Hedi Slimane's 'Anthology of A Decade 2000-2010'

One of the last decade's most influential men's designers, Hedi Slimane has just released an anthology of his photography. As a man who defined the skinny look of the last decade in fashion houses such as YSL and Christian Dior no one seems to be in a better position to have documented the time. After a meteoric rise in 1996 when Yves Saint Laurent found the unknown 28 year old and made him their cheif designer; his linear and uncompromisingly slender tailoring came to the fore with a new wave of rock n' roll bands in the middle of the last decade. He came to define the look of a new kind of male; artistic and lithe. He retired from fashion in 2007 at his peak to persue his passion for photography. He has shot a wide spectrum of subjects, from punks on the streets of Berlin to Robert Pattinson. He has had many high profile exibitions and several books published. This anthology is a selection of his favourite shots from 2000 when he was still working in the fashion industry right through his photographic career to the present day. Amid rumours that he will be replacing John Galliano at Dior, it's good to be given a chance to see the last decade of fashion and faces through the lense of a man who was so much a part of it.