It is official, fashion is dead. Fashion designers have continuously resigned from their roles at some of the most prestigious fashion names. From Dior, to Lanvin, Yves Saint Laurent, all these brands...
When Hedi Slimane took over from Stefano Pilati at the head of creation in Saint Laurent Paris, we all started dreaming about all the amazing photos and videos he would do. And...
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A story in leather, lacquer, babycat, denim and pussy bows, Hedi Slimane’s first collection in five years takes a rock wardrobe and infuses it with the youth explosion that characterised Saint Laurent’s ready-to-wear line in the 60s, Rive Gauche. In many ways the tale here is one of genesis, as what the late Yves Saint Laurent did as the first couturier to propose luxury ready-to-wear with the spirit of the street, Hedi Slimane did from the late 90s to 2007, redefining menswear both in silhouette and attitude. Essentially, as Saint Laurent liberated women, Slimane did so for men.
Since 2007 the influential designer has concentrated on a parallel career in photography, introducing the monochrome illusive portrait – what the camera shouldn’t see – into contemporary culture. His images are charged with the ethos of what he began in fashion, demonstrating a talent for capturing the spirit of our time that goes beyond clothes, however sublime.
On his return to design, there is a notion of planets aligning. Slimane’s installation at Saint Laurent befits the wishes of both the late Monsieur Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berg, to whom the debut women’s catwalk show was dedicated.
As stores are reconceptualised under Saint Laurent’s original helvetica logo, Dazed heralds a new fashion epoch by heading to Stockholm to shoot a 2012 youthquake on a group of professional and street-cast models. Here we present an extended image edit from the magazine editorial and meet the boys from the shoot.
PhotographyFumi Nagasaka StylingRobbie Spencer GroomingSharin at Link Details ModelsAdam and Peder at Nisch Management, Daniel, Hugo, Kimie, Martin at Stockholmsgruppen Photographic AssistantHannah Richter Styling AssistantUlrika Lindqvist RetouchingColor One NYC Special Thanks ToJane Glandal, Meghan Scott, Hjalmar Klitse
All clothes Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane SS13 menswear
The stories' lead protagonist, Hugo, soundtracked the film with his band Side Effects. Visit theirofficial Facebook page
Confusion is next. Hedi Slimane has lensed Saskia de Brauw for his SS13 Saint Laurent menswear campaign, which is sure to open the doors to a new style androgyny. A pendant to the brilliantly witchy patchouli-fumed SS13 womenswear catwalk, with no hairdressing and no make-up de Brauw cuts a dashing figure that's allurring whatever your sex or sexuality, as the campaign dismantes the strand of obvious masculinity that has pervaded fashion over the past couple of years, hijacked by men (and media) who strive to justify their interest in clothes be as 'manly' as football. No longer. The message here is that gender and sexuality, just as Slimane's vision, is entirely intellectual and hedonistic. With the same clothes, shoes and accessories available for men and women, the designer is giving his female clients the keys to expression – be the epitome of the Saint Laurent Parisienne or the lead singer in the band, it's up to you. Whatever the case, boys get sublime clothes. Fashion is a discipline dealing in identity and expression that should anchor to the spirit of our time – this, the end of the literal,is a very welcome thing.
Fragrance words, episode 6, features Beatrix Chartier. As usual please see down below for the french version.
EPISODE 6: BEATRIX CHARTIER (EN)
Beatrix Chartier is Fine Fragrances Evaluation Director at Givaudan, one of the...
