These two collections are, as described by a YSL spokeswoman, “transitional” and will be shown some time in late June/early July. Slimane will then make his official debut during Paris Fashion Week when he parades his spring 2013 women’s collection down the runway. [WWD, sub req'd]

Featuring Amanda Lear

Featuring Twiggy

Featuring Jerry Hall

Photographed by Herb Ritts

Photographed by Annie Leibovitz

Photographed by Helmut Newton

Photographed by Herb Ritts

Photographed by Bruce Weber

Photographed by Richard Avedon

Photographed by Jean Baptiste Mondino

Photographed by Juergen Teller

Photographed by Jean Baptiste Mondino

Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier

Photographed by Herb Ritts

Photographed by Ellen Von Unwerth

Photographed by Steven Meisel

Photographed by Mario Testino

Photographe by Steven Klein

Photographed by David Lachapelle

Photographed by Inez & Vinoodh

Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier

Photographed by Nick Knight

Photographed by Ellen Von Unwerth

Photographed by Terry Richardson

Photographed by Mario Sorrenti

Photographed by Peter Lindbergh

Photographed by Hedi Slimane

Featuring Kate Moss

Designed by Givenchy's Riccardo Tisci

Photographed by Mert & Marcus

“I’m very happy, ” Berge said of Slimane’s appointment. “Hedi Slimane has an enormous amount of talent, something that has been missing at the house of Yves Saint Laurent.”

Bergé made, and clearly continues to make, no secret of his dislike for Stefano Pilati while Saint Laurent was rolling over in his grave before he was even dead during Tom Ford‘s reign. Yet Slimane, who worked at YSL Rive Gauche Pour Homme from 1996 to 2000, has been welcomed back to the fold with open arms.

“Hedi is the only one belonging to the Saint Laurent family, my family, so you can imagine how happy and excited I am,” Catroux told WWD. “It will be easy for him as he has the same sensibility and aesthetic, and like Yves, he understands his times perfectly. I always dress as a boy, but I am sure he will find a new way to make girls magic again. Hedi will continue the spirit of Yves. He is the YSL of today, so everything is as it should be.”

Perhaps seeking inspiration from the spirit of Yves,  Slimane is reportedly working at the same studio as Mon. Saint Laurent before his first eponymous ready-to-wear collection in 1962. [WWD, sub req'd]

Confirming a week-old rumor — ancient history in the age of the status update — that the designer cum photographer would return to the house that Saint Laurent built nearly twelve years after departing for Dior Homme, YSL today announced Slimane’s appointment as its new creative director.

Slimane’s return is described as an attempt by PPR to “ramp up” YSL’s development in order to compete with Chanel and Christian Dior.

As a Frenchman and someone industry insiders feel “understands YSL better than anyone else,” Slimane is expected to be received better than the long-beleaguered Stefano Pilati.  Saint Laurent, when he was still living, openly derided the designer while his business and life partner, Pierre Bergé refused to even acknowledge Pilati’s existence.

Despite his standing as the preeminent menswear designer of the past decade, this will be Slimane’s first foray into womenswear — aside from some feminine suiting he did for the likes of Nicole Kidman and Madonna. Slimane’s designs under YSL will debut with the house’s resort collection this June.

The extent of Slimane’s control over the brand is as yet unknown but famous for his exacting standards, there’s bound to be some upheaval in the coming months. [WWD, sub req'd]

- Yves Saint Laurent is set to confirm on Wednesday what everyone’s already known for some time now, that is, that Hedi Slimane will take over Stefano Pilati‘s recenlty vacated creative director role. [NYT]

- The video for Brandy and Monica‘s new single finally descended from the heavens, “It All Belongs to Me”, or as I like to call it, “Fierce, Sassy Bitches Blowin’ Shit Up.” [Perez Hilton]

- Marc Jacobs not paying his models is causing a stink, and the company’s snide tweet isn’t helping matters. [Jezebel]

- Alicia Keys and Edward Enninful were caught holding hands at the Givenchy show prompting rumors of an affair between the space around Alicia Keys’ and Edward Enninful’s hands. [Fashionista]

- 66-year-old Debbie Harry was mistaken for 25-year-old Lindsay Lohan by paparazzi, leaving Debbie Harry feeling like she should have made better life choices.  [Page Six]

1. Alexander Wang Sweatshop Controversy. Well, this pretty much came out of nowhere but when a young designer at a crucial moment in his career gets hit with as serious as an allegation as using sweatshops to produce his clothes, the ramifications could be enormous.

2. Shake-Ups at Jil Sander and Yves Saint Laurent.  Would it be a Paris Fashion Week without someone leaving somewhere under a cloud of suspicion? Stefano Pilati finally submitted to the frequent rumors of his demise with Hedi Slimane set to replace him, but what of poor Raf Simons, who's now unceremoniously on his keester after years of loyal service?

3. Christian Dior's ever-revolving door of candidates. Yeah, this is still happening, but with Bill Gaytten finally getting a handle on this creative director thing -- the Christian Dior Fall 2012 collection wasn't awful...it was actually rather pretty, if nothing revelatory, and you know how much it pains me to say that -- there might be no need for Maxime Simoens or Haider Ackermann or whoever's the designer dujour.

4. Kanye West returns. God bless his heart. Like any artist with a pair, Kanye West isn't letting the negative reviews of his last collection get to him and he's returning today with his second offering. No one ever said fashion was an easy game to get into and Ye's got a long road ahead of him, but we all gotta crawl before we can walk. Unless you're Jourdan Dunn who tweeted that Kanye's shoes for the show tonight were "sexy as fuck but you can't walk in them!" Oh, and fellow model Leomie Anderson said Mr. West "cussed" at a girl for not being able to walk in the precarious pumps. Of course, Anderson threw some shade behind West, tweeting "her walk isn't top notch in kitten heels." #shitmodelssay

No one has confirmed anything yet, of course, but both Simoens and Leonard are expected to part in mutual agreement. As for Dior, the speculative go-to destination for any and every designer for the past year, “sources” indicate that Simoens has been in talks with the storied luxury house, though the 27-year-old has repeatedly denied that he has had any contact with them.

Sounds like an admission of guilt if I ever heard one. [WWD, sub req'd]

Photos: Models.com

- Naomi Campbell‘s BFF (thank you), Nelson Mandela is following in her graceful, catwalk strides by starting his own fashion line called 46664, his prison number from those 27 years he was incarcerated. [Styleite]

Dior has been without a creative director since that little incident with John Galliano — you know, the anti-Semitism and the firing and the rehab and the court case — since March.

Arnault, chairman of LVMH — which also owns Marc Jacobs International — had initially planned on hiring Jacobs for Dior back in the 90s, but that idea was vetoed by Dior’s then president Francois Baufume. Instead, Galliano was hired from Givenchy to Dior and Jacobs signed on as Vuitton’s artistic director in 1997.

“Had I hired Marc Jacobs for Dior and John Galliano for Louis Vuitton, it would not have worked as well for both brands, even though both designers are geniuses of their own,” Arnault told WWD in 2003.

Meetings are scheduled for this week in Paris between Dior and Marc Jacobs’ legal representatives while the designer prepares for New York Fashion Week. Robert Duffy, Jacobs’ longtime business partner, is also reported to be integral to the deal, despite currently having legal troubles of his own.

Should Jacobs move to Dior, Phoebe Philo is said to be on tap to replace him at Louis Vuitton, while maintaining her current role at Céline.

Since March, Dior has approached a number of designers to replace Galliano including Lanvin‘s Alber Elbaz, Balenciaga‘s Nicolas Ghesquière, Alexander McQueen‘s Sarah Burton, Haider Ackermann and Hedi Slimane. Elbaz, Ghesquière and Burton have allegedly withdrawn themselves from the running due to their strong personal commitments to their respective brands, while talks with Ackermann and Slimane proved fruitless.

Then, of course, there is Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci whose name has been bandied about as frontrunner for months now and who is a favorite of Delphine Arnault, deputy managing director at Dior. Where Tisci stands in all this is uncertain, but do you think Marc Jacobs is what Christian Dior needs right now? [WWD]

Twriling : NYT

- Got Klum? Heidi lands her third “Got Milk?” campaign. Little known fact: one of those three times, that wasn’t milk on her face. [Modelina]

- Rumor has it rapper/budding fashionista Kanye West has moved to Paris to work on his own high-end fashion line. He’s befriended Central Saint Martins‘ professor Louise Wilson in the process and will present new BFF Céline‘s Phoebe Philo an award at the CFDAs. The most surprising facet of these rumors is that anyone would let Kanye near any awards show. [Daily Telegraph]

- Alleged magazine FHM issued a half-ass apology to Andrej Pejic after referring to him as “it” and a “thing.” Note, “it” was not followed by “girl” and “thing” not preceded by “Miss.” [Styleite]

- Hedi Slimane‘s fashion diary features images from Yves Saint Laurent‘s final runway show from 2002, including stunning candids of Naomi Campbell and Jerry Hall. [Hedi Slimane]

- Karl Lagerfeld kind of openly hates everyone, especially “lazy pig” biographers who would dare relate his life story. [Elle]

- Australian retailers are now charging shoppers as much as $50 to try on clothes in an effort to cut back on people buying discounted fashions online after perfecting the fit in-store. The fee is refundable, however, should patrons decide to buy the article of clothing. Personally, I never try on clothes, mostly because I’m lazy. If I get home and something is too big I’ll call it “oversized” and if it’s too small, I call it an “aspirational piece.” I also love finding reasons to not eat, which I call “going on a diet.” [Daily Mail]

- Riccardo Tisci is still the front-runner to replace John Galliano at Dior, but his name is being bandied about with the likes of Olivier Theyskens, Tom Ford, Hedi Slimane, Nicolas Ghesquière, Alber Elbaz, Sarah Burton, Haider Ackermann and Prabal Gurung. Tisci has reportedly already sketched out his vision for the brand and has a supporter in Delphine Arnault, Bernard’s daughter and Dior’s deputy managing director. However, Bernard Arnault‘s eyeing the Royal Wedding, hoping to align Dior with the young couple; so if Burton catches Kate Middleton‘s sartorial bouquet she could be next on the list. The atelier is nevertheless hard at work on their upcoming cruise collection and a couture collection for July. [WWD]

Roitfeld, Slimane, Pilati, Ackermann, Tisci and Galliano

So far I count at least one Queen, a few Aces and a Jack-Ass. Is that a winning hand?

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Roitfeld, Slimane, Pilati, Ackermann, Tisci and Galliano

LINK LOVE: Fashion Gone Rogue

Freja Beha Erichsen poses with a flapping dove, an engraved skull, and her top off for “Temps Libre,” Hedi Slimane’s tribute to some awesome timepieces.

For more lace, leather, and a bizarre blonde bob, see the rest of the editorial and some outtakes on LOOKBOOKS.

Damn, Bernier is HOT! He certainly won’t have trouble finding work after this spread. VMAN 20 hits newsstands November 11.

LINK LOVE: VMAN

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HEDI SLIMANE Website / Diary

LINK LOVE:HEDI SLIMANE DIARY UPDATE / 18. JULY 2010 / BOYS, BERLIN & ARCHITECTURE / PART #1/2

HEDI SLIMANE Website / Diary
THE DRUMS Website

LINK LOVE:HEDI SLIMANE DIARY UPDATE PART #1/2 / JACOB GRAHAM FROM THE DRUMS

LINK LOVE: Hedi Slimane for Vogue Homme Japan

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Polish beauty Anja caught the eye of Hedi Slimane for this naughty spread in Vogue Paris.

Full spread on Envy.
LINK LOVE: Fashionising

Brad Bowers was scouted in the East Village (near the Fashion Indie offices) by George Brown of Red Models. Within two weeks he was shipped to Cali to shoot with Hedi Slimane. These are the shots which will be featured in new Vogue Hommes Japan. Styling by Nicola Formichetti.

I totally do, and I don’t see it as a bad thing. You don’t fight but embrace a natural evolution, really, and try to figure out how it would reveal new creative fields within global access, and multimedia features.

The Web site magazine will come way before the print version in the next decade. I don’t see any way around it, really. With the rise of the Internet, fashion did become part of the global entertainment industry in the last ten years, and will follow the digital evolution of the music or film industry.

Besides, immediacy is better than old news. The “manufacturing” process of a magazine is far too long for this world, for the definition and idea that fashion is about “right now.” I guess it is more about “right now” now than ever before.

That said, fashion magazines, glossy magazines still use their Web sites for daily news and information only. I trust it might be interesting to invest strongly in art direction, besides hiring top editors, top photographers, and top models, which is hardly enough for Internet pages.

Quite certainly, the Web sites of the magazines will have to move away from the “blog” format and create an inspiring, tight template for their photo productions or editorial content, a Web site that has the [same feeling of] luxury and glamour as flipping through a heavy glossy magazine.

It is interesting to think how someone like Alexey Brodovitch would have investigated this medium to create typography and layouts in motion. It is now an open field for a new generation of editors in chief and art directors.

I hear one of the reasons for the lack of investment is advertising, although I trust advertising would follow immediately, if provided a reassuring image template for their costly ads.

I finally believe the printed magazine will then become a collector’s item, and hopefully a reference to be kept preciously.

Therefore, the commercial issues of advertising credits might move toward the Internet, [while] the most inspiring fashion stories could become exclusive to the printed collectible version.

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Can you envision a day when digital media will replace magazines?

I totally do, and I don’t see it as a bad thing. You don’t fight but embrace a natural evolution, really, and try to figure out how it would reveal new creative fields within global access, and multimedia features.

LINK LOVE: Hedi Slimane Speaks!

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Hedi Slimane, Martin Margiela,  Nicolas Ghesquière,  Hussein Chalayan, and Vivienne Westwood. By Brian Lichtenberg for Blood Is The New Black.  Even more than the people on this shirt and the fabulous one that made it, I’m in love with the fit of this shirt. BITNB is doing the whole ‘boyfriend tee’ thing now and that’s just how I like my clothes. (One size fits most!)

This tee is only $38, a total steal! Buy it here

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LINK LOVE: Coute Que Coute

Coute Que Coute gives us the latest in the Hedi Slimane Fashion Diary.

READ MORE: HEDI SLIMANE FASHION DIARY UPDATE / THE DRUMS – LOS ANGELES NOVEMBER 2009

The menswear collection that has Hedi Slimane to thank for putting it on the fashion map is going into womenswear with a special collection of pants. Pants for Women, huh, what will they think of next?

LINK LOVE: THE CUT

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Check out more from René Habermacher here!

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Hedi Slimane shoots a young Natalia Vodianova.

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Polish hottie Magdalena caught the eye of fame photog Hedi Slimane.

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I don’t really like Eva Herzigova, but here she is in the latest spread by Hedi Slimane for Vogue Paris.

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Shot by Hedi Slimane and styled by Nicola Formichetti.

I had envisioned this post looking something like Hedi Slimane’s photo-journal after he attended Coachella back in April; something containing photos of well dressed and flawlessly styled potential models. This next statement may be a generalization and offensive to some, but through my Fashion Indie opinionated eyes, EVERYONE LOOKED LIKE SHIT. Love handles stuck out of trashy booty shorts. Cargo shorts and graphic tees comprised the male population. Ray Ban shades were in a nauseating full effect. Trust me when I say that there was not a single person worth wasting a megapixel of my Nikon D50. But in everyone’s defense, it did rain quite a bit, mud caked Grant Park and it was pushing 100 degrees on a daily basis. So, if your excuse for slacking on style was in preservation of you Alexander Wang swag, you’ve been forgiven. As for the rest of you, I’m severely disappointed.

But all fashion zeros aside, Lollapalooza 2009 will go down in Kirby history as an all-time fantastic weekend. My friend Amber and I met up with some of my NYU buds, as well as some of last year’s festival friends and some new ones, and enjoyed the sounds and sights of some of the world’s most talented music artists. Although I saw over 50 shows in total, there are the significant few that really stuck out in my mind:

Animal Collective, despite my having almost died of suffocation from moshing, was an absolutely amazing show. I mean, come on, who doesn’t want to hear a 15 minute version of “Brother Sport” while watching the sun set over Lake Michigan? Crystal Castles, needless to say, was a shit-show…but in the best way possible! Lead singer Alice Glass was a classy lady chugging from her bottle of Bacardi Superior between songs, taking drags from her cigarette throughout and hawking spit in the crowd. Although I only caught a few of Passion Pit’s songs, they certainly didn’t fail to stir those butterflies I get every time I hear “Sleepyhead.” Andrew Bird relaxed the crowd with his melodic violin licks and whistles and was a perfect example of pure talent. Vampire Weekend, as always, put on a high energy set and left the crowd practically drooling over some of the new songs they whipped out. MSTRKRFT reigned as my favorite of the Lollapalooza 2009 DJ sets, completely blowing what Bassnectar, DeadMau5 and The Bloody Beetroots had to offer out of the water. Despite my former biases for Kings of Leon and The Killers, both groups (with the help of a few energetic friends and a bit of booze) rocked the house…nothing beats soaking in 80,000 bobbing heads and waving hands as I sat atop some 6’5″ stud’s shoulders (thanks Evan!) rocking out of The Killers’ “Human.”

But if one band really sealed the deal on this year’s Lollapalooza experience, the award goes to none other than the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. As one of the Saturday night headliners, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs had some very big shoes to fill after they replaced The Beastie Boys’ slot (due to Adam Yauch’s cancer surgery). Many Lolla-goers had their doubts about the Yeah Yeah Yeahs headlining performance, saying that they weren’t yet popular or experienced enough to deserve a coveted main-stage concert. Well, let’s just say those nay-sayers are biting their tongues because the Yeah Yeah Yeahs stole Lollapalooza 2009. There’s not much else to say except for the fact that their performance was outstanding, complete with high energy, humble recognition of such an amazing opportunity and a fantastic sound. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, lead singer Karen O is a rockstar.

So, are you itching for next August yet so you can plan your trip to Chicago and experience the greatness that is Lollapalooza? I know I am.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Fleet Foxes

Animal Collective

Crystal Castles

Atmosphere

Andrew Bird

This is what Grant Park looked like on Friday, August 7th.

Photos via Metromix Chicago. Check out the Lollapalooza website for photos and reviews on this year’s festival as well as information about 2010′s bash!

GALLERY: FIRST LOOK: Alex Dunstan’s First Time

 Check out Hedi Slimane’s Diary here! Thanks for the tip Fashion Copious!

Hedi Slimane shot Luke Worrall for an exclusive editorial on hedislimane.com.

I feel a little weird because he’s only 19, but him mugging like a mini-Billy Idol in the above photo makes it OK.

GALLERY: Luke Worrall by Hedi Slimane.

Check out Hedi Slimane’s photo diary here!

When the hell did helium holders become so chic?!? This is starting to get ridiculous!!!

Truthfully though, would you wear a balloon chest piece? What if it was Chanel? What if Grandpa Karl asked you to do it? Would ya?

Nicola Formichetti shot by Hedi Slimane for Another Man magazine. 

LINKAGE: AnOther Man: Hedi and Herzog

Anna Selezneva gets some major likeage from Hedi Slimane in this new photo shoot featured on his oh so addictive diary. Nice way to transition from your safe for work shots at Madame Tussuad’s with Terry Richardson. (I’d link to the gallery, but I’m lazy)

But if Hedi’s the one getting the good girls nakey, what’s left for creepy Uncle Terry?

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Grazia is hearing Gareth Pugh will replace Kris Van Assche as head designer of Dior Homme. LVMH hasn’t confirmed the report, but an announcement is expected any day, according to chatter at London Fashion Week. Speculation that Pugh might take the reins from Van Assche reached a fever pitch when LVMH chief Bernard Arnault’s daughter Delphine Arnault sat front-row at his very first menswear show at Paris Men’s Fashion week and called the collection “beautiful” and “amazing.” Critics, too, called it flawless. This is exciting news in the world of menswear. Van Assche never quite lived up to Hedi Slimane, who left Dior Homme almost two years ago. If anyone can reinvigorate a label, it’s Pugh, and we can’t wait to see more from him.

I am really curious to see if this new appointment develops. I completely agree that Dior Homme has not been spectacular since Slimane left. I really hope the designer who takes the reigns knows what’s up.

Gareth Pugh IS going to Dior Homme [Grazia]
Related: Will LVMH Scoop Up Gareth Pugh?

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Here are about 30 shots of Lindsay Lohan shot by Hedi Slimane that all look the same. I especially like the one where she looks like an anorexic coke head, oh wait, that’s all of them…

GALLERY: Lindsay Lohan by Hedi Slimane

Hedi Slimane is quickly becoming the in Meisel. Celebrities are flocking to him to get their snapshots and the results are some racy little NSFW picts of some of America’s most controversial stars. Courtney Love gets the treatment in a couple of candid black and whites.

GALLERY: COURTNEY LOVE / UNGOING PROJECT

SOURCE: Hedi Slimane’s Fashion Diary

Prada’s menswear campaign for Spring 2009 was shot by Hedi Slimane and features Louis and Claude Simonon, sons of Paul Simonon.

The images are subdued and modern, and expectedly elegant. 

GALLERY: Prada Menswear Spring 2009.

February is the month of Lara Stone as Carine Roitfeld dedicated the entire issue of French Vogue. In the iconic issue, Lara is featured in editorials by Patrick Demarchelier, Nan Goldin, Inez and Vinoodh, Steven Klein, Peter Lindbergh, Katja Rahlwes, Terry Richardson and Heidi Slimane.

GALLERY: More Lara Stone in French Vogue

Via IMG Models Weblog

Cole Mohr

Ash Stymest

Tyler Riggs

Josh Beech

Dan Felton

I was flipping through old issues of i-D, Dazed and Confused and Men’s Vogue while I was home in Buffalo over the holiday weekend. I knew I spotted a trend among male models, but it didn’t hit me until I saw Cole Mohr on the Marc by Marc Jacobs billboard in SoHo one last time…

The Trend: baby-faced, skinny, tattooed, pierced, punk rocking models who look like they just got kicked out of the high school homecoming dance for reeking of cheap beer. Bingo. 

Punk boys have been all over the editorials and up and down the runways recently. I absolutely love the awkward, but adorable, high school dropout look…and It looks like I’m not the only one! With Marc Jacobs and Hedi Slimane as avid fans of this look, it seems that the baby-faced punks will be scoring high fashion editorials and shows for years to come. But sorry ladies, just because you look like a prepubescent rocker doesn’t mean your gauged ears and inked arms are fully acceptable in the high fashion industry. It’s unfair, I know…but that’s just the way it is. 

Thanks for the photos Models.com! 

Besides the fact that Sasha looks like a 12 year old boy and/or anorexic, Hedi really shows his photographer skills in this spread…

It’s annoying that muses come in such small sizes!

Thanks Beatific Fashion for the pics