Hedi Slimane
I'm sitting here on a Friday night at 11:30 writing this because i have no friends. My best friend left at 10:30 because there was nothing to do and my girlfriend's out with her friends.
I've got netflix going watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall and honestly there's too much dick on my screen. Not even Kristen Bell (my love) and Mila Kunis (she's okay) can make up for that.
Anyway onto my second most favourite designer, Hedi Slimane. I'm a big fan of his work from 2012-2016 during his tenure at Saint Laurent. Now for his life story.
Slimane was born in Paris in 1968. He studied art history and completed a tailor apprenticeship at a men's designer house. In 1996 (18 years of age) he was installed in the position of ready-to-wear director of the men's collection at Yves Saint Laurent where his Black Tie collection in 2000 redefined the "skinny" male silhouette.
After this he became the creative director at Christian Dior and continued to drive the black stiff silhouette from until 2007 when he left the label to go back to Yves Saint Laurent.
Okay now 2007 is immediately my aesthetic. While the proportions here are still relatively slim fitting, Slimane has allowed for a little more room so that he can play with length in the top half. Think slim pants and long jackets. Still a lot of black but definitely channeling more of a military vibe. This is the Slimane which i love. Personally I'm loving the 'Navigate' army boots and the way the flowy material of the pants fits into them (but i've seen them online and they look like a bitch to put on so i opted for the SLP zip rangers instead which bear a striking resemblance). Fantastic outerwear with beautiful looking material. Might even be some slight foreshadowing of Rick here.
This coat is beautiful and those boots are b-e-a-utiful. I need to get a scarf like this too.
Then he went back to YSL and continued to mainstream the slim aesthetic. His first show in 2013 started what would be known as quintessential SLP by Hedi Slimane. His collection is separated into two distinct looks - Rockstar God on and off stage. On stage he models black leather harness wyatts with leather zipper pants, animal prints and brightly coloured slim cut blazers. Off stage he models brown suede harness wyatts with distressed denim always showing a nice shiny belt and a layered look of shadow plaid flannels, oversized knits, and SL01 leather jackets/fur jackets/the infamous varsity teddy. Although fashion critics weren't too big a fan of this collection, this is the cornerstone of my dream wardrobe and a staple in streetwear today.
His second show in 2014 built on the 2013 aesthetic but approached bolder patterns and designs in the form of animal prints, mesh and brightly coloured blazers and shirt with pointed leather shoes to match. This show was a lot more flamboyant and not really my speed. However we did get the 3 passants belt out of it which i adore.
His third show in 2015 brought it back to a more refined look with a shift in emphasis to the modern rockstar look with velveteen bombers, denim jackets lined with shearling and copious amounts of jewellery. I liked this collection more than the 2014 as it had a little more class but less than 2016...
2016 had some really cool pieces including the patchwork leather jacket and the introduction of distressed sneakers. A couple of interesting prints also popped up including the dinosaur and palm tree silk bombers. There were actually a lot more prints and colour clashes in this i'm not a fan of. The bleached and distressed flannels also popped up. This was Hedi's last collection at Saint Laurent before he basically fucked shit up. He dropped the Yves for the aesthetic and moved the creative studio from Paris to LA. They didn't like this that much so they let him go.
Currently, he is the creative director at Celine which a lot of people aren't happy about, seeing as all he's literally doing is transforming Celine into another version of Saint Laurent Paris.
I've got netflix going watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall and honestly there's too much dick on my screen. Not even Kristen Bell (my love) and Mila Kunis (she's okay) can make up for that.
Anyway onto my second most favourite designer, Hedi Slimane. I'm a big fan of his work from 2012-2016 during his tenure at Saint Laurent. Now for his life story.
Slimane was born in Paris in 1968. He studied art history and completed a tailor apprenticeship at a men's designer house. In 1996 (18 years of age) he was installed in the position of ready-to-wear director of the men's collection at Yves Saint Laurent where his Black Tie collection in 2000 redefined the "skinny" male silhouette.
After this he became the creative director at Christian Dior and continued to drive the black stiff silhouette from until 2007 when he left the label to go back to Yves Saint Laurent.
Okay now 2007 is immediately my aesthetic. While the proportions here are still relatively slim fitting, Slimane has allowed for a little more room so that he can play with length in the top half. Think slim pants and long jackets. Still a lot of black but definitely channeling more of a military vibe. This is the Slimane which i love. Personally I'm loving the 'Navigate' army boots and the way the flowy material of the pants fits into them (but i've seen them online and they look like a bitch to put on so i opted for the SLP zip rangers instead which bear a striking resemblance). Fantastic outerwear with beautiful looking material. Might even be some slight foreshadowing of Rick here.
Then he went back to YSL and continued to mainstream the slim aesthetic. His first show in 2013 started what would be known as quintessential SLP by Hedi Slimane. His collection is separated into two distinct looks - Rockstar God on and off stage. On stage he models black leather harness wyatts with leather zipper pants, animal prints and brightly coloured slim cut blazers. Off stage he models brown suede harness wyatts with distressed denim always showing a nice shiny belt and a layered look of shadow plaid flannels, oversized knits, and SL01 leather jackets/fur jackets/the infamous varsity teddy. Although fashion critics weren't too big a fan of this collection, this is the cornerstone of my dream wardrobe and a staple in streetwear today.
His second show in 2014 built on the 2013 aesthetic but approached bolder patterns and designs in the form of animal prints, mesh and brightly coloured blazers and shirt with pointed leather shoes to match. This show was a lot more flamboyant and not really my speed. However we did get the 3 passants belt out of it which i adore.
His third show in 2015 brought it back to a more refined look with a shift in emphasis to the modern rockstar look with velveteen bombers, denim jackets lined with shearling and copious amounts of jewellery. I liked this collection more than the 2014 as it had a little more class but less than 2016...
2016 had some really cool pieces including the patchwork leather jacket and the introduction of distressed sneakers. A couple of interesting prints also popped up including the dinosaur and palm tree silk bombers. There were actually a lot more prints and colour clashes in this i'm not a fan of. The bleached and distressed flannels also popped up. This was Hedi's last collection at Saint Laurent before he basically fucked shit up. He dropped the Yves for the aesthetic and moved the creative studio from Paris to LA. They didn't like this that much so they let him go.
Currently, he is the creative director at Celine which a lot of people aren't happy about, seeing as all he's literally doing is transforming Celine into another version of Saint Laurent Paris.
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