Hedi Slimane - Designer

[Lola701]

I really think he is laying low. I don't think he has the Armani job, it's too messy. Unless it was Mr. Armani's dying wish, I don't think he would do it. I do wonder why he has a house in Milan.

His mother was/is Italian no? Maybe he wants to reconnect with his Italian heritage. And Milan could be an interesting city to live for him beyond his work as a fashion designer for a maison.

 

[Nimsay]

Funny thing about armani is never heard so many care about him before and i bet 99%of folk that cry hedi would destroy armani dont even shop for underwear or parfums let alone clothes and acc at armani.

but thats how it work with hedi gate lol

Penniless wannabes per Susan.

 

[Phuel]

Hedi’s (along with Olivier Theyskens), always given the consistent impression that his work is his life/his life is his work. And that’s such an admirable dedication when so many other (once great) creatives have blatantly fallen by the wayside, consumed by their entitled new glam lives taking over their work— Riccardo Tisci/Stefano Pilati/Dolce comes to mind. And the lesser ones coming up all only seem to work to maintain the glamorous life status.

I’d love to believe that his move to Milan is solely because of Giorgio Armani. Again, the label needs him more than he needs it: He would do wonders of wonders for a label that— let’s be frank, has seen much much much better days that we tend to be extremely polite about since Giorgio’s passing was only a short time ago. Never speak ill of the dead and all that.

BTW, @susseinmcswanny The line of chandeliers crashing down slo mo in that gilded room was supreme for a collection of classic, polite, proper 1960s bourgeoisie imagery. Had some hack like Philip Plein don explosions-galore, it would have been expectedly tacky. But it worked so well for Hedi’s demi-couturey Celine. It’s exactly the brand of sly transgression that Giorgio Armani the brand needs right now. Giorgio is gone. There needs to be new blood if the line is to thrive.

 

[Nimsay]

maybe Hedi is trying to marry himself off before Dior can come back to him after JWA leaves them destitute.

 

[Kanzai]

@Phuel love your comments as always, and the Olivier Theyskens mentioned

 

[Lola701]

Hedi’s (along with Olivier Theyskens), always given the consistent impression that his work is his life/his life is his work. And that’s such an admirable dedication when so many other (once great) creatives have blatantly fallen by the wayside, consumed by their entitled new glam lives taking over their work— Riccardo Tisci/Stefano Pilati/Dolce comes to mind. And the lesser ones coming up all only seem to work to maintain the glamorous life status.

I’d love to believe that his move to Milan is solely because of Giorgio Armani. Again, the label needs him more than he needs it: He would do wonders of wonders for a label that— let’s be frank, has seen much much much better days that we tend to be extremely polite about since Giorgio’s passing was only a short time ago. Never speak ill of the dead and all that.

BTW, @susseinmcswanny The line of chandeliers crashing down slo mo in that gilded room was supreme for a collection of classic, polite, proper 1960s bourgeoisie imagery. Had some hack like Philip Plein don explosions-galore, it would have been expectedly tacky. But it worked so well for Hedi’s demi-couturey Celine. It’s exactly the brand of sly transgression that Giorgio Armani the brand needs right now. Giorgio is gone. There needs to be new blood if the line is to thrive.

Interesting because for me it’s totally the contrary. Hedi has always given me the impression that his work is not his life.
He can totally live without working. Photography is his passion and so it informs his work but he can totally live without doing collections and without fashion. He will do it only when it’s under the best possible conditions ever.
If not, the moment something doesn’t please him, he will leave. He has enough money to live without working and his lifestyle is probably not that lavish (for a rich man) anyway.

Money gives him freedom. He choose freedom to dedicate himself to his passion. Work can be fun to him but only under those conditions.

Stefano, Riccardo and Dolce are different. Fashion was their passion. It became work. And sometimes the pressure of work is too high, sometimes you take yourself too seriously while forgetting that you aren’t the anchor to the system and other times, you passion became your life, you have responsibility and you may not know how to do something else.

When Hedi retires, decide to go live in LA. Decide to go live in Saint Tropez, decide to move from Saint Trop to Paris and possibly go to Milan, he is following his desire. He is never following work.

He is at the stage of his life and career where people reach out to him, knowingly bowing down to his exigeances because they wants him. He is not moving to chase a job.

 

[Nimsay]

HEDI SLIMANE FOR CHRISTIAN DIOR

kris needs to go ahead and promise to give Hedi a timeless never discontinued bag named after him and guarantee a couple Hedi-led retrospectives. Guarantee to not change anything 10 years after he leaves. Whatever needs to be promised.

When JWA leaves they will need Hedi to come and make sense of it all.

 

[AFWQ]

agree but she write like this always she not a journalist and she talks about here week days its normal in her texts .

From I remember reading on her IG, she has using tone of certainty regarding possibility of Slimane going either of houses she mention.

For an analyst, her tone was of a journalist.

Add: she thanked truss archive post which account posted it as a news.

 

[AFWQ]

 

[Phuel]

Interesting because for me it’s totally the contrary. Hedi has always given me the impression that his work is not his life.
He can totally live without working. Photography is his passion and so it informs his work but he can totally live without doing collections and without fashion. He will do it only when it’s under the best possible conditions ever.
If not, the moment something doesn’t please him, he will leave. He has enough money to live without working and his lifestyle is probably not that lavish (for a rich man) anyway.

Money gives him freedom. He choose freedom to dedicate himself to his passion. Work can be fun to him but only under those conditions.

Stefano, Riccardo and Dolce are different. Fashion was their passion. It became work. And sometimes the pressure of work is too high, sometimes you take yourself too seriously while forgetting that you aren’t the anchor to the system and other times, you passion became your life, you have responsibility and you may not know how to do something else.

When Hedi retires, decide to go live in LA. Decide to go live in Saint Tropez, decide to move from Saint Trop to Paris and possibly go to Milan, he is following his desire. He is never following work.

He is at the stage of his life and career where people reach out to him, knowingly bowing down to his exigeances because they wants him. He is not moving to chase a job.

It was exciting while it lasted LOOL

Whether Hedi scrutinizes over every little unseen detail of a garment that someone like Cristobal may have done to the point of dedicated obsession is highly unlikely. But along with the impeccable tailoring and construction of garments; consistent styling that’s very much his mood of the moment; casting that’s so distinct from most others headcounts; and most of all, the high production-value of his settings and documentation, he puts in his vision. I can understand your impression that perhaps his lifestyle and inspirations of the moment is greater in his presentation of fashion than the fashions themselves. And I also believe that— but his lifestyle also informs his design: I care (obsessively) more for how a pair of pants will fit me the very best rather than for the newest fit of a design for the pair of pants. And he’s never been one of those types that need viral clickbait/editorialbait/runway costumes to sell his brand, so perhaps teh blurring of his lifestyle and the fashions that he offers are as much equally important tot heir overall production: He’s never going to be some Rumplestilkstin plugging away until working on a never-before-seen shape to shoulders LOOL He will always be boring to those that need fashion with a capital F. Eh.

And since Nimsay has brought up JW, I’ll reference him in comparison to Hedi: He is someone that seems to only obsess for conjuring designs that re never-before-seen, rather than what works best for the wearer. Those pleated and volume-gathered monstrosities heaped on all the celeb-ambassadors are vile and resemble teh hugely morbidly-obese people that have lost the weight and are left with excess sagging skin. …But it’s so graphic a design that it’s ideal viral clickbait/editorialbait/runway costumes. Eh...

 

[PDFSD]

Interesting because for me it’s totally the contrary. Hedi has always given me the impression that his work is not his life.
He can totally live without working. Photography is his passion and so it informs his work but he can totally live without doing collections and without fashion. He will do it only when it’s under the best possible conditions ever.
If not, the moment something doesn’t please him, he will leave. He has enough money to live without working and his lifestyle is probably not that lavish (for a rich man) anyway.

Money gives him freedom. He choose freedom to dedicate himself to his passion. Work can be fun to him but only under those conditions.

Stefano, Riccardo and Dolce are different. Fashion was their passion. It became work. And sometimes the pressure of work is too high, sometimes you take yourself too seriously while forgetting that you aren’t the anchor to the system and other times, you passion became your life, you have responsibility and you may not know how to do something else.

When Hedi retires, decide to go live in LA. Decide to go live in Saint Tropez, decide to move from Saint Trop to Paris and possibly go to Milan, he is following his desire. He is never following work.

He is at the stage of his life and career where people reach out to him, knowingly bowing down to his exigences because they wants him. He is not moving to chase a job.

oh no i disagree my dear Lola :-)

I think Hedi life is extend in his work vica versa and how he sees the world much like a Ralph lauren or Armani.

Every house Hedi had redone looked like his personal Photography or curation work, with same subjects and style as his branding , he even drives classic cars because he hates new style cars and this informs also his low fi/ vintage approach to his work, he dress like the people he designs for and admires, his taste in music is connected to his clothes etc etc

I think he is super ambitious and wants his name to be part of fashion history that he has hobbies like photography and music to keep him busy between work is just circumstance of being uncompromising.

He only left the brands because of non compromise not because he wanted to do full time photographer.
Hedi moves to cities is informed by the need to be in an environment that fits a project and be inspired we cant say the move to Saint Tropez was for personal reasons only , it's clear he found it beneficial to the style for celine as berlin was for Dior because of music and scene its all well documented and his london era etc etc as LA for YSL as he himself said its where he found it most connected with what he wanted to do with SL.

From what i know speaking to his right hand guy he is clinically obsessive in anything he likes to do, thankfully it shows.
Much like a Phoebe that can take brakes because she want to when she wants to, but ultimately the job is fulfilling and she is also obsessive and can drive the team crazy choosing between 33 different shades of green as i have been told by former designer.

I think both have this idea of its cool to show you dont care to walk away from it all at any time.

I understand non fans or non lovers would like to see Hedi as just a glorified photographer art director at best , but his motives like i said are always informed and explained clearly he is a nerd in his approach to projects and he always explains in plain english why he does things and how even.

Its always a holistic project to him.

 

[PDFSD]

It was exciting while it lasted LOOL

Whether Hedi scrutinizes over every little unseen detail of a garment that someone like Cristobal may have done to the point of dedicated obsession is highly unlikely. But along with the impeccable tailoring and construction of garments; consistent styling that’s very much his mood of the moment; casting that’s so distinct from most others headcounts; and most of all, the high production-value of his settings and documentation, he puts in his vision. I can understand your impression that perhaps his lifestyle and inspirations of the moment is greater in his presentation of fashion than the fashions themselves. And I also believe that— but his lifestyle also informs his design: I care (obsessively) more for how a pair of pants will fit me the very best rather than for the newest fit of a design for the pair of pants. And he’s never been one of those types that need viral clickbait/editorialbait/runway costumes to sell his brand, so perhaps teh blurring of his lifestyle and the fashions that he offers are as much equally important tot heir overall production: He’s never going to be some Rumplestilkstin plugging away until working on a never-before-seen shape to shoulders LOOL He will always be boring to those that need fashion with a capital F. Eh.

And since Nimsay has brought up JW, I’ll reference him in comparison to Hedi: He is someone that seems to only obsess for conjuring designs that re never-before-seen, rather than what works best for the wearer. Those pleated and volume-gathered monstrosities heaped on all the celeb-ambassadors are vile and resemble teh hugely morbidly-obese people that have lost the weight and are left with excess sagging skin. …But it’s so graphic a design that it’s ideal viral clickbait/editorialbait/runway costumes. Eh...

i am happy as long as things are clear wherever he might go or not ...i hate rumor periods when houses don't have a new creative director ...
the suspense is annoying i can't sleep lol

 

[PDFSD]

From I remember reading on her IG, she has using tone of certainty regarding possibility of Slimane going either of houses she mention.

For an analyst, her tone was of a journalist.

Add: she thanked truss archive post which account posted it as a news.

Yes i dont always agree with her way she writes stuff that on one side claim of professionalism and then write things in a way that are to casual and dont feel profesional at all if you publishing it.

But being in the business for many years it's the reality of people so its not new to me and one must always read between the lines from any source on or of line and take things in to context.

But that does not mean a part or big or small of the info are untro or incorrect at time of transmitting the news or intel or gossip or rumors etc etc

The only thing that bugs me is the history of owing news or the need to discredit in order to make a point or be in favor.

But information is key slowly things make sense and what is truly BS usually disappears unless there is an active smear funded campaign on someone and this happens as well or ways to undermine competition or alliances.
Fashion is not immune to this at all.


"The company has denied this" she told Miss Tweed on Friday, repeating what she had said a year ago when speculation was swirling about Armani hiring Hedi Slimane after the designer bought a flat in Milan.

if the company did why is there not a official press release lol .............again susan made this point already nonetheless.

 

[fruitdots]

Well thank f*cking god.

 

[Nimsay]

Yes. I agree. Never liked Armani that much. I mean the only Armani I ever got was to go with my DH actually…

Christian Dior has to do their twin flame journey. They keep cycling. John was a failed twin flame journey. They have to bring Hedi back to finish the cycle!

 

[NoInvite]

Well, it was a fun week.

 

[reese06]

Yes. I agree. Never liked Armani that much. I mean the only Armani I ever got was to go with my DH actually…

Christian Dior has to do their twin flame journey. They keep cycling. John was a failed twin flame journey. They have to bring Hedi back to finish the cycle!

In what world could Hedi Slimane handle womenswear at Dior and on top of womenswear, Haute Couture?

He would be out of “ideas”, which I doubt would be fresh within the first year of collections. He would be the same as JW at Dior.

One has to be able to handle more than a column evening dress at Dior when it comes to gowns. Give me a break. I can already picture the stiffness from his Dior woman. He doesn’t do beauty well.

Starting his own label would mean he has to actually design once he has moved through his usual tricks and basics

 

[PDFSD]

In what world could Hedi Slimane handle womenswear at Dior and on top of womenswear, Haute Couture?

He would be out of “ideas”, which I doubt would be fresh within the first year of collections. He would be the same as JW at Dior.

One has to be able to handle more than a column evening dress at Dior when it comes to gowns. Give me a break. I can already picture the stiffness from his Dior woman. He doesn’t do beauty well.

Starting his own label would mean he has to actually design once he has moved through his usual tricks and basics

lol the guy is a like KL a work machine

he is very on time with his collections he already proved it with Celine´s multitude of collections drops and production value that comes with those collection and ad films all timed perfectly etc

this is not an issue.

Regarding out of ideas is like asking Ralph Lauren or Coco Chanel to change like Miuccia prada evers 6 months, Hedi pride himself on consistency and not changing so the project would not be about every season doing a complete 360 fashion but a gradual one.

Lets not forget Dior himself was only for 10 years if MGC can survive 9 years long Hedi will 2 at Dior

Any ways hedi proved his Dior already and nobody can take that time away it was iconic, even if one did not like the clothes.

he is weak for evening but so is JWA if i had to choose i rather look like mother of the bride than wearing JWA dior and look like a bag of salt meme.

 

[Nimsay]

Hedi they dont deserve you but I do so you gotta come back.

 

[Nimsay]

First time scrolling mensfashion on reddit - instant Superfuture flashback. The archetypes are still there, just warped: Street Ninja and Blade-Runner Librarian in endless rotation. The only real update is a flare at the hem. That tells me the well of inspiration is dry and everyone’s still orbiting Dior Homme - Hedi’s era remains the last truly defining moment for early-20s cool.

There’s Rick everywhere, too. But who’s still wearing Rick in 2025? I did the Geobaskets with Riccardo-era Givenchy when it was so new nobody considered it a hit.

We do need a fresh, seismic reset in men’s RTW. Is Hedi the one to deliver it? No - he’s a very specific look. Until a new visionary redraws the silhouette, give me timeless Hedi clothes - carved like an obelisk.