Hedi Slimane is a French fashion designer and photographer, who is currently the named artistic, creative and image director of
CÉLINE. Previously, Pierre Bergé appointed Slimane to head the men’s ready-to-wear collections at Yves Saint Laurent, which was rebranded as
Saint Laurent, where Slimane later became creative director. He also declined an offer of creative directorship at
Jil Sander, while accepting the position of creative director at
Dior Homme, Christian Dior’s menswear label.