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From to , he was the creative director for Dior Homme the menswear line of Christian Dior. From to , he was the creative director for Yves Saint Laurent.

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Slimane was born in the 11th arrondissement of Paris and grew up in the 19th arrondissement. His father was Tunisian and an accountant, and his mother was Italian and a seamstress. In his youth, he and his mother made clothes together: Slimane sketched designs, the two would shop for fabrics and complete fittings, and his mother would cut and sew them.

Slimane has no formal training in fashion. When Slimane started, there were only a handful of men's designs at the house dating from Mr. Saint Laurent's early years. After the Black Tie collection for autumn-winter —01, which foreshadowed the advent of Slimane's silhouette, and the debuts of "skinny," he chose to leave YSL, declined the offer of creative directorship at Jil Sander , and accepted the position of creative director for menswear at Christian Dior.

In June , he headed up the launch of Dior Homme's first fragrance under his creative control, named Higher. Brad Pitt had Slimane create his wedding suit for his marriage to Jennifer Aniston. Slimane was known for working with emerging avant-garde artists. In July , Slimane did not renew his contract at Dior Homme. The fashion house discussed the funding of Slimane's own label, but the discussions failed.

He returned to fashion and portrait photography. In March , following John Galliano 's dismissal from Dior, Slimane was linked with the job of new Dior creative director. In January , Slimane presented his first stand-alone menswear show for Celine.