March, 7th, 2016

_____________________

LA #SAINTLAURENT DE #PARIS
_

“LA COLLECTION DE PARIS” HAS BEEN MADE AT THE YVES SAINT LAURENT REINSTATED COUTURE ATELIERS IN PARIS, ANGERS AND IS COMPOSED OF 42 LOOKS. THIS #FW16 IS DEDICATED TO HEDI’S STUDIO AND COUTURE ATELIERS. BÉNÉDICTE DE GINESTOUS IS ANNOUNCING THE NUMBERS AS SHE DID FOR YVES’ COUTURE SHOWS BETWEEN 1977 AND 2002. THIS IS THE FIRST SAINT LAURENT PRESENTATION WITHIN THE NEW COUTURE HOUSE AT L’HÔTEL SÉNECTERRE, 24 RUE DE L’UNIVERSITÉ IN SAINT-GERMAIN-DES-PRÉS. IT WAS CHOSEN TO BE THE NEW XVII CENTURY MANSION AND GARDEN COUTURE HOUSE RESTORED OVER A PERIOD OF A YEAR AND A HALF BY #HEDISLIMANE STARTING JANUARY 2013. THE SAINT LAURENT FALL 2016 PART II IS DEDICATED TO HEDI’S STUDIO AND COUTURE ATELIERS. A FLOOR BENEATH THE HOUSE’S ATELIERS, LE SALON D’HONNEUR, LE GRAND ET PETIT SALON DE COUTURE, LE GRAND ESCALIER, LE SALON DE MUSIQUE. HEDI MAKES REFERENCE TO HIS CLASSIC EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC STYLE OF SLICKED BACK HAIR AND RED LIPS. HAIR BY #DIDIERMALIGE AND MAKE UP BY #AARONDEMEY.

TRIUMPHANTLY, #SLIMANE LEADS ESSENTIALIST CONCEPTIONS OF THE #YSL LOCI – DIVINE DOTS, PRISTINE ANDROGYNY ANTI-SUFFRAGETTES OR BELLES ÉPAULES – BETWEEN MODERNITY AND TRADITION. CALL IT TROMPE L’OEIL SHIFTING HYBRIDITY OF IDENTITY, IT DID NOT TAKE HEDI LONG TO BRING MINIMALISTIC COUTURE BACK INTO AN ELABORATE ALTER EGO REALITY.

“MY STUDIOS ARE IN MY HEAD” #HE SAYS BACKSTAGE. YVES, RIP, SHYLY NODS FROM THE SKY. PIERRE BERGÉ, SEATED BETWEEN BETTY CATROUX AND CATHERINE DENEUVE, TOO. FASHION IS IN THE HERITAGE CULLED DETAILS.

THOU IS THE SOPHISTIQUÉ À LA [LETTRE] FRANÇAISE. UNRIVALLED.

_
PASSAGE NUMÉRO 07 | BARBARA
PASSAGE NUMÉRO 08 | CHEYENNE
PASSAGE NUMÉRO 40 | FLO
_

#ALESSANDROBERGA | L’ÉDITOR
#PARIS #PFW #MODEDIPLOMATIQUE (at Rue de l’Université)