Slimane's experimentation at Saint Laurent debut
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Models display creations by Yves Saint Laurent on Jan 20, 2013 during the men's fall-winter 2013-2014 fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model displays a creation by Yves Saint Laurent on Jan 20, 2013 during the men's fall-winter 2013-2014 fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model displays a creation by Yves Saint Laurent on Jan 20, 2013 during the men's fall-winter 2013-2014 fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model displays a creation by Yves Saint Laurent on Jan 20, 2013 during the men's fall-winter 2013-2014 fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model displays a creation by Yves Saint Laurent on Jan 20, 2013 during the men's fall-winter 2013-2014 fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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(FILES) A file picture taken on October 1, 2012 shows French-born Hedi Slimane for Saint Laurent acknowledging the public during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris. The men's Autumn-Winter 2013/2014, with highly expected Hedi Slimande for Saint Laurent, will kick-off Paris Fashion Week from Jan 16, 2013, followed by the 2013 Spring/Summer Haute Couture collections. -- PHOTO: AFP
Models display creations by Yves Saint Laurent on Jan 20, 2013 during the men's fall-winter 2013-2014 fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model displays a creation by Yves Saint Laurent on Jan 20, 2013 during the men's fall-winter 2013-2014 fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model displays a creation by Yves Saint Laurent on Jan 20, 2013 during the men's fall-winter 2013-2014 fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model displays a creation by Yves Saint Laurent on Jan 20, 2013 during the men's fall-winter 2013-2014 fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model displays a creation by Yves Saint Laurent on Jan 20, 2013 during the men's fall-winter 2013-2014 fashion week in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
(FILES) A file picture taken on October 1, 2012 shows French-born Hedi Slimane for Saint Laurent acknowledging the public during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris. The men's Autumn-Winter 2013/2014, with highly expected Hedi Slimande for Saint Laurent, will kick-off Paris Fashion Week from Jan 16, 2013, followed by the 2013 Spring/Summer Haute Couture collections. -- PHOTO: AFP
PARIS (AP) - There was an air of the self-searching Seventies student in Hedi Slimane's debut menswear show at the rebranded Saint Laurent.
Long, striped thick-knit scarves, oversized jackets and ripped skinny jeans were worn by shaggily coiffed models who stomped grumpily down the catwalk rather than walked. Just like a confused teenager trying to find his identity, in this fall-winter 2013 show Slimane mixed up violently clashing styles.
A whiff of sexual experimentation could be detected with the often androgynous models who donned feminine jackets. Sometimes it was hard to tell if the models were male or female.
But at least one thing was clear: The wardrobe confusion was intentional.
