Hedi Forever

Top: Cheap Monday // Bottoms & Thigh Highs: Agent Provocateur // Tie: Dior Homme //

All of this Hedi Slimane talk has gotten me terribly worked up, I know I've mentioned this several times before but I have been obsessed with Hedi since I was in high school when he was designing for Dior Homme. It was the first time that I found any designer other than Prada that truly made me melt. It all started when my father bought me Slimane's book Berlin in 2003, from that point onward I thought (and secretly still do) that he was the coolest, most total creative out there. In my mind he is like Wim Crouwel and Andy Warhol combined. Either way, early Thursday morning before Jordan and I left for Vermont to do some work we took pictures of outfits with pieces from when Hedi Slimane was designing for Dior Homme. This was my favorite of the looks (it looks the least like the members of Daft Punk went to Agent Provocateur) even though the only piece that is HS x DH is the tie, which is perfect on its own because of all of the luxe little details. #HediForever

How many questions can you make by combining the names Hedi Slimane, Raf Simons, Stefano Pilati, Christopher Kane, YSL and Dior?

This week has already gotten off to an intense start, both in the fashion world and the New York world (temporarily not the fashion world). With Milan fashion week ending, Jil Sander having officially returned to Jil Sander, and Stefano Pilati officially gone from Yves Saint Laurent, as well as so many unanswered questions like: Will Hedi Slimane REALLY take over YSL? and if not, Why would someone be cruel enough to start that rumor (#HediForever)? What is going to happen to Raf Simons? Is Raf Simons going to take over YSL/Dior? What is going to happen to Stefano Pilati? Who is going to take over Dior? And what is the deal with the Christopher Kane rumors? Is he next to take on Dior? You can create a lot of questions by combing the names Hedi Slimane, Raf Simons, Stefano Pilati, Christopher Kane, YSL and Dior (extremely similar to the 'How many different combinations can you make with these three different colored shirts and these three different colored shorts' question from when you were younger but with far more importance). With all of this design talent seemingly running free, you cannot help but to wonder 'what is really going on?' Who ever thought that the fashion industry would be so much like Laura Palmer from Twin Peaks (you know, 'She's filled with secrets'), and be so full of rumors? I mean we all know it is, but with this much #major (decidedly the new buzzword) news at one time it is starting to feel a little too prepared. Now, while I am certain that I am looking too deeply into things, I do not think I am alone and I think who ever has the answers needs to come clean quickly before I turn into the main character from A Beautiful Life (the fashion version) and start posting clippings from WWD around my apartment and connecting them with David Yurman bracelets and necklaces.

As I write this I am listening to Carole King's 'So Far Away' and I am honestly asking myself 'Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?' Obviously not. Everyone is heading to Paris for Paris Fashion Week. Milan fashion week was as witch house as I expected it to be, further instilling my belief that Salem has the ability to influence culture on a global scale. After all, the lead singer was in the first issue of Style.com's printed magazine. At Versace there were literally garments drenched in crosses. Call it 'goth' all you want, at the end of the day we both know Donatella is listening to Ritualz while making collages of pixelated pictures of LiLo. Personally, I am extremely excited to see what this season's #pfw collections will have to offer. Especially Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs has been so total with the past two fashion week collections it would be a let down if this Fall 2012 show didn't live up.

Either way, with all of this going on, yesterday Jordan and I decided to escape it all with a walk around the village. We went back to the building from this post as well as this post. I decided to wear my vintage leather jacket that I rediscovered recently in my closet with a pair of Gap jeans and a waffle knit from BCBG. It was nice to be out in the sun even though it is still quite cold out. Hopefully everyone had a lovely weekend/start of the week. Miss you, love you, mean it later!

Top: BCBG MAXAZRIA / Bottoms: Gap / Jacket: Vintage / Shoes: Cheap Monday / Bag: Prada / Sunglasses: Ray Ban /

I Only Wear Dior Homme to Bed

When planning this shoot, photographer Johns Hopkins Congdon and I started out with a small selection of his favorite pieces of clothing. With these pieces acting as the main inspiration for the shoot, we were left with the task of deciding what we wanted the overall feeling of the images to be. Using a bottle of nail polish that my brother brought back from a trip to China and a paint brush, on the middle of a piece of paper I wrote the words 'Witch Haus'; however, after some mind mapping, we found ourselves discussing a theme that was centered around a feeling of whimsical, youthful happiness.

The styling for this outfit was inspired by a mutual love for Hedi Slimane. When I first met Johns in high school, I was obsessed with Hedi Slimane who at the time was the designer for Dior Homme. After Johns and I became friends, at some point he became obsessed with Hedi as well. Since then Johns and I have both been collecting pieces from Hedi Slimane's time at Dior Homme. Both pieces in this look are two of Johns' pieces of Dior Homme.

When we began the actual shooting, rather than copying Slimane's own style of photography we used elements that reminded us of Hedi in the decoration of the set (headphones, cigarettes, images of Hedi Slimane, etc.). The Tim Walker photographs were somewhat accidental but in my mind are the image of this feeling of whimsical, youthful happiness that we were trying to purvey.

Top & Jacket: Dior Homme;

Photographs by:

Johns Hopkins Congdon