Watch Celine Men 23 "The Bright Young" Featuring Their Summer 25 Collection

As a student at the École du Louvre in the late ’80s, Hedi Slimane began writing an essay on Anglomania—from the Comte d'Artois, who initiated Anglomania at Versailles, to the Lions des Boulevards, in the wake of Beau Brummel. He was also researching Stephen James Napier Tennant (recognised as the original party animal) and Cecil Beaton, who was part of his entourage. With “The Bright Young” collection, Hedi Slimane revives this 30-year-old project.

Watch Celine 22 "Symphonie Fantastique" Featuring Their Winter 24 Men's Collection

In 1969, Leonard Bernstein described the "Symphonie Fantastique" as the first psychedelic symphony ever composed, and more than 100 years before the dawn of the movement in the late 1960s.

"...those sounds you're hearing come from the first psychedelic symphony in history, the first musical description ever made of a trip, written one hundred thirty odd years before the Beatles, way back in 1830 by the brilliant french composer Hector Berlioz. He called it "Symphonie Fantastique," or "Fantastic," and fantastic it is, in every sense of the word, including psychedelic."

Hedi Slimane discovered the "Symphonie Fantastique" at the age of 11 and became passionate about the romantic musical piece by the young Berlioz. Hector Berlioz was only 26 years old when he was in an obsessive relationship with English actress Harriet Smithson, which led him to compose the "Symphonie Fantastique" on December 5th 1830 in Paris.

Directed by Hedi Slimane

© hedi slimane photography and film

The "Symphonie fantastique" collection was filmed between January and February in the Mojave desert and Los Angeles.

Makeup artist: Aaron de Mey
Hair stylist: Esther Langham
Hair colorist: Alex Brownsel

Discover Celine's Womenswear Winter 24 'L'Arc de Triomphe' Collection & Celine Beauté

"La Collection de l'Arc de Triomphe" reflects back on the 1960s, the golden age of Celine, capturing the essence and spirit of the house through coordinated looks and authentic reweaved materials. Ready-to-wear pieces are combined with hand-embroidered couture items, while felt caps offer a ’60s reinterpretation of the classic Celine baseball cap.

Upon his arrival at Celine in 2018, Hedi Slimane reintroduced the "Triomphe" emblem, featuring it prominently on the Triomphe bag, which he designed on his first day. The Triomphe bag quickly became a new classic for the house, symbolizing its core essence and values.

“La collection de l’Arc de Triomphe” film marks the birth of Celine Beauté, the first cosmetics line in the house’s history. Models wear “La Peau Nue” rose naturel lipstick, one of the fifteen shades of the “Le Rouge Celine” collection that will be available in 2025. The Celine Beauté collection will launch this autumn with the first satin lipstick shade “Rouge Triomphe.”

model wearing black wool riding cap with triomphe logo, black sunglasses and black neoprene tank with black beaded collar

Explore Celine 18 Men's Winter 2023 Collection at Le Palace Set To An Extended Version Of Suicide's "Girl"

The CELINE 18 – Men’s Winter 2023 show is took place at the legendary Le Palace in Paris. A place dear to Hedi Slimane that he frequented most nights during his youth starting from the age of 16 - Le Palace remains a sentimental place which triggered his future as a couturier and where he celebrated his 50th surprise birthday party in July 2018.

Originally built as a theatre dance hall in the 17th century, but also known for its years as a nightclub, in 1978 le palace was taken over by renowned impresario Fabrice Emaer, who animated the paris nightlife at the time. it was one of the first nightlife venues where a variety of communities could mix freely with exuberance, attracting the likes of Yves Saint Laurent, Grace Jones, Prince, Karl Lagerfeld, Andy Warhol, Serge Gainsbourg, Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall and many more who enjoyed masked balls and live performances before making their way to the basement to Le Privilège private club.

The collection will be available on celine.com on July 28.

Every Single Look For Celine's Homme Winter 2023 Runway Presentation

Hedi Slimane delves into today’s youth’s rediscovery of the 2000’s electro clash and electronic rock sounds and scenes, a movement appearing in major cities like Paris, London and New York. He pays tribute to New York’s cult proto-punk band Suicide formed in 1977 by Alan Vega and Martin Rev, a band who in 2023 still intrigues and inspires the emerging music scenes. Key to the collection, the tight black leather Celine pants, are paired in “double leather” with biker and racer jackets customized with studs or rhinestones. The Celine coats are worn oversized and are cut out of cashmere or english tweeds recreated on a traditional loom. The Celine suits are slightly raised, worn with cropped flared trousers. The embroideries are handmade in the Parisian couture ateliers. The giant leopard and tiger printed coats are made from shearling cashmere. The models wear “nightclubbing” perfume, part of the Celine haute parfumerie collection. The pieces that pay tribute to Le Palace iconic years are limited edition.

Hedi Slimane Goes Back to His Youth For Celine's Men's Winter 2023 Show

Black and white photo of Le Palace club in Paris, France

The Celine 18 – Men’s Winter 2023 show is taking place at the legendary Le Palace in Paris. A place dear to Hedi Slimane that he frequented most nights during his youth starting from the age of 16 - Le Palace remains a sentimental place which triggered his future as a couturier and where he celebrated his 50th surprise birthday party in July 2018.

Originally built as a theatre dance hall in the 17th century, but also known for its years as a nightclub, in 1978 le palace was taken over by renowned impresario Fabrice Emaer, who animated the paris nightlife at the time. Commissioned by emaer to reimagine the space, architect patrick berger participated in revamping its rich art deco interior, installing the emblematic and modern chandelier of neon lights, playing a major role center stage lighting up the walls embellished with gérard garouste paintings.

Once considered a french version of new york’s Studio 54; the iconic Le Palace was one of the first nightlife venues where a variety of communities could mix freely with exuberance, attracting the likes of Yves Saint Laurent, Grace Jones, Prince, Karl Lagerfeld, andy Warhol, Serge Gainsbourg, Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall and many more who enjoyed masked balls and live performances before making their way to the basement to Le Privilège private club.

Don't Look Back In Anger: Hedi Slimane For Celine at The Wiltern Theater In Los Angeles

text by Oliver Kupper

At Celine’s Women Winter 2023 collection presentation, we learned that Iggy Pop is still the second coming—even at seventy-five. And also, Hedi Slimane is one of the most important couturiers of our generation. He is fashion’s enigmatic zelig, always in the right place and always at the right time. Last night it was the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, an Art Deco landmark cladded in blue-green glazed architectural terra-cotta tiles on the corner of Wilshire and Western that was built in 1931 for vaudeville. The most Instagrammable moment in this shangri-la’s recent memory was an ode to a pre-Instagram era—the “Age of Indieness.” Celine’s runway show at the iconic theater, which was advertised with a blitzkrieg media buy across the city, on billboards and bus stops, opened with a larger than life Celine logo, decked out in disco lights that unfolded from the rafters, and a pulsating 20-minute original recomposition of the White Stripes’ iconic 2000 track, “Hello Operator.” After the finale, and a brief intermission, there were performances by The Strokes and Interpol—with an explosive opening act from Iggy Pop and some of his most iconic songs. He spit, he touched himself, his skin golden and wrinkled from Floridian rays and a lifetime of abusing his body on stage. The collection itself hit all of Slimane's familiar notes and silhouettes with variations on a theme: slim pants, tailored blazers, military jackets, glimmering gowns and hand-embroidery—his sartorial rebellion against the status quo, a love letter to rock n’ roll and the glamor of nightlife. If these notes sound familiar it is because Slimane is a fervent believer in repetition’s power to cement a designer’s modus operandi. In a recent conversation with Lizzy Goodman (author of Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001–2011), Slimane says, “...Repetition and consistency, quoting yourself, is key to creating the condition of the crystallization of a style and the longevity of it.” He continues, “The vocabulary may change with the time, but the syntax, the style, stays unchanged.” It may mystify some why Slimane continues to romanticize and harken back to this post-911 era of war and bloodshed in the Middle East and a burgeoning fiscal collapse. But a disillusioned pining for a confused golden age is not what Slimane is after—he is constantly searching for that clarion call for belonging. Last night at the Wiltern was proof-positive that music can be that call, and that musical movements of bygone eras were a result of this desire for communion. The question shouldn’t be why look back? The question should be why not look back. Fashion is constantly referencing itself. If done right, it can be timeless and beautiful—electrical even. Slimane quotes Carl Jung and his ideas around synchronicity for his timeliness—his collaborations with David Bowie, Mick Jagger and countless young, burgeoning musicians. His stark black and white images captured their regal visages with a crisp, eternal quality. Slimane tells Goodman, “I was surfing a wave without knowing where it would take me.” The wave eventually took him to Los Angeles at the height of Southern California’s indie scene, which grew around the time of the 2008 financial crisis. In 2016, a debilitating case of tinnitus forced him out of Los Angeles and to the more peaceful climes of Southern France. But with his most recent collection for Celine, Slimane is still blurring the line between the stage and real life, and he is still looking back, but never in anger. On the attitudes that defined the turn of the 21st century, Slimane says, “...Twenty years after, we can see it as a statement on disguise, a manifesto on the value of chaotic insouciance and stylish nonchalance.” He calls the amalgamation of fashion and live performance a “liturgical ritual.” At the Wiltern, all of this and his brilliance was on display.

Hedi Slimane Photographs Featured In Poster For Rock Documentary "Meet Me In The Bathroom" Premiering In Theaters This November

Utopia and Pulse Film’s official Sundance Selection documentary Meet Me in the Bathroom—directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern and based on the successful oral history released by author Lizzy Goodman in 2017—has partnered with photographer and Grand Couturier Hedi Slimane to celebrate the film’s official US theatrical release. The collaboration joins still-life images taken by Slimane during the book’s eponymous era of rock n’ roll revival between the years of 2001 - 2011 into a limited release concert poster to celebrate the film’s upcoming NYC and LA premiere events. The film features legendary bands such as The Moldy Peaches, The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem and more as it covers their come up amongst the backdrop of Lower East Side dive bars and gritty city streets.

Hedi Slimane became synonymous with this era while at the helm of Dior Homme leading as its Creative Director and dressing rock musicians such as The Strokes, The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand and The Killers, among others. Slimane’s intimate relationship with music has remained a creative force in his work as he continues to set the tone for a relationship between fashion and underground musical talent. 

The upcoming premiere events in LA (October 27 at The Fonda Theater) and NYC (October 30 at Webster Hall) will feature a special screening of the documentary with special guest panel Q&A and the first-ever reunion performance by The Moldy Peaches with additional surprise performances TBA.

“Meet Me in the Bathroom” will be released in theaters on November 4th at IFC, NY and Los Feliz, Los Angeles followed by a national theater opening expansion the week of November 11th. 

"Presley Gerber" The New Video By Hedi Slimane for Celine Haute Parfumerie "Eau de Californie"

Presley Gerber, directed by Hedi Slimane in California in December 2021

The memory of palo santo, that magical essence of wood, with fresh, smoky, and creamy facets.
In the background, the powdery notes of orris and tree moss give this Californian dream the signature of a Parisian Couture House.

Soundtrack: Girls - My Ma

Watch CELINE 15 "DYSFUNCTIONAL BAUHAUS" Men's SS23

CELINE 15
Palais De Tokyo
Paris, France
June 26th, 2022
DYSFUNCTIONAL BAUHAUS

Artworks by David Weiss, Alyss Estay, and Renata Petersen


Original soundtrack for Celine
“Design” Performed, written, and Arranged by Gustaf and produced by Chris Coady
Commissioned and co-produced by Hedi Slimane

Casting, Styling, and Set Design by Hedi Slimane

Hair Stylist
Esther Langham

Hair Colorist
Alex Brownsell

Makeup
Aaron De Mey

Watch Celine Homme's "BOY DOLL" From Their Winter 2022 Presentation

Shot and directed by Hedi Slimane, Celine Homme’s Winter 2022 presentation takes place in one of Paris’s most emblematic venues. L’Olympia, known internationally for staging some of the world’s finest operas, plays, and concerts was established in 1893 in the 9th arrondissement and is the city’s oldest music hall. It was converted into a cinema in the 1920s after the market for theatrical performance experienced a sorrowfully steep decline. However, in 1954, the Olympia hosted a grand venue reopening under the executive direction of French Producer Bruno Coquatrix, and since then has hosted countless legendary concerts from the world’s greatest musical artists, both domestic and abroad.

An original soundtrack titled “FAVORITE THING” was composed by the Swedish band SHITKID 
Casting, Styling and Set Design by Hedi Slimane
Hair Styling by Esther Langham
Makeup by Aaron De Mey

Watch CELINE PARADE: The Women’s Winter 21 Collection

“Son regard est pareil au regard des statues.”
Paul Verlaine
Mon Rêve Familier

“Ma jeunesse ne fut qu’un ténébreux orage, traversé çà et là par de brillants soleils.”
Charles Baudelaire
l’Ennemie

“J’ai seul la clef de cette parade sauvage.”
Arthur Rimbaud"
Parade

CELINE
PARADE
Jardins d’André le Nôtre
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
Filmed in March 2021

Directed and styled by HEDISLIMANE

Original soundtrack for Celine
”Un Daydream” performed by REGINA_DEMINA

Written and produced by Regina Demina & Charles Caste"
Featuring harp arrangements by Leonie Favre-Tissot
Commissioned and co-produced by Hedi Slimane

Hair Stylist
Esther Langham

Makeup
Christelle Cocquet

Opening of Mad About The Boy, Curated by Lou Stoppard @ Fashion Space Gallery In London

Mad About The Boy explores fashion’s obsession with youth, focusing on the way ideas of the teenage boy are constructed through specific collections and fashion images. Sparked by the success of designers like Hedi Slimane at Saint Laurent, Raf Simons and Gosha Rubchinskiy – all of whom seem to share a fixation with youth culture – the exhibition sets out to examine the tropes and parallels within fashion’s treatment of youth, unpicking the many notions of the young male that feature in fashion’s imagination, from outsider to sexual fantasy to reveller. Click here to read our interview with Mad About The Boy curator Lou Stoppard. The exhibition will be on view until April 2, 2016 at Fashion Space Gallery, London College of Fashion, 20 John Princes Street