Paris men's fashion week finished late Sunday with superstar designer Hedi Slimane's first menswear collection for Celine, which has up to now only dressed women. The "sultan of slim", who previously sent revenues soaring at Dior Homme and Saint Laurent, is credited with inventing the skinny look. And in Sunday night's show in a mirrored...
Jan 21, 2019
Many had thought it as good as dead, destined for a place in fashion oblivion next to plus fours. But this week a most unexpected thing has been happening on Paris men's catwalks -- the stuffy old suit has come back. In show after show suits and tailored jackets have shaken off the toxic baggage of corporate uniformity. It wasn't supposed be...
Jan 20, 2019
Every Friday, FashionUnited selects the most interesting reads about the fashion industry published across US news outlets. Here’s what you may have missed this week: Dolce & Gabbana accused of racism While last week Victoria’s Secret was the one deemed out of touch and out of time, this week it was Dolce & Gabbana’s turn to be accused of being...
Nov 23, 2018
When Hedi Slimane was announced as Celine’s new Creative Director, the French label also let the world know it would no longer restrict itself to womenswear. While the fashion designer did feature both women’s and men’s outfits on his catwalk debut during Paris Fashion Week, fashionistas around the world are still waiting for a show exclusively...
Nov 20, 2018
If you’ve always dreamed of being a fashion icon, yet you're just breaking into the industry with an entry level position, don’t fret. Some of the household designer names and creative directors we all know today worked a few not so glamorous jobs before making it big. Hedi Slimane - marketing assistant Recently appointed creative and image...
Oct 11, 2018
As we step over the critical carnage of Hedi Slimane’s debut collection for Celine, and the puzzling disappointment of Riccardo Tisci at Burberry, let’s regain perspective by reviewing some key moments throughout fashion’s history where the hired gun at a beloved house shot himself in the foot but still hobbled on towards victory. In fashion no...
Oct 9, 2018
If Hedi Slimane had crushed a kitten under the heel of one of his studded boots he might have provoked less indignation than his debut show for Celine. The howl that went up after the hottest show of Paris fashion week on Friday night has since turned into a civil war on social media between his defenders -- the Slimaniacs -- and the supporters...
Oct 2, 2018
London - The collective goodwill and hopeful anticipation the entire fashion industry held for Hedi Slimane’s new dawn at Celine was quashed from the very first look. Outraged editors, loyal Philophiles and any one with an opinion - cue all of Instagram - collectively panned Slimane’s Celine debut, which at best was a deja vu of the designer’s...
Sep 30, 2018
Superstar designer Hedi Slimane declared that black is back Friday as he returned to the Paris catwalk after a two-year absence to revolutionise Celine. With his two biggest fans, Lady Gaga and Karl Lagerfeld, sitting next to each other in the front row, Slimane drew a pitch-black portrait of his hometown which he called "Paris The Night". He...
Sep 29, 2018
Superstar designer Hedi Slimane has revealed how he has been stricken by severe tinnitus as he makes his highly-anticipated return to Paris fashion week Friday at the helm of Celine. The reclusive French creator -- one of the most influential of our times who is credited with coming up with the skinny look -- walked away from Saint Laurent two...
Sep 28, 2018
Hedi Slimane has granted a rare interview to Le Figaro ahead of the unveiling of his first collection for Celine on Friday. The notoriously publicity-show Slimane has been busy behind the scenes, shooting the brand's first campaign, launching a visual story on its website and Instagram, introducing a new logo and setting up a men's, women's,...
Sep 25, 2018
Paris women's fashion week starts Monday with fashionistas waiting with bated breath to finally see Hedi Slimane's debut at Celine. The superstar designer, who pioneered the skinny look at Dior and Saint Laurent, was handed carte blanche in January to make the fabled French house his own. The results of his nine months of cogitations will be...
Sep 24, 2018