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Article: A Hedi new experience.(interview with Yves Saint Laurent designer Hedi Slimane)(Interview)
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- March 1, 1999
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Yves Saint Laurent's recently appointed menswear designer Hedi Slimane may have looked to the line's illustrious past when reconceiving the collection, but what he's cooking up is all about the future
When Paris-born Hedi Slimane was named director of menswear for Yves Saint Laurent two years ago, one of the first things he learned was that Saint Laurent's original intent in launching the Rive Gauche Homme collection, in 1969, was to provide contemporary clothes for himself and the style leaders of the time. Times, however, have changed - and installing Slimane at the creative helm of Rive Gauche Homme was a brilliant move. Under Slimane's guidance, Rive Gauche ...