Hedi Slimane

“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 be...”

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

“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.”

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

“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 encryp...”

“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 ra...”

“David Bowie, for me, was the butchest guy in town. Jagger was like a truck driver.”