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CELINE

Celine ended 2023 with a short film entitled La Collection

de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France, filmed by Hedi Slimane,

introducing his Women’s Spring/Summer 2024 collection.

The film’s spectacular setting was one of Paris’ oldest

cultural institutions: the National Library of France,

which happens to be across the street from the Maison’s

couture workshops on Rue Vivienne. For this season,

Hedi Slimane showcased his vision of a wardrobe that

stylishly blends bourgeois suit separates and androgynous

tailoring – still the hallmarks of a design career that

started back in the 1990s. He also introduced Victoire,

the season’s new signature bag, emblazoned with

Celine’s iconic Triomphe logo. Victoire derives

its unique modernity from the contrast

between its structured design and its supple,

subtly grained leather.

La Collection de

la Bibliothèque Nationale de France