Hedi Slimane - Designer

Being Gucci’s fixer sounds like punishment, I can’t believe people want this for poor Hedi.
I think at this point, let’s put him everywhere so we have a bunch of clone brands.
I guess 2 clone brands is not enough.

How boring. Thank god he retired. It leaves me some hope for fashion if the only option and dream is Hedi cloning his work from brands to brands just because he is a good creative director.

I would rather endure attending a Alexis Mabille show than that.
 
I was responding to the ideas a poster put forth about Hedi's childhood trauma. There's something kind of ironic about how the fashion industry claims to celebrate creative vision but can't seem to just let Hedi be Hedi without turning it into a psychological case study...
I don't know if this is in reference to my contributions to that conversation, but either way:
I'm the only one who's called Hedi "emo" here in recent memory, and it's meant entirely in good humor/affectionately when I do. To my eye Hedi wears his heart on his sleeve artistically speaking, and that's a significant part of the appeal to me. Sometimes in a very blunt and uncensored way. That's a compliment. Art that makes you feel, empathize, relate, is effective art. To see something familiar in an artwork by someone who has lived a very different life is a sign of effective art. I also think Hedi is more self aware than he gets credit for, and he does this intentionally/knowingly.

That said, I don't necessarily think this forum (or any public place) is the place to speculate about Hedi's private life, nor do I think this is necessarily the place to speculate about why some observers see such heavy things in Hedi's work and others don't.

Even phrasing my thoughts in this post in what I hope is a respectful and appropriate way has taken more time and thought than I want to dedicate to a casual conversation about fashion most days. Sometimes it's easier to just acknowledge that aspect of his work (or that avenue of analysis, if you prefer) in passing with a dumb humourous phrase and then get down to more light-hearted conversation.

Hedi engaged with the emo subculture a fair bit so that term comes to mind readily.
 
I think KERING has more chance getting back the Gucci and Balenciaga license before getting YSL.

Pinault wasn’t clever because YSL beauté was a fully functional operation when it was sold.

And yes, Hedi’s exit from KERING ended with a legal action (like Nicolas). So he isn’t coming back.
Wait what Balenciaga license?
 
@vogue22 Pretty sure Coty owns the licence for Balenciaga fragrance and beauty.
Oh but they haven't released fragrances in more than a decade and nothing in the cosmetic department, how come?
I went for some infos.
KERING regain control of Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen and the next fragrances will be developed in house.
The coty license for Gucci will end in 2028.
 

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