CELINE LA COLLECTION DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE​ - SUMMER 24

CELINE WOMEN SUMMER 24
TOMBOY
LA COLLECTION DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE

BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE RICHELIEU
DIRECTED BY HEDI SLIMANE
© HEDI SLIMANE PHOTOGRAPHY
© HEDI SLIMANE FILM
FILMED IN PARIS IN MAY 2023

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FOR CELINE
EXTENDED VERSION OF “TOO MUCH LOVE” PERFORMED BY LCD SOUNDSYSTEM

PRODUCED BY JAMES MURPHY ENGINEERED BY KOREY RICHEY
COMMISSIONED BY HEDI SLIMANE
“TOO MUCH LOVE” IS PART OF LCD SOUNDSYSTEM’S EPONYMOUS GROUNDBREAKING DEBUT ALBUM THAT WAS RELEASED IN JANUARY 2005.
TO DATE, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SOUNDS IN INDIE ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND CLUB SCENES.

MAKE-UP ARTIST AARON DE MEY
HAIR STYLIST ESTHER LANGHAM

CELINE HAS A STRICT NO FUR POLICY AND USES ONLY SHEARLING.
CELINE COUTURE JACKETS AND DRESSES ARE EMBROIDERED BY HAND.
MODELS WEAR HEADPHONES IN LEATHER AND EMBOSSED WITH THE EMBLEMATIC CELINE TRIOMPHE, PART OF A SPECIAL CELINE PROJECT
IN COLLABORATION WITH MASTER & DYNAMIC.
CELINE’S TOMBOY OPENING AND FINALE LOOKS ARE A REMINDER OF HEDI SLIMANE’S COMMITMENT TO A CONSISTENT STYLE AND ALLURE
OF ANDROGYNOUS TAILORING SINCE STARTING HIS DESIGN CAREER IN THE LATE 90’S.
SPECIAL THANKS TO STELLA ROSE AND ESTHER-ROSEMCGREGOR.
HEDI SLIMANE PHOTOGRAPHED THE MUSICIAN STELLA ROSE IN NEW YORK IN 2023. ESTHER-ROSE MCGREGOR IS A YOUNG BRITISH AMERICAN
ACTRESS. BOTH OF THEM MAKE SPECIAL APPEARANCES IN THE TOMBOY COLLECTION VIDEO.

THE BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE (BNF) IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CELINE ATELIERS, ON RUE VIVIENNE IN THE 2ND
DISTRICT OF THE FRENCH CAPITAL. THE BNF IS ONE OF THE OLDEST FRENCH CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. FIRST A ROYAL LIBRARY, THE BNF LATER
TRANSFORMED INTO A NATIONAL LIBRARY AFTER THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. IT HAS INHERITED THE FRENCH ROYAL COLLECTIONS SINCE THE END
OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
THE CELINE 19 WOMEN SUMMER 24 VIDEO WAS FILMED IN THE “SALLE DE LECTURE DU DÉPARTEMENT DES MANUSCRITS ET DE LA MUSIQUE”,
THE “SALLE LABROUSTE” THE “COUR TURBEUF”, THE “COUR D’HONNEUR”, THE “PASSAGE CHOISEUL“ AS WELL AS BIR-HAKEIM BRIDGE.
THE “SALLE LABROUSTE”, BUILT BETWEEN 1861 AND 1868, IS THE MASTERPIECE OF FRENCH ARCHITECT HENRI LABROUSTE. IT IS THE HOME
OF THE INHA (THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ART HISTORY) AND HAS BEEN DEEMED AS A HISTORIC MONUMENT SINCE 1983. THE MAIN COURTYARD,
THE “COUR D’HONNEUR”, IS LINED WITH BUILDINGS FROM DIFFERENT ERAS. THE FACADE IS FROM THE 18TH CENTURY WORK OF ARCHITECT
ROBERT DE COTTE AND THE NEOCLASSICAL SOUTH AND WEST FACADES WERE REALIZED BY HENRI LABROUSTE. THE “GALERIE DE VERRE”,
DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT BRUNO GAUDIN, LEADS THE WAY TO THE “SALLE DE LECTURE DU DÉPARTEMENT DES MANUSCRITS ET DE LA MUSIQUE”.
OVER THE YEARS PRESTIGIOUS ARCHITECTS SUCH AS JEAN-LOUIS PASCAL, MICHEL ROUX-SPITZ, BRUNO GAUDIN, VIRGINIE BRÉGAL,
AND JEAN-FRANCOIS LAGNEAU TOOK TURNS IN SUPERVISING THE BNF RENOVATIONS.

SALLE LABROUSTE
INSTITUT NATIONAL D’HISTOIRE DE L’ART (INHA), BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SALLE LABROUSTE, REHABILITATION BRUNO GAUDIN
AND VIRGINIE BRÉGAL ARCHITECTS, RESTORATION LAGNEAU ARCHITECTS, PARIS – 2023
LA SALLE DE LECTURE DU DÉPARTEMENT DES MANUSCRITS / COUR D’HONNEUR
BNF / INHA / ENC – BRUNO GAUDIN AND VIRGINIE BRÉGAL, ARCHITECTS, PARIS – 2023
FAÇADE D’ENTRÉE DU 58, RUE DE RICHELIEU
BNF / INHA / ENC – BRUNO GAUDIN AND VIRGINIE BRÉGAL, ARCHITECTS, PARIS – 2023
BRONZE SCULPTURE : LOUVRE MUSEUM DEPOSIT, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ART HISTORY
CHARLES-FRANÇOIS LEBOEUF DIT NANTEUIL « EURYDICE MOURANTE », 1822