Dior dumps Hedi Slimane

[herpsky]

looks like i need to purchase some denim

before KVA fucks shit up

[keagan]

and a trench coat!.......

[TheGrapist]

well shyeat, i want a pair of distressed diors -- and now they are going to shoot up in price like no ones business.

also, it was either in gq or details i was perusing, but KVA stated that he is not a denim kind of guy apparently -- closest casual pants he had to jeans were some loose fitting black pants. will DH jeans be gone forever?

It was details. It said that that he only pair of jeans he made were baggy.

[Servo2000]

I seriously doubt they would get rid of the jeans, I believe it's probably one of their biggest money-makers, along with perfumes and the like. They may stock KVA's interpretation along with them, however, and eventually fade them out if they sell well.

KVA is a complete hack, so it wouldn't surprise me if they don't.

Once I pick up a pair of the 19cm in black I can never worry about Dior again, so whatever.

[Vitamian]

I doubt any quality increase will come with this.

As well, those large conglomerates always let go of these more fickle designers such as Jil Sander or Helmut Lang.

[Cynlix]

Time to get some 19cm just in case so I don't regret it later on....

[TheGrapist]

The IRS is going to come knocking down my door soon because of this, aren't they? :eek:

[Tiranis]

Time to get some 19cms... hehe...

But seriously, I think this is an extremely bad move for them. I can't imagine that the savings on Hedi's contract are going to be significant enough to compensate for all the people who bought Dior only because of Hedi and that's most of them.

Meh, we'll see, but I don't expect anything ground-breaking from KVA as his own label is rather crappy.

[beast]

I think we better start stocking on the Heidi Diors.

2007 will be year O.

Before that will be BH (Before Heidi) and after that will be YK (In the year of Kris).

[Mr Calvin Oscar]

Good one. His name isn't Heidi.

[artificialsky]

WHO SNITCHED ON HEDI?!

haha.

but seriously... hedi for chanel homme?

makes sense, but probably never happen since he wants to do womenswear under his own name or something.

[TheGrapist]

It could happen, Langerfield is a Dior Homme addict, and the Chanel men's line is nothing to talk about.

[Tiranis]

makes sense, but probably never happen since he wants to do womenswear under his own name or something.

Well, assuming Chanel is not that stubborn and sees a good deal when they're getting one, they would let Hedi have his own line where he could do womens- and mens-wear, while also designing for them.

[FaSHioNaBLe_MoDErN_MAn]

any idea when will be hedi's last collection for dior homme then? will F/W 07/08 be the last one?

[djrajio]

ITs AlReDy BeEn BoUgHt Up By CHiNEsE ExPorTerS. Ur ToO LaTe FaShSiOnABlE CoOl DuDe. Lolz.

[macuser3of5]

Either Chanel Homme or YSL for our boy safari evangelist, I would guess...

Also, Van Assche sucks.

[shinobi2000]

oh, but who will find all those nifty english punk bands?

[Kodak]

Either Chanel Homme or YSL for our boy safari evangelist, I would guess...

Also, Van Assche sucks.

Stefano Pilati is doing pretty well for YSL. Slimane is definately not going there.

[Michael Hunt]

I'd be interested hear if Dior dumped Slimane or the other way around? :confused:

...and why would Kris Van Assche want to design for Dior when he has such a successful (and new) label of his own?

dumbest ass post of the month.

[antoOFCOURSE]

''this must be the end'' ... this dump will sign the end of style/fashion related to background rock music. and it's sooo sad.

[iamstarwars]

When I went back to France last summer, I remember reading these articles (I believe that was in Libération and Les Inrockuptibles) about Slimane's fall '06 collection. The authors already wrote at the time that it would probably be (one of) his last for Dior. I guess the idea was there already... Oh well, this happens...

[insidertrading]

i was always hoping nicolas andreas taralis would get the deal as opposed to kriss van ass.

[melb_SE]

Now I don't know who to follow. Hedi or Dior? We'll see what happens. It's a shame that he's finally left. I read somewhere that he was one of the very few designers actually making money...

[thomas_highstreet]

ITs AlReDy BeEn BoUgHt Up By CHiNEsE ExPorTerS. Ur ToO LaTe FaShSiOnABlE CoOl DuDe. Lolz.

!! +rep 234

[Kodak]

Some of you are acting like little bitches. Get over it, he wasn't going to be creative director at Dior Homme forever. There are much more talented designers than Slimane that are under the radar. I agree he had some wonderful years at Dior Homme, but there is nothing wrong with a little of change. Everyone will see a new collection in less than 6 months, so that is the time to really judge Dior Homme and Kris Van Assche.

[evisu 2000]

from hedislimane.com

I GUESS THIS WEBSITE COULD BE MY OWN TRIBUNE. ENGLISH IS NOT MY NATURAL LANGUAGE, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD WRITE THIS MYSELF. HOPEFULLY IT WILL MAKE SENSE TO SOME, AND STRAIGHTEN SOME IMPRECISE RECORDS. I WAS SILENT FOR A LONG TIME. I OBSERVED WITH INTEREST HOW BLURRY AND TWISTED EVERYTHING HAS BECOME. I ALMOST FEEL LIKE I’M A STRANGER TO ALL THIS, AND TOTALLY

RELIEVED IT HAS FINALLY COME OUT

IN JULY 2000, ALMOST 7 YEARS AGO, I JOINED CHRISTIAN DIOR AND STARTED TO DEFINE DIOR HOMME. I CAME FROM SAINT LAURENT. I WAS A LITTLE MISERABLE ANDSAD OF THIS SUDDEN EXODUS, AND THE IDEA OF STARTING EX-NIHILO A DIFFERENT MASCULINE PROJECT AT DIOR WAS APPEALING. I’VE ALWAYS FELT FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL HOUSE.

I BELIEVED DIOR HOMME, NEWLY CREATED, COULD BE A HOLISTIC PROJECT. THROUGH THE YEARS I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO COLLABORATE WITH SO MANY CREATIVE MINDS AND DEVELOP A COMMON SENSIBILITY. I WANT TO THANK THEM ALL FOR A REALLY FRUITFUL COLLABORATION. IT WAS A TIME CAPSULE—7 YEARS OF PRODUCING MUSIC, BANDS, ARCHITECTURAL SPACES, ART PROJECTS, ANDDESIGN. I GUESS I WAS SOLELY INTERESTED IN THE TIME I WAS IN, LIVING IN COMPLETE MOVEMENT.

I ALWAYS TRIED TO STAY FAITHFUL TO MY BELIEFS, AND THE IDEAS I WAS PURSUING. I TRIED NOT TO GET DISTRACTED. I HAD A CERTAIN IDEA OF THE HOUSE OF DIOR, WHICH I LOVE, AND TRIED TO EXPRESS IT THROUGH DIFFERENT MEDIUMS. IT

WON’T BE FOR ME TO JUDGE IF IT WAS OF ANY RELEVANCE. I WAS JUST TRYING SOMETHING.

I CANNOT THANK MY TEAM ENOUGH, MY STUDIO, AND MY ATELIER, WITH WHOM I BUILT DIOR HOMME. IN SOME WAYS I FEEL IT IS THEM I HAVE LEFT, AND I WOULD HOPE THEY WILL UNDERSTAND. I WANT THEM TO KNOW I LOVE EACH ONE OF THEM. THEY WERE ALWAYS BY MY SIDE, AND ME BY THEIRS. WE HELPED EACH OTHER THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DESIGN AND THE EXPECTATIONS. I ASSUME WE HAD THE BEST TIME TOGETHER DESIGNING ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING IN THIS TINY STUDIO.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL THE BOYS THAT DID MY SHOWS AND THOSE I PHOTOGRAPHED, THE ONES I FOUND RANDOMLY ANDALL THE OTHERS. THEY HAVE BEEN A STRONG INSPIRATION–IF NOT THE ONLY ONE–AND THE REASON WHY I

DESIGNED THE CLOTHES. I LIKED NOTHING MORE THAN SEEING THEM TAKING OVER THE SHOWS AND MAKING THE CLOTHES THEIR OWN.

I WANT TO THANK ALL THE MUSICIANS I WORKED WITH, THE ONES I DRESSED, THE ONES I PHOTOGRAPHED, AND THE ONES THAT COMPOSED MUSIC FOR ME. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BIRTH OF THIS NEW SCENE, WHICH I GUESS HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE SILHOUETTE I WAS TRYING TO CREATE. I ALWAYS HAVE THIS GENERATION IN MIND, AND I GUESS I’M STAYING BY ITS SIDE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO FELT IT.

I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE THAT MANUFACTURED MY DESIGNS WITH SO MUCH CAREAND PRECISION, THE TEAMS THAT CARRIED THIS PROJECT INTO STORES, AS WELL AS THE RETAILERS THAT SUPPORTED MY COLLECTIONS.

I WANT TO THANK BERNARD ARNAULT, WHO TRUSTED ME WITH THIS PROJECT. I WAS REALLY BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP IT. I HOPE HE WILL UNDERSTAND MY POSITION AND DECISION, IF NOT NOW, THEN HOPEFULLY WITH SOME TIME.

CLOSE TO A YEAR AGO, MORE PRECISELY LAST JULY, AT THE END OF MY CONTRACT, I FELT IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO MAKE A MAJOR CHANGE, AND LEAVE THE COMPANY. I HAD ALREADY SET UP THE PRINCIPLES THAT COULD CONTINUE TO BE THERE FOR DIOR HOMME. AS FOR MY OWN STYLE, I DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO SEPARATE THE 2.

IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT A PROPOSAL CAME TO ME TO START A NEW HOUSE UNDER MY NAME IF I STAYED WITH DIOR HOMME.

I TRIED TO MAKE THINGS WORK FOR ABOUT A YEAR. HOWEVER, I HAD THE FEELING IT WAS NOT THE RIGHT PROJECT FOR ME. THERE ARE AREAS I WILL NOT COMPROMISE WITH AT ALL WHEN IT COMES TO MY WORK, AND SETTING UP A LABEL UNDER MY OWN NAME. I ALWAYS KEPT IN MIND THE PRECEDENCE OF SOME DESIGNERS I ADMIRE WHO WERE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION, AND CHOSE THE OTHER PATH. PERHAPS IN ANOTHER TIME IN MY LIFE, UNDER OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, MY NAME, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF A COMPANY UNDER MY OWN LABEL WOULD BE CONSIDERED DIFFERENTLY. RIGHT NOW I FEEL IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO STAY TRUE TO MY PRINCIPLES, AND THE IDEA I HAVE OF FASHION.

I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE THAN TO REFUSE THE KIND PROPOSITION THAT WAS MADE AND TO DECLINE A NEW DIOR HOMME CONTRACT. I MADE THIS CLEAR JUST AFTER

MY LAST SHOW, THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY, AND LEFT FOR LOS ANGELES. I DECIDED TO WALK AWAY FROM DIOR, ANDMOVE ENTIRELY FORWARD.

7

YEARS WITH

AIR

ALAN RAKE

ALEX KAPRANOS

ALLISON MOSSHART

ANDREW AVELING

BECK, MARISSA, AND COSIMO HANSEN

BRANDON FLOWERS

BRIAN MOLKO

CARL BARAT

COURTNEY LOVE

DAFT PUNK

DAVID BOWIE

ELTON JOHN AND DAVID FURNISH

JACK WHITE

JAKE SHEARS

JOHNNY BORREL

MATTHEW BELLAMY

MICHAEL STIPE

MICK JAGGER AND L’WREN SCOTT

NEIL TENNANT AND CHRIS LOWE

PAUL SIMONON

PETE DOHERTY

PHIL BUSH

PHOENIX

THESE NEW PURITANS

TOM PADDINGTON

8 LEGS

ANDREAS GURSKY

BANKS VIOLETTE

DANIEL ARSHAM

DICK EVANS

DOUG AITKEN

CARSTEN HOLLER

MUNTEAN AND ROSENBLUM

UGO RONDINONE

PAUL P.

PIERRE HUYGUES

THOMAS DEMAND

DAVID LYNCH

DAVID SIMS

INEZ VAN LANSWEERDE AND VINOODH MATADIN

GUS VAN SANT

BRUCE WEBER

IN MEMORY OF RICHARD AVEDON

WHO DID MY FIRST PICTURE

[schmoses]

i was always hoping nicolas andreas taralis would get the deal as opposed to kriss van ass.

i was lamenting the same thing two night's ago!!!!!!!!!

[CactusArmy]

Even Hedi knows that DH has become overpriced crap.

[darkanimal]

from hedislimane.com

I GUESS THIS WEBSITE COULD BE MY OWN TRIBUNE. ENGLISH IS NOT MY NATURAL LANGUAGE, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD WRITE THIS MYSELF. HOPEFULLY IT WILL MAKE SENSE TO SOME, AND STRAIGHTEN SOME IMPRECISE RECORDS. I WAS SILENT FOR A LONG TIME. I OBSERVED WITH INTEREST HOW BLURRY AND TWISTED EVERYTHING HAS BECOME. I ALMOST FEEL LIKE I’M A STRANGER TO ALL THIS, AND TOTALLY

RELIEVED IT HAS FINALLY COME OUT

IN JULY 2000, ALMOST 7 YEARS AGO, I JOINED CHRISTIAN DIOR AND STARTED TO DEFINE DIOR HOMME. I CAME FROM SAINT LAURENT. I WAS A LITTLE MISERABLE ANDSAD OF THIS SUDDEN EXODUS, AND THE IDEA OF STARTING EX-NIHILO A DIFFERENT MASCULINE PROJECT AT DIOR WAS APPEALING. I’VE ALWAYS FELT FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL HOUSE.

I BELIEVED DIOR HOMME, NEWLY CREATED, COULD BE A HOLISTIC PROJECT. THROUGH THE YEARS I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO COLLABORATE WITH SO MANY CREATIVE MINDS AND DEVELOP A COMMON SENSIBILITY. I WANT TO THANK THEM ALL FOR A REALLY FRUITFUL COLLABORATION. IT WAS A TIME CAPSULE—7 YEARS OF PRODUCING MUSIC, BANDS, ARCHITECTURAL SPACES, ART PROJECTS, ANDDESIGN. I GUESS I WAS SOLELY INTERESTED IN THE TIME I WAS IN, LIVING IN COMPLETE MOVEMENT.

I ALWAYS TRIED TO STAY FAITHFUL TO MY BELIEFS, AND THE IDEAS I WAS PURSUING. I TRIED NOT TO GET DISTRACTED. I HAD A CERTAIN IDEA OF THE HOUSE OF DIOR, WHICH I LOVE, AND TRIED TO EXPRESS IT THROUGH DIFFERENT MEDIUMS. IT

WON’T BE FOR ME TO JUDGE IF IT WAS OF ANY RELEVANCE. I WAS JUST TRYING SOMETHING.

I CANNOT THANK MY TEAM ENOUGH, MY STUDIO, AND MY ATELIER, WITH WHOM I BUILT DIOR HOMME. IN SOME WAYS I FEEL IT IS THEM I HAVE LEFT, AND I WOULD HOPE THEY WILL UNDERSTAND. I WANT THEM TO KNOW I LOVE EACH ONE OF THEM. THEY WERE ALWAYS BY MY SIDE, AND ME BY THEIRS. WE HELPED EACH OTHER THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DESIGN AND THE EXPECTATIONS. I ASSUME WE HAD THE BEST TIME TOGETHER DESIGNING ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING IN THIS TINY STUDIO.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL THE BOYS THAT DID MY SHOWS AND THOSE I PHOTOGRAPHED, THE ONES I FOUND RANDOMLY ANDALL THE OTHERS. THEY HAVE BEEN A STRONG INSPIRATION–IF NOT THE ONLY ONE–AND THE REASON WHY I

DESIGNED THE CLOTHES. I LIKED NOTHING MORE THAN SEEING THEM TAKING OVER THE SHOWS AND MAKING THE CLOTHES THEIR OWN.

I WANT TO THANK ALL THE MUSICIANS I WORKED WITH, THE ONES I DRESSED, THE ONES I PHOTOGRAPHED, AND THE ONES THAT COMPOSED MUSIC FOR ME. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BIRTH OF THIS NEW SCENE, WHICH I GUESS HAD A LOT TO DO WITH THE SILHOUETTE I WAS TRYING TO CREATE. I ALWAYS HAVE THIS GENERATION IN MIND, AND I GUESS I’M STAYING BY ITS SIDE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO FELT IT.

I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE THAT MANUFACTURED MY DESIGNS WITH SO MUCH CAREAND PRECISION, THE TEAMS THAT CARRIED THIS PROJECT INTO STORES, AS WELL AS THE RETAILERS THAT SUPPORTED MY COLLECTIONS.

I WANT TO THANK BERNARD ARNAULT, WHO TRUSTED ME WITH THIS PROJECT. I WAS REALLY BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP IT. I HOPE HE WILL UNDERSTAND MY POSITION AND DECISION, IF NOT NOW, THEN HOPEFULLY WITH SOME TIME.

CLOSE TO A YEAR AGO, MORE PRECISELY LAST JULY, AT THE END OF MY CONTRACT, I FELT IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO MAKE A MAJOR CHANGE, AND LEAVE THE COMPANY. I HAD ALREADY SET UP THE PRINCIPLES THAT COULD CONTINUE TO BE THERE FOR DIOR HOMME. AS FOR MY OWN STYLE, I DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO SEPARATE THE 2.

IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT A PROPOSAL CAME TO ME TO START A NEW HOUSE UNDER MY NAME IF I STAYED WITH DIOR HOMME.

I TRIED TO MAKE THINGS WORK FOR ABOUT A YEAR. HOWEVER, I HAD THE FEELING IT WAS NOT THE RIGHT PROJECT FOR ME. THERE ARE AREAS I WILL NOT COMPROMISE WITH AT ALL WHEN IT COMES TO MY WORK, AND SETTING UP A LABEL UNDER MY OWN NAME. I ALWAYS KEPT IN MIND THE PRECEDENCE OF SOME DESIGNERS I ADMIRE WHO WERE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION, AND CHOSE THE OTHER PATH. PERHAPS IN ANOTHER TIME IN MY LIFE, UNDER OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, MY NAME, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF A COMPANY UNDER MY OWN LABEL WOULD BE CONSIDERED DIFFERENTLY. RIGHT NOW I FEEL IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO STAY TRUE TO MY PRINCIPLES, AND THE IDEA I HAVE OF FASHION.

I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE THAN TO REFUSE THE KIND PROPOSITION THAT WAS MADE AND TO DECLINE A NEW DIOR HOMME CONTRACT. I MADE THIS CLEAR JUST AFTER

MY LAST SHOW, THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY, AND LEFT FOR LOS ANGELES. I DECIDED TO WALK AWAY FROM DIOR, ANDMOVE ENTIRELY FORWARD.

7

YEARS WITH

AIR

ALAN RAKE

ALEX KAPRANOS

ALLISON MOSSHART

ANDREW AVELING

BECK, MARISSA, AND COSIMO HANSEN

BRANDON FLOWERS

BRIAN MOLKO

CARL BARAT

COURTNEY LOVE

DAFT PUNK

DAVID BOWIE

ELTON JOHN AND DAVID FURNISH

JACK WHITE

JAKE SHEARS

JOHNNY BORREL

MATTHEW BELLAMY

MICHAEL STIPE

MICK JAGGER AND L’WREN SCOTT

NEIL TENNANT AND CHRIS LOWE

PAUL SIMONON

PETE DOHERTY

PHIL BUSH

PHOENIX

THESE NEW PURITANS

TOM PADDINGTON

8 LEGS

ANDREAS GURSKY

BANKS VIOLETTE

DANIEL ARSHAM

DICK EVANS

DOUG AITKEN

CARSTEN HOLLER

MUNTEAN AND ROSENBLUM

UGO RONDINONE

PAUL P.

PIERRE HUYGUES

THOMAS DEMAND

DAVID LYNCH

DAVID SIMS

INEZ VAN LANSWEERDE AND VINOODH MATADIN

GUS VAN SANT

BRUCE WEBER

IN MEMORY OF RICHARD AVEDON

WHO DID MY FIRST PICTURE

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ASTERIX

[Servo2000]

Even Hedi knows that DH has become overpriced crap.

Best post in the thread.

It'll be interesting to see if this "moving forward" involves actually designing clothes once again. He's done some incredible, and some incredibly shit, work in the past, and I think that if he gets off this indie-glam-waifishly-thin tangent he started on and has now sufficiently run into the ground I think he could do some interesting work.

I'd be interested to see if anyone can find his work for YSL anymore (I know it's on First View), was supposed to be quite good.