I was going to be short and sweet bitter, because I can’t be bothered to address all the comments about Hedi = Zara and so on, because it just shows these people have lack of clothing and fashion knowledge, but…
I’ve always been a spoilt one and lucky to have been a luxury fashion customer for more than two decades now, and nobody does quality like Hedi. Today I was reminded of this.
I still wear his Saint Laurent winter military parka from 2016, his last men’s show, and it looks amazing, there are zero loose threads or fabric weariness.
Today I went around the luxury department store and vient the typical route of visiting all brands for slim fit black denim pants. i did check the other brands out of curiosity and comparison. Thankfully, I am very slim and androgynous, so I explored both womenswear and menswear.
Balenciaga and Dior did not have what I looked for, but I looked at the denim anyways. They costed nearly twice as much, but the quality of the stitching and the fabric was simply not on par. Celine had the best quality and the best construction by a mile, it is laughable to compare those two or even Chanel to Celine.
The pants had very strong underlining stitching that did not show on the outside except the pockets and even then it was loose enough to fit a phone and tight enough not to look like you have a football stuffed inside. They were made in Japan and used Japanese denim too, it was clear by how thin and sleek, somewhat stretchable the fabric was, yet it was extremely strong and resistant to the pulling motion too.
Obviously, they sat perfectly on the hips, butt, and we’re just perfectly long enough to allow good movement, not wrinkle at the ankles, but still have some space around the knees to move comfortably.
The clothes were quite basic and very inoffensive, but calling them boring is ignorants and insulting to the industry. What boring is hypebeasts and fashion victims falling for the latest trend with an attention span of a goldfish.
I have never had mass market pants, so I cannot compare, but I did have Citizens of Humanity denim and Acne Studios for daily use where I do not care too much about being tidy. I do have some Gucci denim pieces from Alessandro for the retro “vibe", but let me tell you that all of those are very high quality items.
That said, none of those come close to the Celine simple black denim jeans and to the pair of Hedi's Saint Laurent leather biker pants that I also own.
The difference here is not between a McDonalds, a good restaurant and a Michelin star one. The level of nuance between his quality of construction and detail to the consumer being comfortable and the fitting clothes is literally the level of the difference between a one star Michelin restaurant and a three star Michelin restaurant. One can only spot it either because he reads/consumes a lot of theoretical and functional knowledge about fashion construction, makes clothes themselves or is a lifelong luxury consumer.
Judging Hedi (or anybody else that is just as established) by "I walked into a boutique and it looked boring" or by "I tried it once in ten years" is so ridiculous and ignorant that it should be a bannable offence on this forum.
It is one of the last places where once in a decade some actual fashion talk/comment can be seen that is beyond Insta clout. There are clearly some people here that know luxury fashion and consume it, it shows in the comments and in what they are saying (and it also is apparent when someone tries to appear more important, more knowledgeable and cooler than they are, just a little nudge towards those people, because some comments in some other threads…).
So all this said, I am not letting this last standing luxury fashion community to die due to shallow, stupid opinions that lack any nuance!
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