Hedi Slimane
Hedi Slimane
Hedi Slimaneis a French photographer and fashion designer. From 2000 to 2007, he held the position of creative director for Dior Homme. From 2012 to 2016, he was the creative director for Yves Saint Laurent. He left the brand on March 31, 2016...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth5 July 1968
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
kids home jeans
When I was designing, I had in mind Jimi Hendrix, and I could hardly find skinny indie black kids to wear my clothes. I remember one telling me he had to swap his skinny jeans for baggy ones in the subway before going home, so he wouldn't get in trouble in his neighborhood.
fun games ideas
I thought I should work more on the idea that you wear a suit or a jacket because of the fun it can provide, because it's a game, because it might even have a sexual quality.
fashion men jeans
An athletic man, or whatever you want to call him, will only look good in a very classic suit, a pair of classic jeans, athletic clothes or simply naked. Forget fashion. This is not going to happen, unless you want to look like a Chippendales dancer in designer clothes.
guy towns truck
David Bowie, for me, was the butchest guy in town. Jagger was like a truck driver.
ipads hands needs
The iPad needs to catch up with Flash before I put a hand on it.
men thinking littles
Men are not supposed to be mysterious. That's what you say about women. But I think men can have a little of it, too.
fashion men thinking
I'd like men to think about evolving into something more sophisticated, more seductive. To explore the possibility of an entirely new masculinity.
block passion writing
My parents offered me my first camera for my birthday and I developed an exclusive passion for it over the years. Since I was not the most social kid on the block, the camera helped me to express myself, invent my own language - something like a secret garden. I decided early on I would not write in a diary but take silent photographs instead.
fashion men fabric
Men's fashion has a certain heaviness in the fabrics and construction. But also there is a heaviness in the mentality.
dream fashion luxury
I only like luxury fashion. You have to decide where you stand. I like well-made, authentic clothes, well-crafted tailoring. I also like the dream and fantasy of luxury, the exception and rarity of it. I have no interest at all in fast retail. It is ambiguous.
fashion witty military
Music has shaped men’s fashion and transposed in a playful and witty manner its riding or military heritage. It is difficult to figure out who leads but music and fashion are connected genetically.
fashion irrational
Fashion somehow, for me, is purely and happily irrational.
fashion luxury design
I don't like the collusion between high fashion design and high street. You have to know where you stand. I belong to luxury fashion. That's what I've always felt and embraced. I like the best quality, the best fabrics and the most creative field in fashion. I will stay consistent. I belong to this world.
photography character documentaries
Photography has always been about documentary, the depiction of the instant, a moment, sometimes a place. Each project is somehow an experimentation of a specific context or a character.