inside compartments.

“Judging by the high level of advance inquiries, he has laid the foundation for a future iconic classic,” the executive predicted.

The bag will come in a range of materials: satinated calfskin in five colors; grained calfskin in five colors, and natural calfskin, with prices ranging from 2,900 euros to 3,500 euros. There are exotic leather versions, including one in a glossy black porosus crocodile skin, with prices available on demand — think five figures.

Other styles will echo more strongly Slimane’s fashion vision for the label, which he has been unveiling via a series of campaign images, featuring a cast of androgynous young artists, musicians and models, published on social media and displayed in key cities, via activations including a flyposting campaign in London.

On Sept. 2, the brand wiped clean its Instagram page and revealed a new logo — minus the accent on the first “e” — that generated the same kind of frenzied debate as Slimane’s decision in 2012 to change the name of the Yves Saint Laurent ready-to-wear line to Saint Laurent Paris.

In addition to introducing men’s wear, the designer has been charged with leading Celine into couture and fragrance, with a first scent expected in 2020, according to sources.

Arnault, the chairman and ceo of parent company LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, said earlier this year that sales at Celine are close to 1 billion euros. That places it just behind Fendi as among the group’s most powerful luxury brands, with Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior heading the pack.

“The objective with [Hedi Slimane] is to reach at least 2 billion to 3 billion euros, and perhaps more, within five years,” Arnault told analysts and reporters in January, after LVMH reported record results for 2017. “Everything is in place for this brand to achieve quite exceptional growth.”

LVMH is securing real estate to meet those ambitions. According to sources, Celine will open a men’s flagship on Rue François 1er in Paris, in the same space where the brand operated a “temporary” store for four years, before decamping to 53 Avenue Montaigne in 2014.

That Rue François-1er location, in a wedge-shaped building next to fashion canteen L’Avenue, is slated to open early next year in a storefront recently occupied by Dior Homme, which has taken up digs in the former Emilio Pucci location on Avenue Montaigne.

A new Celine flagship on Rue Duphot, just off the Rue Saint-Honoré, is also said to be in the works.

wwd.com

 

[dior_couture1245]

It’s quite an ugly bag. There’s nothing about it that looks fresh. I didn’t care for it in the black when Gaga debuted it, but seein it in this brown is even worse. It has no personality.

 

[GivenchyAddict]

Agreed ! But it looks nice on Angelina Jolie though. It has more a timeless feeling with her than with Lady Gaga.

 

[jeanclaude]

That bag is a mixture between Hermès and Gucci. It doesn´t scream modernity at all, it´s just more vintage crap.

 

[fashionista-ta]

Downgrade for the brand, whose leather goods used to be original ... but I can't say it's disappointing, it more meets expectations.

 

[Ed..]

The bag really does look cheap, like you can find it on AliExpress.

 

[eugenius]

Coming soon to an "iOffer Bags, Lushfashions.com, etc." thread near you.

 

[Ruito]

By the looks of the billboards expect to see a Saint Laurent 2.0 version.

 

[Marc10]

By the looks of the billboards expect to see a Saint Laurent 2.0 version.

Really? I'm getting something quite different. Sure look of the models is the similar, but there's a real soft, delicate, almost romantic vibe in those pictures, compared to how dark and moody most of his Saint Laurent pictures were.

I might be biting my tongue completely here but between the pictures and the bag which has a sophisticated and timeless vibe, I get the sense his Celine will be more chic, mature and feminine looking than his Saint Laurent. It's what I hope anyway!