Hedi Slimane news and archive

Celine to return to the catwalk for its AW23 womenswear

A Celine women’s SS23 catwalk presentation never materialised this season, instead the French luxury house will unveil a film on its website and social media later this month. For AW23, however, Celine will return to the runway, albeit outside of Paris fashion week and two months ahead of the major show season. According to WWD, Celine will show...

Fashion Featured

The post-pandemic silhouette according to Celine

Taken from the succession of digital runway shows that presented during the last Parisian Fashion Week, the Celine house presented its fall-winter 2021 collection last week. French garden with an electric runway Once again, the collection is presented in front of a castle. At the same location of the menswear FW21 presentation, Celine's women's...

Culture

Hedi Slimane to show solo exhibition in Shanghai

Celine’s artistic director, Hedi Slimane, is to hold a solo exhibition of his work as a multi-disciplinary artist at the Almine Rech gallery in Shanghai. The exhibition, titled “Sun of Sound”, will run from March 19 to April 30, and mark the first time Slimane has shown solo works in China. In addition to Hedi Slimane influencing an entire...

Video

Video: Celine Summer 21 collection

In this video, Celine shows her Summer 21 collection which was filmed in Monaco at Stade Louis II. The video was directed and styled by Hedi Slimane. Watch the video below. Source: Celine via YouTube

Fashion Featured

Celine debuts SS21 streetwear collection from Monaco

A stadium in Monaco was the backdrop for Celine’s SS21 womenswear collection. Titled “portrait of a generation” by its Creative Director Hedi Slimane, it debuted online as a filmed catwalk show on Tuesday. It was a story of youth where streetwear dominated. From afar it looked like any typical teenager clad in Converse, cut-off jeans, a K Way...

Fashion

Celine to debut men's collections online

Celine has surprised the industry by deciding to participate in the digital iteration of Men's Fashion Month after all. The LVMH-owned luxury brand will be unveiling a project titled "The Dancing Kid" that will go live on Instagram, celine.com, and TikTok. Celine began teasing the project on their Instagram feed with images of a banner that said...

Business

Paris court awards damages to Hedi Slimane for Kering's unlawful use of YSL images

Hedi Slimane is to be awarded 618,000 euros in damages after a Paris court ruled Kering unlawfully used his YSL photographs without consent. The decision follows years of acrimonious legal disputes between the designer and parent company of YSL where Slimane was creative director from 2012 to 2016, who’s departure from the French luxury brand...

Culture

Hedi Slimane curates quarantine film selection for online streaming

Hedi Slimane has curated a selection of films available for free viewing during the quarantine on streaming network Mubi. The Celine artistic director has selected a mix of Hollywood hallmarks and edgy cult classics, including Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now and Wim Wenders Paris, Texas. According to The Cut, the list includes the kinds of...

Fashion Featured

Fashion pieces and trends that defined the decade

The decade closes and took with it it’s signature feminine silhouettes and accessories. From the Bekett wedge sneaker from Isabel Marant to the long pleated skirt from Dior, including the shoulder jackets from Balmain, the army trend and the influential minimalist-intellectual wardrobe from Phoebe Philo for Celine, FashionUnited has picked up...

Video

Slimane brings 1970s to Paris in Celine show

Hedi takes the stage once again with Celine, this time for the Spring / Summer 2020 show in Paris. This collection, however, stands out from his previous shows with the brand previously designed by Phoebe Philo. Slimane is heavy on the denim, a common trait during the SS20 shows in Paris. The collection is extremely nostalgic taking inspiration...

Fashion Featured

Slimane and Vaccarello: Not all designers embracing the inclusive catwalk movement

The culture war has come to the catwalk. Divisions over race, gender and the climate crisis are bubbling to the surface in a world where political debate is usually about as welcome as bingo wings. Two of Paris fashion's biggest stars, Hedi Slimane of Celine and Saint Laurent's Anthony Vaccarello, have both warned of a new "puritanism". Slimane...

Fashion Featured

Critics still up in the air on Hedi's Celine

Fashion critics gave Hedi Slimane's root-and-branch remake of Celine some grudging respect Saturday after excoriating the superstar designer's earlier "thrashing" of the brand's feminist legacy. To the delight of secondhand shops across the world, Slimane again raided the 1970s wardrobe lock, stock and culottes in his Paris fashion week show...