CELINE 19
WOMEN SUMMER 24

TOMBOY
LA COLLECTION DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE
 
BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE RICHELIEU
PARIS, MAY, 2023
DIRECTED BY HEDI SLIMANE
HEDI SLIMANE PHOTOGRAPHY
HEDI SLIMANE FILM
 
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FOR CELINE
EXTENDED VERSION OF “TOO MUCH LOVE” PERFORMED BY LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 
PRODUCED BY JAMES MURPHY ENGINEERED BY KOREY RICHEY 
COMMISSIONED BY HEDI SLIMANE
 
“TOO MUCH LOVE” IS PART OF LCD SOUNDSYSTEM’S EPONYMOUS GROUNDBREAKING DEBUT ALBUM THAT WAS RELEASED IN JANUARY 2005. TO DATE, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SOUNDS IN INDIE ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND CLUB SCENES.
 
CASTING, STYLING AND SET DESIGN HEDI SLIMANE
 
MAKE-UP ARTIST AARON DE MEY
HAIR STYLIST ESTHER LANGHAM
 
MODELS WEAR HEADPHONES IN LEATHER AND EMBOSSED WITH THE EMBLEMATIC CELINE TRIOMPHE, PART OF A SPECIAL CELINE PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH MASTER & DYNAMIC. 
 
CELINE’S TOMBOY OPENING AND FINALE LOOKS ARE A REMINDER OF HEDI SLIMANE’S COMMITMENT TO A CONSISTENT STYLE AND ALLURE OF ANDROGYNOUS TAILORING SINCE STARTING HIS DESIGN CAREER IN THE LATE 90’S.
 
SPECIAL THANKS TO STELLA ROSE AND ESTHER-ROSE MCGREGOR
HEDI SLIMANE PHOTOGRAPHED THE MUSICIAN STELLA ROSE IN NEW YORK IN 2023. ESTHER-ROSE MCGREGOR IS A YOUNG BRITISH AMERICAN ACTRESS. BOTH OF THEM MAKE SPECIAL APPEARANCES IN THE TOMBOY COLLECTION VIDEO.
 
THE BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE (BNF) IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CELINE ATELIERS, ON RUE VIVIENNE IN THE 2ND DISTRICT OF THE FRENCH CAPITAL. THE BNF IS ONE OF THE OLDEST FRENCH CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.
 
THE CELINE 19 WOMEN SUMMER 24 VIDEO WAS FILMED IN:
SALLE LABROUSTE
INSTITUT NATIONAL D’HISTOIRE DE L’ART (INHA), BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SALLE LABROUSTE, REHABILITATION BRUNO GAUDIN AND VIRGINIE BRÉGAL ARCHITECTS, RESTORATION LAGNEAU ARCHITECTS, PARIS – 2023 
 
LA SALLE DE LECTURE DU DÉPARTEMENT DES MANUSCRITS / COUR D’HONNEUR
BNF / INHA / ENC – BRUNO GAUDIN AND VIRGINIE BRÉGAL, ARCHITECTS, PARIS – 2023 
 
FAÇADE D’ENTRÉE DU 58, RUE DE RICHELIEU
BNF / INHA / ENC – BRUNO GAUDIN AND VIRGINIE BRÉGAL, ARCHITECTS, PARIS – 2023 
 
GALERIE VIVIENNE
 
PONT DE BIR-HAKEIM