The Horyn-Slimane conflict has set the fashion world abuzz. Saint Laurent Paris creative director Hedi Slimane sent a bitter response via Twitter to fashion journalist Cathy Horyn's negative review of his debut womenswear show. Horyn, who writes for The New York Times, labelled his collection "a nice but frozen vision of a bohemian chick... Mr. Slimane’s clothes lacked a new fashion spirit," and went on to remark that fashion houses "Balenciaga, Dior, Givenchy, Céline, Lanvin — are having a terrific season." This article (which has since been removed by the NYT from their website) resulted in a seething retort from Slimane, as shown above.
Since then, Laura Craik of The Times UK has written an open letter to Hedi Slimane, and the Horyn-Slimane battle resumes with Slimane further tweeting about the debacle. From a objective point of view, the behaviour of both Cathy Horyn and Hedi Slimane should be denounced.
