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Article: CITY OF NIGHT; HEDI SLIMANE ELEVATES EVENINGWEAR IN PARIS, WHERE INSPIRATIONS RANGE FROM "BESPOKE COWBOYS" TO BRYAN FERRY.(Louis Vuitton men's collection)(John Galliano collection)(Hedi Slimane collection)
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- Daily News Record
- Article date:
- February 6, 2006
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PARIS - Like the fire installation that burned in the dark of his runway, Dior Homme's Hedi Slimane set out to scorch conventional ideas of men's dressing and blaze a new era in tailoring, as he brought an exciting end to five days of fall collections here. From Marc Jacobs' modern interpretation of paired-down luxury at Louis Vuitton to Raf Simons' modernist emphasis on pure design, Paris offered many incarnations of masculinity and approaches to dressing up.
"Paris is making a statement-this season was a turning of the page," said Tom Kalenderian, general merchandise manager at Barneys New York. "There were different icons of what makes men strong and ...