It’s time for another Celine show review, and this time Hedi Slimane took us to the badlands. The Mens Winter 24 film is named after “Symphonie Fantastique,” a 19th-century psychedelic composition on lovesickness by Hector Berlioz. And we’re tripping on this season’s Mojave Desert fantasy—leather-clad and bedazzled cowboys enter on horseback and depart in vintage cars, a continuation of the French fashion house’s current midcentury obsession. Equally fascinated is our senior editor Taylore’s Uncle Nick, who’s a fan of all things rock n’ roll.
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TAYLORE SCARABELLI: They’re helicoptering in a Celine jukebox. I need one. What kind of car is that?
UNCLE NICK: Those are caddies. Looks like they’re from the ’70s.
SCARABELLI: Nice. Do we like the music? This is the psychedelic symphony.
UNCLE NICK: Classical.
SCARABELLI: 1860s meets 1960s. Damn, look at this epic runway.
UNCLE NICK: This is bizarre.
SCARABELLI: It’s fabulous, right? It’s a French fashion house called Celine. Oh, look at that haircut.
UNCLE NICK: I like it. Rock n’ roll.
SCARABELLI: They even have Celine license plates on the caddies. Oh, I love the John Lennon glasses. You need those, Uncle Nick.
UNCLE NICK: Oh, yeah.
SCARABELLI: What do you think about the clothes, Nick?
UNCLE NICK: I like it for young people, I can’t do that.
SCARABELLI: What about that cropped leather jacket?
UNCLE NICK: Very nice, but I can’t wear that. It won’t fit.
SCARABELLI: I’m sure they make it in your size. I like the cowboy angle, cowboys and rockstars!
UNCLE NICK: Yeah it’s pretty good.
SCARABELLI: That big shearling coat.
UNCLE NICK: Beautiful cinematography.
SCARABELLI: I need to get Slava’s band dressing like this. I’m into the super cropped sleeves.
UNCLE NICK: Well, that’s rock n’ roll.
SCARABELLI: Oh yeah. I’m into the crystal jacket. A little desert sparkle.
UNCLE NICK: It’s glistening. Is that gold? [Laughs]
SCARABELLI: Now we’re really getting into the psychedelic cowboy daydream.
