The designer mined Celine's 70s archives to mark a new era in fashion.
Celine has always been about a certain kind of woman: modern, in control, quirky, affluent, powerful, and yet averse to showing off; a little masculine, perhaps. Forget that. Today, in his giant black box, mounted in front of the Hôtel des Invalides, star designer Hedi Slimane unveiled his new vision of the Celine woman. She was not the sultry, even sleazy, rock chick of last season. That was a false start. Hail the new Celine girl: modern — circa 1975 — and without a doubt very Celine… as in straight from the archives.