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THIS FIRST COLLECTION BY HEDI SLIMANE FOR CELINE IS NON SEASONAL.
BOTH WOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY SHARE THE 96 LOOKS IN THIS INAUGURAL SHOW.
MOST OF THE CELINE CABINE ARE NEW FACES AND HAVEN’T WALKED SHOWS BEFORE AND A LARGE MAJORITY ARE EXCLUSIVELY WALKING FOR CELINE.
THE ENTIRE WARDROBE WORN BY THE MALE MODELS IN THE SHOW IS UNISEX, AND WILL THEREFORE ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR WOMEN.
BLACK: THE CELINE LITTLE BLACK DRESS, THE BLACK TAILORED SUIT AND THE CELINE “BLACK TIE”, THE LITTLE BLACK JACKETS.
THE ENTIRELY HAND-EMBROIDERED DRESSES AND JACKETS IN THE SHOW ARE HAUTE COUTURE PIECES. THEY WERE PRODUCED IN THE CELINE ATELIERS AND MIXED WITH THE WOMEN'S AND MEN'S READY-TO-WEAR LINES.
HEDI SLIMANE COLLABORATED WITH SWISS-AMERICAN ARTIST CHRISTIAN MARCLAY FOR THE COLLECTION.
CHRISTIAN MARCLAY’S ARTWORKS – PAINTINGS AND ONOMATOPOEIC COLLAGES TAKEN FROM VINTAGE COMICS – APPEAR IN A VARIETY OF FORMS IN THE LOOKS: PRINTED ON BAGS AND POUCHES, FOUND AS EMBROIDERED PATCHES ON THE BACK OF JACKETS AND PARKAS AND BEAUTIFULLY TRANSPOSED INTO A FULLY HAND-EMBROIDERED COUTURE DRESS, TEDDY JACKET AND KIMONO.
MORE EXAMPLES OF CHRISTIANS ARTWORK CAN ADDITIONALLY BE FOUND IN THE REST OF THE COLLECTION.
THE GIRLS WEAR MASCULINE SUITS AND TROUSERS, BUT ALSO A-LINE DRESSES WITH A FRENCH MOD SPIRIT, SHORT EVENING DRESSES, “DANCING DRESSES” WITH HANGING SKIRTS, “POUF” DRESSES, “MINI-CRINO” DRESSES, AND DRESSES EMBROIDERED WITH SEQUINS OR DRAPED METAL BEADS. THESE “DANCING DRESSES” ARE SOMETIMES WORN UNDER COATS OR MEN'S JACKETS.
THE STRUCTURED SHOULDERS AND GEOMETRIC SLEEVES OF BLACK CROPPED JACKETS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH REFERENCE TO “COLD WAVE” SPIRIT.
THE ANIMAL EFFECTS ARE TROMPE-L’OEIL MELTING INTO BLACK: ALLIGATOR EMBROIDERED WITH JET, BLACK LACE EMBROIDERED WITH
A PYTHON MOTIF, SILVER SCALE DRESSES, BAGS AND SHOES IN LIZARD AND LACQUERED PYTHON.
ALONGSIDE THE NEW CELINE ALLURE OF SUITS WORN UNDER COATS, THE “NOVÖ” STYLE JACKETS, WITH THEIR RECTANGULAR VOLUME AND SHAPE, AS WELL AS THE HORIZONTAL-STRIPED SLIM TIES, ARE A LEGACY OF THE FRENCH MASCULINE SPIRIT, INSPIRED BY THE MOVEMENT OF “JEUNES GENS MODERNES”.
THE FRENCH CONTEMPORARY MUSIC “COLD WAVE” SCENE IS REFLECTED IN THE HANGING TWO-PLEAT TROUSERS, THE CELINE-COLLAR SHIRTS AND SUITS, THE NEW LINE OF UNISEX EYEWEAR IN WRAP-AROUND, GRAPHIC FORMS, THE NARROW STRAPPED BOOTS AND DERBIES FOR MEN AND WOMEN AND IN THE V-SHAPED SILHOUETTES.
THE PARISIAN “BIBI” HATS, SOMETIMES EMBROIDERED WITH SEQUINS, A TRIBUTE TO HEDI’S YEARS AT THE PALACE AND THE BAINS DOUCHE.
MARLON MAGNÉE AND SACHA GROT, FROM LA FEMME, COMPOSED THE SOUNDTRACK “RUNWAY” FOR THIS FIRST SHOW, WITH LYRICS CO-WRITTEN BY GRACE HARTZEL .
THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE TRACK THAT WAS TO BECOME “RUNWAY” WAS COMPOSED BY LA FEMME IN LOS ANGELES IN DECEMBER 2017.
HEDI HEARD THE TRACK PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND WHILST TAKING PHOTOS OF MARLON AND SACHA AT THEIR HOME IN ECHO PARK.
IN JANUARY 2018, SEVERAL DAYS AFTER STARTING AT CELINE, HEDI ASKED LA FEMME, WHOM HE HAS BEEN CLOSE TO FOR MANY YEARS, TO COMPOSE A 20 MINUTE VERSION OF THE TRACK DESCRIBING THE FASHION INDUSTRY.
GRACE HARTZEL AND MARLON MAGNEE RELATE THE EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE OF BEING A MODEL, COMMENTING ON THE SOMETIMES ABSURD ELEMENTS AND LANGUAGE USED IN SHOWS AND PHOTOSHOOTS.
BOTH WOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY SHARE THE 96 LOOKS IN THIS INAUGURAL SHOW.
MOST OF THE CELINE CABINE ARE NEW FACES AND HAVEN’T WALKED SHOWS BEFORE AND A LARGE MAJORITY ARE EXCLUSIVELY WALKING FOR CELINE.
THE ENTIRE WARDROBE WORN BY THE MALE MODELS IN THE SHOW IS UNISEX, AND WILL THEREFORE ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR WOMEN.
BLACK: THE CELINE LITTLE BLACK DRESS, THE BLACK TAILORED SUIT AND THE CELINE “BLACK TIE”, THE LITTLE BLACK JACKETS.
THE ENTIRELY HAND-EMBROIDERED DRESSES AND JACKETS IN THE SHOW ARE HAUTE COUTURE PIECES. THEY WERE PRODUCED IN THE CELINE ATELIERS AND MIXED WITH THE WOMEN'S AND MEN'S READY-TO-WEAR LINES.
HEDI SLIMANE COLLABORATED WITH SWISS-AMERICAN ARTIST CHRISTIAN MARCLAY FOR THE COLLECTION.
CHRISTIAN MARCLAY’S ARTWORKS – PAINTINGS AND ONOMATOPOEIC COLLAGES TAKEN FROM VINTAGE COMICS – APPEAR IN A VARIETY OF FORMS IN THE LOOKS: PRINTED ON BAGS AND POUCHES, FOUND AS EMBROIDERED PATCHES ON THE BACK OF JACKETS AND PARKAS AND BEAUTIFULLY TRANSPOSED INTO A FULLY HAND-EMBROIDERED COUTURE DRESS, TEDDY JACKET AND KIMONO.
MORE EXAMPLES OF CHRISTIANS ARTWORK CAN ADDITIONALLY BE FOUND IN THE REST OF THE COLLECTION.
THE GIRLS WEAR MASCULINE SUITS AND TROUSERS, BUT ALSO A-LINE DRESSES WITH A FRENCH MOD SPIRIT, SHORT EVENING DRESSES, “DANCING DRESSES” WITH HANGING SKIRTS, “POUF” DRESSES, “MINI-CRINO” DRESSES, AND DRESSES EMBROIDERED WITH SEQUINS OR DRAPED METAL BEADS. THESE “DANCING DRESSES” ARE SOMETIMES WORN UNDER COATS OR MEN'S JACKETS.
THE STRUCTURED SHOULDERS AND GEOMETRIC SLEEVES OF BLACK CROPPED JACKETS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH REFERENCE TO “COLD WAVE” SPIRIT.
THE ANIMAL EFFECTS ARE TROMPE-L’OEIL MELTING INTO BLACK: ALLIGATOR EMBROIDERED WITH JET, BLACK LACE EMBROIDERED WITH
A PYTHON MOTIF, SILVER SCALE DRESSES, BAGS AND SHOES IN LIZARD AND LACQUERED PYTHON.
ALONGSIDE THE NEW CELINE ALLURE OF SUITS WORN UNDER COATS, THE “NOVÖ” STYLE JACKETS, WITH THEIR RECTANGULAR VOLUME AND SHAPE, AS WELL AS THE HORIZONTAL-STRIPED SLIM TIES, ARE A LEGACY OF THE FRENCH MASCULINE SPIRIT, INSPIRED BY THE MOVEMENT OF “JEUNES GENS MODERNES”.
THE FRENCH CONTEMPORARY MUSIC “COLD WAVE” SCENE IS REFLECTED IN THE HANGING TWO-PLEAT TROUSERS, THE CELINE-COLLAR SHIRTS AND SUITS, THE NEW LINE OF UNISEX EYEWEAR IN WRAP-AROUND, GRAPHIC FORMS, THE NARROW STRAPPED BOOTS AND DERBIES FOR MEN AND WOMEN AND IN THE V-SHAPED SILHOUETTES.
THE PARISIAN “BIBI” HATS, SOMETIMES EMBROIDERED WITH SEQUINS, A TRIBUTE TO HEDI’S YEARS AT THE PALACE AND THE BAINS DOUCHE.
MARLON MAGNÉE AND SACHA GROT, FROM LA FEMME, COMPOSED THE SOUNDTRACK “RUNWAY” FOR THIS FIRST SHOW, WITH LYRICS CO-WRITTEN BY GRACE HARTZEL .
THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE TRACK THAT WAS TO BECOME “RUNWAY” WAS COMPOSED BY LA FEMME IN LOS ANGELES IN DECEMBER 2017.
HEDI HEARD THE TRACK PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND WHILST TAKING PHOTOS OF MARLON AND SACHA AT THEIR HOME IN ECHO PARK.
IN JANUARY 2018, SEVERAL DAYS AFTER STARTING AT CELINE, HEDI ASKED LA FEMME, WHOM HE HAS BEEN CLOSE TO FOR MANY YEARS, TO COMPOSE A 20 MINUTE VERSION OF THE TRACK DESCRIBING THE FASHION INDUSTRY.
GRACE HARTZEL AND MARLON MAGNEE RELATE THE EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE OF BEING A MODEL, COMMENTING ON THE SOMETIMES ABSURD ELEMENTS AND LANGUAGE USED IN SHOWS AND PHOTOSHOOTS.
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