Celine 14 - Women Winter 2022 Collection: Dans Paris

DANS PARIS WAS FILMED BY HEDI SLIMANE IN TWO HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF THE FRENCH CAPITAL.

• CELINE INAUGURATES THE NEWLY RESTORED “SALONS D’APPARAT” OF THE HÔTEL DE LA MARINE, THE HISTORIC 18^TH CENTURY BUILDING ON PLACE DE LA CONCORDE IN PARIS, WITH THE FIRST SHOW AND FIRST CAMPAIGN PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE SPACE SINCE ITS RESTORATION.
  

THESE ROOMS WERE ORIGINALLY USED TO PRESENT THE ROYAL COLLECTIONS TO FRENCH AND FOREIGN VISITORS. THEY WERE INTENDED TO DISPLAY THE EXCELLENCE OF FRENCH DECORATIVE ARTS AND THE MONARCHY’S POWER. IN THE 19^TH CENTURY, THE NAVY CONVERTED THESE AREAS INTO STATELY RECEPTION ROOMS.

THE GRAND GALLERY WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS AND HOSTED MANY LAVISH RECEPTIONS THROUGHOUT THE 19^TH AND 20^TH CENTURIES. BALLS FOR THE CORONATIONS OF NAPOLEON AND KING CHARLES X WERE HELD IN THE “SALONS D’APPARAT”.

THE HÔTEL DE LA MARINE WAS CONCEIVED BETWEEN 1757 AND 1774 BY THE ARCHITECT ANGE-JACQUES GABRIEL, WHO ALSO DESIGNED LE PETIT TRIANON IN VERSAILLES, WHICH BELONGED TO MARIE-ANTOINETTE DURING THE REIGN OF LOUIS XVI.

GABRIEL ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IS THE EPITOME OF FRENCH CLASSICISM.

• INITIATED BY LOUIS XIV IN 1670, THE SECOND SETTING FOR DANS PARIS IS THE HÔTEL NATIONAL DES INVALIDES, LOCATED ON THE WEST BANK OF PARIS, IN THE 7^TH ARRONDISSEMENT.
  

HISTORICALLY USED FOR THE RECEPTION OF HEAD OF STATES DURING OFFICIAL VISITS IN PARIS, THE CELINE SHOW STARTS IN THE “COUR D’HONNEUR”, THE MAIN COURTYARD IN THE HEART OF THE BUILDING.

FOR HIS INAUGURAL CELINE SHOW IN 2018, HEDI SLIMANE ERECTED AN EPHEMERAL ARCHITECTURAL PAVILION SET ON THE GROUND OF HÔTEL DES INVALIDES. THE OPENING OF THE SHOW WAS MARKED BY THE DRUMMING OF TWO MEMBERS OF THE FRENCH GARDE RÉPUBLICAINE.

FOR DANS PARIS, HEDI SLIMANE REVEALED FOR THE FIRST TIME A BRAND-NEW EPHEMERAL ARCHITECTURAL PAVILION STRUCTURE.

CREDITS

DIRECTED BY HEDI SLIMANE

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FOR CELINE
“BYRON IS DEAD” PERFORMED BY HENNESSEY, WRITTEN BY LEAH HENNESSEY, PRODUCED BY E.J. O’HARA
COMMISSIONED AND CO-PRODUCED BY HEDI SLIMANE

CASTING, STYLING AND SET DESIGN
HEDI SLIMANE

HAIR STYLIST
ESTHER LANGHAM

MAKE-UP
AARON DE MEY

HENNESSEY

HENNESSEY IS THE MUSIC PROJECT OF LEAH HENNESSEY, NEW YORK NATIVE MULTI HYPHENATE ARTIST AND WRITER. THE SONG “BYRON IS DEAD” IS THE LATEST MANIFESTATION OF HENNESSEY’S ONGOING OBSESSION WITH THE 19TH CENTURY POET LORD BYRON, AND THE MUSIC VIDEO FEATURES SCENES FROM HER UPCOMING FILM “BYRON & SHELLEY: ILLUMINATI DETECTIVES”.
HENNESSEY THE BAND IS WORKING ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM.