Saint Laurent and head creative Hedi Slimane have teased a series of video shorts in advance of the label’s AW16 men’s and women’s “part 1” presentations, slated for February 10th at Los Angeles’s legendary theater, the Palladium. Women’s “part 2” will be presented in Paris on March 7th. The videos includes clips of artists and musicians who are close to and in some cases have been photographed previously by Slimane, including Lucia Ribisi, Jack Kilmer, Staz Lindes, Lili Sumner, among others.
Simply titled “Saint Laurent at the Palladium,” the videos and presentation are in part a tribute to the Los Angeles music and alt-culture scene that has informed Slimane’s designs with the label. The event will also celebrate the 10th anniversary of the “Hedi Slimane Diary,” a blog featuring the designer’s work as a photographer.
See the videos below (with descriptions pulled from YouTube), as well as a detailed explanation for why Slimane chose to theme the presentation around music.
Meanwhile, stay tuned on rumors Slimane is leaving Saint Laurent with the latest news here.
ARTIST LUCIA RIBISI AND HER CLOSE FRIEND, MUSICIAN JACK KILMER, IN LUCIA’S BEDROOM
STAZ LINDES / THE PARANOYDS: STAZ WITH HER BEST FRIEND, SAINT LAURENT GIRL, LILI SUMNER
ZOE REIGN / NO PARENTS: SHOT AT LOLIPOP RECORDING STUDIOS
ARIEL PINK AT HOME: A HEDI SLIMANE MUSIC PORTRAIT VIDEO
KIM AND THE CREATED: A HEDI SLIMANE MUSIC PORTRAIT VIDEO
SAINT LAURENT: LOS ANGELES FEBRUARY 10TH 2016
SAINT LAURENT AT THE PALLADIUM
“SAINT LAURENT AT THE PALLADIUM” LOS ANGELES FEBRUARY 10 TH 2016
“SAINT LAURENT AT THE PALLADIUM” THE SAINT LAURENT LOS ANGELES SHOW
SAINT LAURENT FALL 2016 MEN AND WOMEN PART 1 WILL BE PRESENTED IN LOS ANGELES ON FEBRUARY 10 TH 2016.
‘‘SAINT LAURENT AT THE PALLADIUM’’ WILL BE PRESENTED DURING THE WEEK OF THE 58 TH GRAMMY MUSIC AWARDS IN LOS ANGELES.
SAINT LAURENT FALL 2016 WOMEN PART 2 WILL STILL BE PRESENTED IN PARIS ON MARCH 7 TH 2016.
THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM IS A HISTORICAL CONCERT AND DANCE VENUE LOCATED ON 6215 SUNSET BOULEVARD. IT IS ALLEGEDLY THE OLDEST AND LARGEST CONCERT VENUE IN HOLLYWOOD.
FRANK SINATRA WAS THE FIRST PERFORMER ON STAGE AT THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM WHEN IT OPENED ON OCTOBER 30TH 1940. SINATRA WAS SUCCEEDED BY DECADES OF ICONIC PERFORMANCES FROM ARTISTS INCLUDING THE ROLLING STONES, BOB DYLAN, LED ZEPPELIN, GRATEFUL DEAD, GUNS N’ ROSES, PRINCE AND MANY OTHERS.
‘‘SAINT LAURENT AT THE PALLADIUM’’ IS A TRIBUTE TO THE STRONG MUSIC SCENE IN LOS ANGELES AND IS THE SECOND PROJECT OF HEDI SLIMANE IN LOS ANGELES AFTER HIS EXHIBITION ‘‘CALIFORNIA SONG’’, AT THE L.A. MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN NOVEMBER 2011. FOR ALMOST A DECADE, HEDI SLIMANE HAS THOROUGHLY DOCUMENTED, SUPPORTED AND CHAMPIONED THE EMERGING CALIFORNIA MUSIC SCENE.
HEDI SLIMANE HAS INSTIGATED THE IDEA OF CALIFORNIA, HIS HOME SINCE 2008, AS A TERRITORY OF DESIGN EXPLORATION FOR LUXURY BRANDS, FOLLOWING HIS PHILOSOPHY HE INSTALLED HIS SAINT LAURENT STUDIO IN WEST HOLLYWOOD IN 2012.
CREATING A HIGH FASHION DESIGN STUDIO IN LOS ANGELES, JUST LIKE YVES SAINT LAURENT DID WHEN HE DESIGNED FROM MARRAKECH, WAS NOVEL IN 2012. SINCE THEN, THE CITY HAS STARTED TO ATTRACT MORE AND MORE HIGH FASHION PROJECTS.
2016 MARKS THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ‘‘HEDI SLIMANE DIARY”. A PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG THAT HAS MOSTLY DOCUMENTED EMERGING MUSIC OVER THE LAST DECADE; FROM LONDON AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF BRIT ROCK IN THE MID ‘00S TO THE BIRTH OF THE L.A. SURF SOUND GENERATION IN 2008.
THE HEDI SLIMANE DIARY WAS A 2006 PROTO-FORM OF WHAT WE HAVE NOW IN SCRAPBOOK STYLE SOCIAL MEDIA; AN ACCUMULATION OF INTIMATE, NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHS. AN INTERPRETATION OF A WRITTEN DAILY DIARY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY.
THE CONTENT FROM THE HEDI SLIMANE DIARY WAS PRESENTED IN NUMEROUS MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS (BERLIN KUNST-WERKE IN 2004, NEW YORK PS1 IN 2004, MUSAC SPAIN IN 2008, FOAM MUSEUM IN AMSTERDAM IN 2007, L.A. MOCA IN 2011 AND SONIC IN PARIS IN 2014).
THE ‘‘SAINT LAURENT AT THE PALLADIUM’’ VIDEO CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT THE PROGRESSION OF HEDI SLIMANE’S DIARY INTO A NEW MOTION PORTRAITURE FORMAT. THE ‘‘PORTRAIT VIDEO’’, A SHORT VIDEO PORTRAYING A MUSICIAN OR AN ARTIST WITH A FAST AND ENERGETIC EDIT, ALMOST CHRONO-PHOTOGRAPHIC. THE FORMAT IS BEING INTRODUCED NOW WITH THE SAINT LAURENT PALLADIUM PROJECT TO MARK THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HEDI SLIMANE’S DIARY.
