KEY TO THE COLLECTION, THE TIGHT BLACK LEATHER CELINE PANTS, ARE PAIRED IN “DOUBLE LEATHER” WITH BIKER AND RACER JACKETS CUSTOMIZEDWITH STUDS OR RHINESTONES. THE CELINE COATS ARE WORN OVERSIZED AND ARE CUT OUT OF CASHMERE OR ENGLISH TWEEDS RECREATEDON A TRADITIONAL LOOM. THE CELINE SUITS ARE SLIGHTLY RAISED, WORN WITH CROPPED FLARED TROUSERS. THE EMBROIDERIES ARE HANDMADEIN THE PARISIAN COUTURE ATELIERS. THE GIANT LEOPARD AND TIGER PRINTED COATS ARE MADE FROM SHEARLING CASHMERE.

THE MODELS WEAR “NIGHTCLUBBING” PERFUME, PART OF THE CELINE HAUTE PARFUMERIE COLLECTION. THE PIECES THAT PAY TRIBUTE TO LE PALACEICONIC YEARS ARE LIMITED EDITION.


LE PALACE

THE CELINE 18 – MEN’S WINTER 2023 SHOW IS TAKING PLACE AT THE LEGENDARY LE PALACE IN PARIS.A PLACE DEAR TO HEDI SLIMANE THAT HE FREQUENTED MOST NIGHTS DURING HIS YOUTH STARTING FROM THE AGE OF 16 - LE PALACE REMAINSA SENTIMENTAL PLACE WHICH TRIGGERED HIS FUTURE AS A COUTURIER AND WHERE HE CELEBRATED HIS 50TH SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY IN JULY 2018.ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A THEATRE DANCE HALL IN THE 17TH CENTURY, BUT ALSO KNOWN FOR ITS YEARS AS A NIGHTCLUB, IN 1978 LE PALACE WAS TAKENOVER BY RENOWNED IMPRESARIO FABRICE EMAER, WHO ANIMATED THE PARIS NIGHTLIFE AT THE TIME. COMMISSIONED BY EMAER TO REIMAGINETHE SPACE, ARCHITECT PATRICK BERGER PARTICIPATED IN REVAMPING ITS RICH ART DECO INTERIOR, INSTALLING THE EMBLEMATIC AND MODERNCHANDELIER OF NEON LIGHTS, PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE CENTER STAGE LIGHTING UP THE WALLS EMBELLISHED WITH GÉRARD GAROUSTE PAINTINGS.ONCE CONSIDERED A FRENCH VERSION OF NEW YORK’S STUDIO 54; THE ICONIC LE PALACE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST NIGHTLIFE VENUES WHERE A VARIETYOF COMMUNITIES COULD MIX FREELY WITH EXUBERANCE, ATTRACTING THE LIKES OF YVES SAINT LAURENT, GRACE JONES, PRINCE, KARL LAGERFELD,ANDY WARHOL, SERGE GAINSBOURG, MICK JAGGER, JERRY HALL AND MANY MORE WHO ENJOYED MASKED BALLS AND LIVE PERFORMANCES BEFOREMAKING THEIR WAY TO THE BASEMENT TO LE PRIVILÈGE PRIVATE CLUB.

SUICIDE
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FOR CELINE

SUICIDE ARE CITED AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BANDS OF ALL TIME. EMERGING FROM THE NEW YORK CITY STREETS IN THE 1970S, SUICIDE’SREVOLUTIONARY SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM HAS BECOME AN ICONIC ANTHEM OF THE CBGB PUNK-ERA MOVEMENT, A STAPLE FOR COUNTLESSGENERATIONS OF MUSIC FANS’ RECORD COLLECTIONS, AND SET THE BLUEPRINT FOR ENDLESS GENRES OF MUSIC. THE MINIMALIST DUO’S VISIONARYCREATIONS REVOLVED AROUND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST MARTIN REV AND VISUAL ARTIST/VOCALIST ALAN VEGA’S UNPARALLELED SONIC CHEMISTRY,WHICH RESULTED IN RIOT-FUELED LIVE SHOWS THAT HAVE BECOME LEGENDARY IN THE HISTORY OF ROCK N ROLL. “EVERYBODY CAME IN TO SEE SUICIDETO BE ENTERTAINED,” ALAN VEGA SAID, “AND ALL WE DID WAS GIVE THEM BACK THE STREET, IN ALL ITS GLORY.”

ALAN VEGA
ARTWORKS “RANSOM NOTES”
CA.1974

ALAN VEGA’S CREATIVE PROCESS DREW FROM A MYRIAD OF SOURCES, MATERIALS AND MEDIUMS TO EXPRESS HIS ART; MUSIC, DRAWING, PAINTING,LIGHT SCULPTURES, COLLAGE, AND PHOTOGRAPHY. AS A VISUAL ARTIST AND MUSICIAN, VEGA USED TEXT AND LYRICS IN INNOVATIVE AND INCOM-PARABLE WAYS. HIS CREATIONS WERE ALWAYS UNIQUE, INSPIRING AND CUTTING EDGE. VEGA FULLY BELIEVED THE INTERPRETATION OF HIS ARTWAS LEFT WITH THE VIEWER/LISTENER. YET, WHATEVER MEDIUM VEGA EXPLORED AS AN ARTIST, HIS INDELIBLE FINGERPRINTS ARE EMBEDDED INTHE OUTCOME. THE TEXT COLLAGES CONTAIN A GLIMPSE INTO THE WORLD OF THE ICONIC SINGER AND SONGWRITER OF LEGENDARY NYC BANDSUICIDE, AS WELL AS THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED VISUAL ARTIST WHO TOOK NO PRISONERS NOR COMPROMISED WHILE MAKING TIMELESS ANDINFLUENTIAL WORK.

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