The energetic, rebellious spirit of the early 2000s New York art scene – personified by the late artist Dash Snow and his creative milieu – infuses Hedi Slimane’s latest menswear offering for Celine, which was shown via a short film by the designer yesterday (28 November 2023).
Titled ‘Delusional Daydream’, Slimane deemed it the ‘show that never was’, having been postponed from earlier this summer when riots and social unrest engulfed Paris after the police shooting of a teenager. Set to take place at La Gaité Lyrique – a musical venue housed within a former Haussmann theatre opened in 1862 – Slimane said at the time that a fashion show would be ‘inconsiderate and totally out of place’.
