We never know when or where Hedi Slimane will take us next with CELINE, and we are in for the ride! Directed by Slimane, Symphonie Fantastique filmed earlier this year in the Mojave Desert and Los Angeles has just been released.
The Winter 24 collection sees the return of tailoring in Hedi Slimane’s purist sartorial style. The “i” line is indicative of his silhouette as well as 1960s tailoring inspired by nineteenth-century Anglomania. The frock coats, three-buttoned suits, and hand-embroidered waistcoats are all made from the most expensive and exquisite fabrics, including silk, cashmere, and vicuna. Matte black, satin, and lacquered are prevalent throughout the collection.
The name comes from Hector Berlioz’s “Symphonie Fantastique” which in 1969 Leonard Bernstein described as the first psychedelic symphony ever composed, and more than 100 years before the dawn of the movement in the late 1960s. Slimane found the “Symphonie Fantastique” at the age of 11 and fell enamored with the beautiful musical work. Hector Berlioz was only 26 years old when he began an obsessive romance with English actress Harriet Smithson, which inspired him to compose the work in Paris in 1830.
“Now I’m sure that any of you who has ever had a crush on someone who didn’t return your feelings will understand that passionate melody perfectly, and you can easily see how a lovesick musician could become obsessed with it. and if you understand that, you’re ready to hear the symphony“. Stated Leonard Bernstein in May 1969.
“There is something new to be done,” wrote Berlioz in 1830 “and a lot of it, I feel with extreme energy”. Critics were caught away by its modernity at its initial public display, describing it as “the almost inconceivable strangeness that one could ever imagine“.
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