Former Dior Homme designer and accomplished photographer Hedi Slimane is taking over at Yves Saint Laurent, and this is THRILLING for a variety of reasons... 1) per WWD, he wants to restore "the house to its truth, purity and essence--and take it into a new era," soooo 2) we can probably expect masterful tailoring, dramatic shoulders, and modernity, 3) or can we? there's no telling what the man will do come September and holy lord that's exciting, and also 4) in all probability there will be some rock and roll thrown up in there as evidenced by Hedi's Rock Diary.
What else can we expect? A name change. YSL will hitherto be known as Saint Laurent Paris echoing the house's original 1966 moniker, Saint Laurent Rive Gauche. I don't know why everyone's freaking out about this. Change is good! But here's a look at the past, which was pretty stellar too...
