Illustration by Hilton Dresden
Hedi Slimane, former Creative Director of Saint Laurent and, before that, Dior Homme, has announced today to The New York Times that he’ll be taking a hiatus from fashion design to pursue his love for photography.
“Naturally, photography will always be there, however, I never intended to stop designing,” he said in the rare interview. “I never said I will stop designing in the future.”
So, then, we don’t have to worry that the incomparable talent will never again grace us with his sharp perspective on silhouette and structure – although one thing is certain: there’s no “Hedi Slimane” brand on its way.
He continues: “My own name was always off limits, entirely dedicated to photography. It is a necessity for me, and reasonable, to create clear, legitimate and protective creative territories and boundaries.”
In addition to shooting all of his own campaigns while head of Saint Laurent, Slimane has also taken on big photo projects like shooting Grimes for the cover of Dazed – see below:

Hedi Slimane for Dazed.
He’s also completed a photo project for V Magazine titled “New York Diary,” capturing some of the best of NYC’s musicians. And he’s long upkept his personal photo blog, “Hedi Slimane Diary.”
Read the full Times interview here.