Hedi Slimane likes to adapt his new designs, like a caterpillar morphing into a butterfly in its cocoon. “Creative and image director” for Yves Saint Laurent, he’s daring: after his initial departure, the fashion House followed its own instincts and reinstated St. Laurent’s first name. The reworked brand name Saint Laurent Paris is a sign of Hedi’s return....
“I like Le Smoking, because that was the moment when Yves empowered women.”
A number of career changes would soon ensue: dancer, illustrator for Vogue or Vanity Fair… “I was lucky enough to design quickly and well and I could have “cracked” whatever, a clothing item, a shoe, a bag…” Finally he settled as an assistant at Dior, where he first discovered the beauty of the shoe. He would...
There are some events that instantly pull you into a whirlwind of magic, beauty, and dreaming. Fashion Week is one of them. Flashing cameras, bouts of laughter, amazement, cocktails, runway looks imagined by genius designers, so many lingering memories to come back to and dwell on again and again, just to be sure that it...
Cindy Sherman was only 10 when she began dabbling in photography. It’s a touching anecdote: underneath each photo she took the time to write “that’s me” to establish her identity and reinforce it with evidence. Today, she has become so famous precisely because she doesn’t show herself, doesn’t reveal herself. She hides this “me” and...
Humble luxury became Hermès’ trademark. When we talk about Hermès, we think of delicate, chic objects and luxury in its purest form, a symbol of a luxury à la française; just like the Cape Cod watch, created in 1991. A classic style? Not really. Decked out in steel, restraint and elegance flow out from a...
It’s in a black box that Hedi Slimane is making his comeback. Simple, natural, flexible, a “Saint-Laurentinian” flourish with a purely seventies vibe. From it, escape androgynous silhouettes definitively labeled “Saint-Laurent”; Yves’ timeless grammar, enriched with Hedi’s rocktouch, everything is in the mix, often colored black: the immense bonnets give structure to the linear allure established...
A whirlwind of colors, inspiration, and materials reaches us from the British Isles during the London Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2013-2014. From the iconic tartan Burberry to the velvet ways of Christopher Kane, and through the colorful patchworks of Vivienne Westwood, London asserts itself in an elegant and refined eclecticism.
In the name of Saint Laurent, Hedi Slimane is reviving the relationship between rock and fashion through the shots for his latest campaign. And that’s not all; this year, he’s also gotten Daft Punk onboard. May 1971: Yves Saint Laurent dressed up Bianca and Mick Jagger for their wedding in Saint Tropez. 2013: Hedi Slimane is...
Since their founding in 1961, Courrèges has been offering us timeless vogue, where architecture, philosophy, and couture intertwine. Their designer sounds off: “my style goes with a silhouette, a way to move in life”. Wearing Courrèges is more than just following a fashion; it is affirming a veritable allure and way of life. Since February...
