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1 READY, HEDI GO!

Hedi Slimane has always been a fashion force to be reckoned with. During his tenure with Saint Laurent, he created youth-driven collections that the public lapped up, proving he had his finger firmly on the pulse. Fast-forward to his first collection as Creative Director of CELINE last year, and the tide turned. Fans were devastated that the House codes of the brand they loved under Philo had been obliviated, and was replaced with an aesthetic that was a little too close to the Saint Laurent formula.

But with his second collection for CELINE, Slimane silenced his naysayers with a refined Parisian bourgeois aesthetic that could not have been further from the glam club kid look he had become known for. Out went the super skinny silhouettes, tight mini dresses and biker jackets; in came the silk blouses, knee-length tweed pleated skirts and tailored