27 Facts About Hedi Slimane

From February 2018 to October 2024, Slimane was the creative, artistic and image director of Celine.

Hedi Slimane was born in the 11th arrondissement of Paris and grew up in the 19th arrondissement.

Hedi Slimane's father was Tunisian and an accountant, and his mother was Italian and a seamstress.

Hedi Slimane considered finding a career in the fashion industry although finding it as too competitive; instead, he studied political science and pursued a career in journalism.

Hedi Slimane studied Art History at the Ecole du Louvre and completed a tailor apprenticeship at a men's designer house.

When Hedi Slimane started, there were only a handful of men's designs at the house dating from Mr Saint Laurent's early years.

Hedi Slimane designed the packaging and worked with Richard Avedon on the accompanying advertising campaign.

David Bowie, whom Hedi Slimane dressed for his tours, presented the Award.

Brad Pitt had Hedi Slimane create his wedding suit for his marriage to Jennifer Aniston.

Hedi Slimane created stagewear for groups such as The Libertines, Daft Punk, Franz Ferdinand, and The Kills, and artists such as Mick Jagger, Beck, and Jack White.

Hedi Slimane commissioned original soundtracks for his runway shows for Dior Homme, created by artists such as Beck, Readymade FC, and bands such as Phoenix, The Rakes, and Razorlight.

In July 2007, Hedi Slimane did not renew his contract at Dior Homme.

Hedi Slimane had written on his website that he did not want to lose control of his name, and management of his own brand.

In March 2011, following John Galliano's dismissal from Dior, Hedi Slimane was linked with the job of new Dior creative director.

In March 2012, Yves Saint Laurent and its parent company, PPR, officially stated that Hedi Slimane would replace Stefano Pilati as creative director at Yves Saint Laurent, after the departure of the latter, who held said position for almost eight years.

Hedi Slimane based his creative studio in Los Angeles, rather than the brand's Parisian headquarters.

In January 2018, LVMH announced that Hedi Slimane would take on the role of creative director at Celine.

In January 2019, Hedi Slimane presented his first stand-alone menswear show for Celine.

In July 2020, Hedi Slimane presented his men's spring-summer 2021 collection in a video shot at the Castelet circuit in France during confinement.

In 2004, when he was in charge of Dior Homme collections, Hedi Slimane created a private collection of colognes.

Hedi Slimane designed the bottle and changed the typography of the Dior logo by using uppercase letters.

Immediately after leaving Yves Saint Laurent, Hedi Slimane moved to Berlin, whereupon the invitation by curator Klaus Biesenbach, he took up a residency at the Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art between 2000 and 2002.

Also in 2004, Hedi Slimane created the album cover for the band Phoenix's album Alphabetical.

In May 2006, Hedi Slimane created the photographic blog Hedi Slimane Diary.

Hedi Slimane created his Rock Diary, beginning in 2004 in collaboration with the British journalist from NME, Alex Needham.

When Hedi Slimane left for America and based himself in Los Angeles in 2007, California became the subject of many of his images and later the subject of several exhibitions.

Hedi Slimane shot the cover artwork for Lady Gaga's sophomore album, The Fame Monster, released in 2009.