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" Hedi was and is still misspelled 'Heidi,' and my perception of genders ended up slightly out of focus from an early age. "
Hedi Slimane
Age
Early
Out
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" I discovered Los Angeles in the late '90s. The city was not at its best at the time, but I fell for it right away. There is something almost haunted about it, a vibrant mythology I find rather inspiring. "
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" David Bowie, for me, was the butchest guy in town. Jagger was like a truck driver. "
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" Haute couture is a legitimate subject for Yves Saint Laurent and could resume one day. "
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" An athletic man, or whatever you want to call him, will only look good in a very classic suit, a pair of classic jeans, athletic clothes or simply naked. Forget fashion. This is not going to happen, unless you want to look like a Chippendales dancer in designer clothes. "
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Look
" Music has shaped men's fashion, and transposed in a playful and witty manner its riding or military heritage. It is difficult to figure out who leads, but music and fashion are connected genetically. "
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Men
Music
" I like the ritual, the liturgy of a well-crafted, emotional fashion show. I will never be jaded with this side of fashion. The catwalk is pure anthropology, something like an esoteric encrypted parade. It can totally be replaced but it will be missed. "
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Missed
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" When I was designing, I had in mind Jimi Hendrix, and I could hardly find skinny indie black kids to wear my clothes. I remember one telling me he had to swap his skinny jeans for baggy ones in the subway before going home, so he wouldn't get in trouble in his neighborhood. "
Hedi Slimane
Me
Mind
Home
" I'm going to design again, but I come back when it's the right project, so I keep my passion for it intact. "
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Design
Passion
" Sex is not a subject in my photographs, or would only be if it had to do with romance, sometimes vulnerability. The photographs are quite clearly about happiness, or search for happiness. "
Hedi Slimane
Happiness
Sometimes
Sex
" I love California. It has such a strong contribution to the history of culture, and popular culture. For better and worse, of course. Even the worst can be interesting to some degree sometimes for somebody creative. "
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Love
Creative
Strong
" I thought I should work more on the idea that you wear a suit or a jacket because of the fun it can provide, because it's a game, because it might even have a sexual quality. "
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Thought
You
Work
" The framework of men's wear is so narrow, that when you play at the edges you get labeled. "
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Wear
You
Get
" I have a great admiration and tenderness for Azzedine Alaia. I haven't seen him in a while, but I guess he must be still sewing some dresses at night. "
Hedi Slimane
Night
Seen
Sewing
" Just like zillions of children, album covers educated and informed me, and certainly did I later transpose organically, rather than by intent, those principles both in fashion design and photography. "
Hedi Slimane
Educated
Fashion
Children
" In the future, fast-fashion retailers might change their philosophy toward real efforts to create a world of their own. One can only hope. "
Hedi Slimane
Own
Change
Hope
" Fashion somehow, for me, is purely and happily irrational. "
Hedi Slimane
Purely
Irrational
Fashion
" Since I was a child, my whole life has revolved around music. It's often while listening to a song that ideas for my fashion collections formed. "
Hedi Slimane
Listening
Life
Ideas
" The iPad needs to catch up with Flash before I put a hand on it. "
Hedi Slimane
Flash
Catch
Before
" People always want an explanation about everything and I cannot give it to them. Because I don't know myself. 'Why did you do a pair of pants like that?' I have no idea. I'm not going to have a 20-minute political discussion about the necessity for slashed, painted leather jeans. Basically, I don't know more than you. "
Hedi Slimane
People
You
Know
" I like the idea of paradox, between the authentic fabrics and sophisticated shapes and between masculine and feminine. I'm not so much for sportswear. I think it's over. "
Hedi Slimane
Sophisticated
Much
Over
" I don't like the collusion between high fashion design and high street. You have to know where you stand. I belong to luxury fashion. That's what I've always felt and embraced. I like the best quality, the best fabrics and the most creative field in fashion. I will stay consistent. I belong to this world. "
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Fashion
World
Quality
" Men's fashion has a certain heaviness in the fabrics and construction. But also there is a heaviness in the mentality. "
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Construction
Fashion
Men
" Men are not supposed to be mysterious. That's what you say about women. But I think men can have a little of it, too. "
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Women
Say
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" I always loved designing, but the context needs to be right, and have a positive perspective. "
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Perspective
Loved
Always
" I only like luxury fashion. You have to decide where you stand. I like well-made, authentic clothes, well-crafted tailoring. I also like the dream and fantasy of luxury, the exception and rarity of it. I have no interest at all in fast retail. It is ambiguous. "
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Dream
Clothes
You
" Photography has always been about documentary, the depiction of the instant, a moment, sometimes a place. Each project is somehow an experimentation of a specific context or a character. "
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Character
Place
Moment