Hedi Slimane

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Hedi Slimane

Name	Hedi Slimane
Nationality	French
Birth date	July 5, 1968 (age 38)
Birth place	Paris, France
Working Life
Label Name	Dior Homme (2000-2007)
Awards and Prizes	2002: International Designer of the Year by the CFDA

Hedi Slimane (born July 5, 1968 in Paris) is a French fashion designer. He studied Art History at the École du Louvre, and was also educated as a tailor. From 1992 to 1995 he worked for Jean-Jacques Picart, notably on the centenary exhibition of Louis Vuitton's "LV" monogramme label.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early Years

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After working as Collections Director for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Homme in 1997, and subsequently as Artistic Director, he became the chief designer for men’s clothing, Dior Homme, for Christian Dior in 2000. In 2002, the Council of Fashion Designers of America named him the International Designer of the Year in New York. On March 29, 2007, it was announced that Slimane's contract with Dior Homme would not be renewed. He is expected to debut a line of his own which will include womenswear.^[1]

Boasting a background in furniture design, fragrance, store design, and photography, he is famous for popularizing the slim silhouette in menswear. As well as a fashion designer, he has been involved in various other projects, including becoming editor-in-chief of Libération and designing album covers for artists such as Phoenix and Theswimmingpools. In 2004, he published Stage, a collection of his Rock photography. Slimane has published several other books of his photography and has contributed writing and photography to many style and fashion magazines including Vanity Fair. Slimane has many connections to the British indie-rock scene, notably his close friendship with controversial Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty. In 2004 German documentary-makers Christina Trebbi and Gero Von Boehm made a documentary about Slimane, entitled Hedi Slimane, ma vie ("Hedi Slimane, my life").

Slimane is widely known to use very young and thin models for his fashion shows, and claims to have recruited young models in London and Berlin who fit within his criteria. Isaac Ferry, the son of rocker Bryan Ferry, made his catwalk debut at one of Slimane's show when he was 16 years old.

Slimane has stated in many interviews that he survives mainly on baby food or "anything i do not have to chew".^{[citation needed]} He does not drink, smoke or do drugs.