Hedi Slimane Captures The Indie Attraction

For Fall/Winter 2023, Celine hosted a grand present on the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles.

Aptly titled the ‘Age of Indieness’, the gathering was a renaissance of inventive director Hedi Slimane’s 2000s grunge period.  Reimagining a plethora of 2000s staples—assume army silhouettes, leather pants, flouncy blouses with waistcoats, floral mini attire and structured outerwear—the runway was awash with the gritty glamour that outlined the bygone period. On the eveningwear entrance, Slimane leant into his signature embellishment, releasing a slew of sequin and crystal cropped jackets, fringed mini attire, and artfully draped robes.

However, in fact, it wouldn’t be Y2K with out the correct equipment. Taking us proper again to a affluent time in Hollywood, the place the Olsens dominated our moodboards and Venti lattes served as accoutrements, Slimane did properly to reacquaint us with outsized leather-based tote luggage, skinny scarves, slouched knee-high boots, waist belts and sun shades sufficiently big to masks hungover faces.

Indie iconoclasts, The White Stripes, performed unique music to attain the present, whereas performances by Iggy Pop, The Strokes, Interpol and The Kills hammered dwelling the nostalgia. Outdated-school merch was additionally discovered matchbooks, guitar picks, peppermints, iron-on patches, pin-on buttons and posters emblazoned with “Celine on the Wiltern”. Elsewhere, celebrities like Courtney Cox, Paris Hilton, Emma Roberts and Austin Butler sat alongside rock ‘n’ roll royalty like Kim Gordon, Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, and Priscilla Presley.

Strutting down the runway had been additionally some acquainted faces with Kaia Gerber and Dree Hemingway, who embodied morning-after glamour with artfully dishevelled hair and lived-in smoky eyes—a glance created by make-up artist Aaron de Mey.

Whereas most had been captivated by the rallying of an often-overlooked second in style, Slimane’s capacity to rewrite these tropes with a recent sensibility leaves a lot to think about about our ever-changing obsession with ‘aeshetics’. And in a time the place throwback style is relegated to gimmicks like rhinestones, Ugg boots, and velvet tracksuits, the inventive director’s imaginative and prescient for the Y2K revival gives a compelling different to the Indie Sleaze we as soon as knew.

Now, to rejoice the discharge of the Fall/Winter 2023 assortment, the present has been made into a brief movie. That includes an unique soundtrack produced by Jack White and carried out by The White Stripes, the movie offers viewers an opportunity to see the pivotal present and dive into an entire new wave of nostalgia dressing. Watch under…