The Citizen (Gauteng)

Slimane to unveil Celine collection

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Paris women’s fashion week started yesterday 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 revealed on Friday.

The signs so far are that his approach is likely to be revolution­ary.

Slimane, 50, pictured, has already changed the logo, doing away with the French accent on Celine’s first e and mention of Paris on its advertisin­g campaigns – a possible hint he intends to continue spending time photograph­ing his rock-star friends in Los Angeles.

He has also erased all trace on Instagram of his predecesso­r Phoebe Philo’s influentia­l decade at the label. Paris-born Slimane wants to make a clean break with the past.

Earlier this month, the label said the new upper-case logo was inspired by its 1960s modernist incarnatio­n and that having at first got rid of all mention of the French capital, Paris would be “reinstated” on labels and packaging.

Luxury giant LVMH, which owns Celine, gave Slimane complete control of the brand’s images and creative side in order to sign him up after he walked away from Saint Laurent last year.

They are also letting him create a menswear line. Celine has only made clothes for women before.

Slimane fell out with Saint Laurent reportedly because of his frustratio­n at not being able to control its perfume and cosmetics arms. – AFP

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