Lhe gaze is fixed on the tarmac, the plane lands, the passengers disembark: from the large terrace at Orly, Annie Girardot watches for the arrival of a passenger, the arrival of Jean-Paul Belmondo, and the violins of Francis Lai and his “symphony for the end of a love” accompany her disillusioned smile, her stifled tears when she understands that this Man who [lui] pleasetitle of Claude Lelouch’s 1969 film of the same name, will not come. We are a priori far from the world of Celine and Hedi Slimane: yet it is this music, taken from this unknown masterpiece from 1969, that he chose as a teaser for his summer 2025 collection All in all, logical: we can hardly do more French than this cinema, more heroic than this story which unfolds like a long road movie in the American West – another Slimanian obsession –, more iconic than this couple. improbable nor ultimately more significant than this musical flight. It’s a French classic and Hedi Slimane likes to play with this very notion. Including in the soundtracks of his presentations – we remember his recent variations around the tune of “Sauvages des Indes galantes” by Jean-Philippe Rameau to present his men’s collection.
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