CELINE 23 THE BRIGHT YOUNG SUMMER 2025

HOLKHAM, NORFOLK, ENGLAND JUNE 2024 

“YOU DON'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT HOPE THESE DAYS, DO YOU?... THEY'VE FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT HOPE, THERE'S ONLY ONE GREAT EVIL IN THE WORLD TODAY. DESPAIR.” 

EVELYN WAUGH 
VILE BODIES (1930) 

DIRECTED BY HEDI SLIMANE 

© HEDI SLIMANE PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM 

MAKE-UP ARTIST 
AARON DE MEY 

HAIR STYLIST 
ESTHER LANGHAM 

HAIR COLORIST 
ALEX BROWNSELL

THE BRIGHT YOUNG

THE TRADITIONALLY CANVAS-MADE TAILORING OF “THE BRIGHT YOUNG” IS MADE OF ENGLISH CLOTH, CRAFTED FROM 1920S SUMMER CASHMERES AND WOOL, REWOVEN FOR CELINE.

TRIMMED JACKETS, CRICKET, AND BOATING BLAZERS, ARE ALSO MADE WITH SUMMER CASHMERE FLANNELS.
THE TROMPE L’ŒIL COUTURE PIECES ON A ROWING JACKET ARE ENTIRELY HAND-EMBROIDERED IN CELINE’S EMBROIDERY AND COUTURE ATELIERS.

THE HERALDIC CELINE PATCHES IN POLISHED SILVER CANNETILLES COILING ARE A REPRODUCTION OF EMBROIDERY TECHNIQUES. IN KEEPING WITH THE EARLY 20TH-CENTURY MILITARY UNIFORM TRADITION.

THE WHITE SUMMER CASHMERE FLANNELS NATURALLY REFER TO FRANCIS SCOTT FITZGERALD IN 1922 AT THE HOTEL EDEN ROC (ANTIBES, FRANCE), BUT ALSO TO THE “CRICKET WHITES”.

THE RICHELIEU SHOES, MONKS AND TAPERED DERBIES ARE ALSO ANCHORED IN A 1920S ENGLISH SPIRIT, REVIVED IN 2002 BY THE ENGLISH SCENE.

ENGLISH GARDEN

CELINE SUITS ARE WORN WITH WAISTCOATS IN DAMASK OR HAND-EMBROIDERED IN 1920S MOTIFS OF ENGLISH FIELD FLOWERS.

UNDER THE BLACK BARATHEA WOOL CELINE TAILCOATS, LINED WITH HAND-SEWN TRIMS, THE SILK FAILLE GILETS ARE HAND-EMBROIDERED IN CELINE’S ATELIERS WITH “ENGLISH GOTHIC” FLORAL MOTIFS COMPOSED OF SEQUINS, CRYSTALS AND HIGH-GLOSS BLACK, GOLD AND SILVER PEARLS.

HEDI SLIMANE DESIGNED ENGLISH BLACK BICYCLES IN NATURAL LEATHER FOR CELINE. THE WICKER BASKETS AND CANOES ARE ADORNED WITH NORFOLK CUT FLOWERS FOR THE FILM SET.

HEDI SLIMANE AND ANGLOMANIA

“IT IS NOW FASHIONABLE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE TO COPY THE ENGLISH STYLE WHEN DRESSING.”

LOUIS-SEBASTIEN MERCIER TABLEAU DE PARIS (1781)

AS A STUDENT AT THE ECOLE DU LOUVRE IN THE LATE ’80S, HEDI SLIMANE BEGAN WRITING AN ESSAY ON ANGLOMANIA -- FROM THE COMTE D'ARTOIS, WHO INITIATED ANGLOMANIA AT VERSAILLES, TO THE LIONS DES BOULEVARDS, IN THE WAKE OF BEAU BRUMMEL. HE WAS ALSO RESEARCHING STEPHEN JAMES NAPIER TENNANT (RECOGNISED AS THE ORIGINAL PARTY ANIMAL) AND CECIL BEATON WHICH WAS PART OF HIS ENTOURAGE. WITH “THE BRIGHT YOUNG” COLLECTION, HEDI SLIMANE REVIVES THIS 30-YEAR-OLD PROJECT.

À REBOURS

MODELS FROM “THE BRIGHT YOUNG” FILM ARE WEARING HEDI SLIMANE'S NEW FRAGRANCE FOR CELINE'S HAUTE PARFUMERIE COLLECTION, “À REBOURS”. THE FRAGRANCE EVOKES THE REMINISCENCES OF JEAN DES ESSEINTES, THE DECADENT DANDY IMAGINED BY JORIS-KARL HUYSMANS IN HIS GROUND- BREAKING WORK, “À REBOURS” (1884).

(NOTES: OAK MOSS, CEDAR, NUTMEG, COUMARIN, CASHMERAN).

HOLKHAM HALL

THE BRIGHT YOUNG WAS DIRECTED BY HEDI SLIMANE AT HOLKHAM HALL, NORFOLK, JUNE 2024.
CELINE WISHES TO THANK THE EARL OF LEICESTER AND HIS FAMILY, AS WELL AS GEORGE WILCOX AND BELLE HUTTON FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY.

HARRY, WHO OPENS THE SHOW, IS A 20-YEAR-OLD BRITISH ACTOR AND FORMER ETONIAN. HE IS RIDING A HORSE NAMED JUPITER IN THE GARDENS OF HOLKHAM HALL.

THE BRIGHT YOUNG MUSIC

LES INDES GALANTES, 1736
THE OPERA BALLET “LES INDES GALANTES” IS THE BAROQUE MASTERPIECE BY JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU.

JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU (1683-1764), ADMIRED BY VOLTAIRE AND JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU, IS REGARDED AS THE GREATEST FRENCH COMPOSER OF THE 18TH CENTURY. THE OPERA BALLET “LES INDES GALANTES” WAS FIRST PERFORMED ON AUGUST 23, 1735, AT THE THÉÂTRE DU PALAIS-ROYAL, PARIS, WHILE “L’ENTRÉE DES SAUVAGES” WAS FIRST PERFORMED ON MARCH 12, 1736. “LES INDES GALANTES”, A MAJOR WORK OF THE FRENCH LYRICAL REPERTOIRE, WAS OVERLOOKED FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS. IT WAS COMMISSIONED AND PERFORMED IN 1957 AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE AT THE CHÂTEAU DE VERSAILLES IN THE PRESENCE OF THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ON HER OFFICIAL VISIT TO FRANCE.