SLP-era Hedi Slimane is overrated

Am I the only one who thinks this? I think his stuff with SLP is average at best. If there's something I find nice, it was most likely re-hashed from what he already did at Dior. Or just high quality basics with a historic brand name written on the label to give it a perceived added value/uniqueness. Otherwise, I've just seen him get away with a lot of unoriginal crap at SLP.

Most recently, what's with this AWFUL attempt at latching onto the recent Visvim hype?





Those shoes are nasty. And what about copying the Adidas Stan Smiths and the Jordan 1s (royals and breds) down to the perforated toebox and stitching patterns?




Even got a TON of shoes that look exactly like Vans. I've seen people literally refer to them as SLP VANS. Here's just a couple of many examples:








Now, away from the shoes. A few seasons ago he latched onto the zipper trend. Half the clothes looked like they were made by Zara or every unoriginal instagram start-up brand.






I'm sure there's a few more things that I'm missing. And this is just on the men's side of the brand. There must be some unoriginal SLP womens stuff as well. (Some of the purses are the first thing that come to mind)

Anyway, that's it for now. I just find the worshipping of Hedi Slimane everywhere to be annoying and unwarranted.

Why are you posting Dick Owens....

With SLP it's hit and miss, not everyone will like the aesthetic. You picked some of the shittier examples. Some things are undeniably great though, like the blouson above with the white stitching.

Sorry, but...

You picked all the worst examples. The silk shirts are fantastic, a lot of the t-shirts are really great, the overcoats are great, the leathers (IMO) are very cool, especially the contrast combos and fur/ponyskin combos.

It depends on what you like, of course. For someone like me, who likes the R&R look but likes to dress it up a bit it's pretty perfect. It's costume-like in a lot of cases, true. A lot of dudes don't just wear a lot of it out for whatever (I do).

Personally, I'd rather drop $95 on a new pair of Stan Smiths once a year so I don't buy the $500 SLP version Stan Smiths, I save my money for some of the runway **** that is unique, and work it into my other, more standard items of clothing. SLP does great stuff, I think. I own 20 or so pieces, quality has all been superior/excellent as well.

I will also add that this appears to be a long-term theme Hedi is working with, so it is evolving slowly over time. I like it because the pieces all work together over many seasons/years, which makes investing in the pieces pay off more as well.

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wtf is that grimes

that's julia ******* from a brooklyn band called sunflower bean

It's regressive as all hell though. I agree it looks good on those ladies above but I can't think of a Brooklyn vanity band that is worth a **** beyond the agency-induced hype train they cling to for the first couple years of their careers. Also the irony of wealthy young professionals co-opting the aesthetics of 70s burnouts to live out their rockist fantasies is too much for me to stomach.

When I think of Saint Laurent I think of a 25 year old investment banker walking into a record store after work looking for a copy of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours to play on his Crosley turntable.

^^ that's maybe the laziest criticism I've heard of the new SLP so far.

Prudy said:

^^ that's maybe the laziest criticism I've heard of the new SLP so far.

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Sometimes you don't need to expend a lot of energy or effort to criticize something.