At paris fashion week, hedi slimanes sonic exhibit opens. Buy hedi slimane sonic book online at low prices in. Studio portraits of such artists as lou reed, keith richards, amy winehouse, and brian wilson were displayed alongside more recent works. Hedi slimanes books are almost universally out of print and range from several hundred to thousands of dollars. Slimane wouldnt be out of the spotlight for long, though, taking on the role as the head of dior homme in 2000. In yet another demonstration of fashion and musics collision see alison kublers story, the pierrebergeyves saint laurent fondation will this month present an exhibition of photographs by saint laurent creative director, hedi slimane, titled sonic.
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Slimane s images are taken from a 15 year period in the artists career flitting between new york and london, stopping off in california along the way. Sonic is an ode to rocknroll,demonstrating fifteen years of musical archives through a selection of never yet revealed photographs of rock musics most iconic figures,like lou reed, brian wilson,amy. See more ideas about hedi slimane, poster layout and swiss design. Birth of a cult 2005,rock diary 2008, o anthology of a decade 2011. Hedi slimane wows paris fashion week with 70sinspired. Hedi slimane, french fashion designer and photographer who was known for introducing an androgynous skinny silhouette in menswear at the turn of the 21st century. This exhibition took stock of the fifteen years that hedi slimane spent photographing musicians.
Hedi slimane s books are almost universally out of print and range from several hundred to thousands of dollars. Hedi slimane, born july 5, 1968, paris, france, french fashion designer and photographer who was known for shaking up the menswear fashion industry by introducing an androgynous skinny silhouette at the turn of the 21st century slimane dabbled in both photography and fashion as a teenager. The saint laurent designer is also gearing up for sonic, his latest photo book, with an. Buy hedi slimane sonic book online at best prices in india on. For sonic, hedi slimane photographs four models with their backs to the camera and highlights the incredible embroidery and embellishment details of his latest. Alexandra jacobs on the runway blog the new york times. Hedi slimane s new celine store is the coolest art gallery you can shop in the master of sexy sparse retail spots rolls out his newest concept in n. Hedi slimane on the sonic vision of his new photography show. He would refuse interviews, but invite journalists backstage to pay their respects.
Sep 23, 2014 sonic, an exhibition of blackandwhite photographs taken by the saint laurent designer, hedi slimane, opened on sept. Hedi slimane, sonic musee yves saint laurent paris. The designer joined the french luxury house in february 2018, as its artistic, creative and image director, making his debut expanding the labels offering into menswear, couture and fragrance collections, debute dat the springsummer 19 paris fashion week. In sonic studio portraits of highly influential and heroic rock figures like. Discount prices on books by hedi slimane, including titles like hedi slimane sonic english and french edition. This book was not allowed to be sold and most of the copies were destroyed.
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Capturing musicians moshing, performing and just hanging out in their bedroom, sonic is an expression of slimane s love of rock n roll at its most visceral, teenage and raw. A visit at noon on the first day of paris fashion week found a smattering of tourists examining the pictures, which are framed and hung without captions in two empty rooms. Hedi slimane bof 500 the people shaping the global. Hedi slimane is known for his influential role as the creative director for the luxury brand, yves saint laurent, but his success goes well beyond the fashion world. Sonic has been released in book form, with an accompanying. Hedi on the other has a special love for waving his hand and aggrandizing a model or musician or fashion delinquent and redressing them in his own likeness, taking their picture and naming them dignitaries of his sonic youth manifesto, say a grace hartzel or a julia cumming. As gq noted in a 2005 profile, diors history made it a parisian mainstay, but the maisons lack of tradition in every area except menswear allowed slimane to reshape dior homme in his own image, something that slimane has since done at every house hes worked for. Praise for hedi slimane s intermission, his first photo book. Slimans has been yves saint laurents artistic director since 2012. Sonic, an exhibition of blackandwhite photographs taken by the saint laurent designer, hedi slimane, opened on sept.
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