It’s official! (Wasn’t it already?) Hedi Slimane is confirmed at Yves Saint Laurent

Well, we thought this had already been settled, but now it’s written in stone: Hedi Slimane is officially taking over from Stefano Pilati at Yves Saint Laurent. Cue the applause from skinny pant–wearing ladies and gents everywhere! The designer, who worked at the house in the late ‘90s, has long seemed a natural fit for the brand—perhaps even more natural than Pilati, who’s held the position since 2004 but never quite reached the critical acclaim that both Yves Saint Laurent or Tom Ford did.

“Hedi Slimane’s exceptional talent and understanding of the spirit of Yves Saint Laurent heralds a promising new chapter in the story of the maison,” said Paul Deneve, one of YSL’s chief executive officers.

Slimane is credited for creating the menswear benchmark during his tenure as creative director of Dior Homme for skinny male models/pants/ties/everything that rules the menswear market today, and so we can’t wait to see what other benchmarks he can set for the ladies. He left his post in 2007 to explore photography (an arena he’s succeeded at as well), and his design talents are welcomed back with open arms by virtually everyone, including us. That is, until his slimmer-than-slim cuts make it impossible to move our arms. At that point we’d do this.

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