Hedi Slimane Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“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.”

“Haute couture is a legitimate subject for Yves Saint Laurent and could resume one day.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Hedi was and is still misspelled 'Heidi,' and my perception of genders ended up slightly out of focus from an early age.”

“I always loved designing, but the context needs to be right, and have a positive perspective.”

“In the future, fast-fashion retailers might change their philosophy toward real efforts to create a world of their own. One can only hope.”

“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.”