Hedi Slimane on the Future of Fashion

[christianef]

luxury brands should just knock themselves off. if i was rick owens and knew there was a legitimate fast-fashion market for a 100$ dollar barley leather version of my famous sneaker id create a pseudonym company and just sell them myself.

great article, reminds me of how i just got some 600E virgin wool ann pants for 40E at one of my favorite stores. who have yet to launch a website/online shop.

[Faust]

/\ is that some sort of a PSA?

[Atom]

I Love USA by Hedi Slimane

Here's a new film by Mr. Slimane, made for thecorner.

I LOVE USA by HEDI SLIMANE

Password: ILOVEUSA

What do you think?

[Davinelulinvega]

i wonder what exactly they were expecting to get. kinda feels like he was taking the piss on them with that video.

[mrbeuys]

jeez that's dreadful.

[Eye]

Same feeling davine, looks like he put some references to usual american clips with a very soft and young aesthetic, im not sure of the result...

[Faust]

Same feeling davine, looks like he put some references to usual american clips with a very soft and young aesthetic, im not sure of the result...

I am. $$$$$$

[Fade to Black]

^
heh heh heh...

i don't think he was taking the piss on them, the shot is very consistent with Hedi's usual photographic aesthetic.

[TarHeart]

The film struck me as pretentious and... lame. I love Hedi's photography,
but the translation into film was just not a good idea. At least not this one.

[Faust]

His photography is just run-of-the-mill commercial photography.

[birdytg]

I am terribly sorry to say that the best time of this video is when it stops!

[mrbeuys]

^wow. You made it to the end?

[CommieRabbit]

Probably makes me a dick, but I hope all of his non-fashion related endeavors fail miserably.

Dude needs to stick to fashion.

[birdytg]

I have to admit that it has been like a chalenge for me to come to the end.
Each second I was still hoping about something interesting to hapen.
It came with the very end: THE ISSUE!

I then remembered how Hedi has been good from 2002 up to 2005 and me a great fan of his fashion design..........during those years...

[Zhou]

From Selectism.com

" “»I LOVE USA« is Slimane’s idealistic vision of the United States through the prism of the idyllic Californian lifestyle. The premise is simple: Sidney and Wolf are two teenagers who meet for the first time in Venice beach. The teens in the film were both scouted by Slimane at the Coachella rock festival, in 2009 and 2010, respectively; they meet for the first time on the set.

The title comes from the nickname Slimane gave to Sidney ›USA‹, who has appeared in many of his diary’s photographs, after he decided that she was the iconic embodiment of the California girl and the aesthetic representation of all-American beauty.

This exclusive video is an improvisation exercise (like ›Improvisation 1‹, with the royal Ballet of Copenhagen) that highlights the naїvety, the innocence of Sidney and Wolf, and features themes that have made the designer famous throughout the world: the representation of a generation, the diaphanous beauty of Sidney, and the very slim silhouette of Wolf project the intimate emotional atmosphere of a couple of teenagers in California.

Sidney improvises a chaotic cheerleader, far from the sweet imagery of cheerleading in American culture, and Wolf is a teen indie transposed in an ›indie‹ representation of »Peter and the Wolf«. He accompanies Sidney on his out of tune cello, in a wolf mask. Behind, a fleet-worn American flag belonging to Slimane is visible, a recurring image seen in several of his artistic works.”

Did not interpret it at all like that