FashionShootDark InnocenceModels and street-cast faces from Stockholm show off Hedi Slimane’s red-hot debut for Saint Laurent menswear. We meet the boys from the shoot and showcase an extended image edit from Dazed's January issueShareLink copied ✔️December 21, 2012FashionShootTextDean Mayo DaviesPhotographyFumi NagasakaStylingRobbie Spencer A story in leather, lacquer, babycat, denim and pussy bows, Hedi Slimane’s first collection in five years takes a rock wardrobe and infuses it with the youth explosion that characterised Saint Laurent’s ready-to-wear line in the 60s, Rive Gauche. In many ways the tale here is one of genesis, as what the late Yves Saint Laurent did as the first couturier to propose luxury ready-to-wear with the spirit of the street, Hedi Slimane did from the late 90s to 2007, redefining menswear both in silhouette and attitude. Essentially, as Saint Laurent liberated women, Slimane did so for men. Since 2007 the influential designer has concentrated on a parallel career in photography, introducing the monochrome illusive portrait – what the camera shouldn’t see – into contemporary culture. His images are charged with the ethos of what he began in fashion, demonstrating a talent for capturing the spirit of our time that goes beyond clothes, however sublime. On his return to design, there is a notion of planets aligning. Slimane’s installation at Saint Laurent befits the wishes of both the late Monsieur Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé, to whom the debut women’s catwalk show was dedicated. As stores are reconceptualised under Saint Laurent’s original helvetica logo, Dazed heralds a new fashion epoch by heading to Stockholm to shoot a 2012 youthquake on a group of professional and street-cast models. Here we present an extended image edit from the magazine editorial and meet the boys from the shoot. Dark Innocence Cinematography Martin RinmanEdited by Inessa TsulimovaPhotography Fumi NagasakaStyling Robbie SpencerGrooming Sharin at Link DetailsModels Adam and Peder at Nisch Management, Daniel, Hugo, Kimie, Martin at StockholmsgruppenPhotographic Assistant Hannah RichterStyling Assistant Ulrika Lindqvist Retouching Color One NYCSpecial Thanks To Jane Glandal, Meghan Scott, Hjalmar KlitseAll clothes Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane SS13 menswearThe stories' lead protagonist, Hugo, soundtracked the film with his band Side Effects. Visit their official Facebook page Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORERevisiting Bjork’s massive fashion archive in the pages of DazedWelcome to Sophia Stel’s PalaceJake Zhang is forging fashion avatars for a post-physical worldThis New York designer wants you to rethink the value of hard workGo behind-the-scenes at Dev Hynes’ first Valentino campaignLudovic de Saint Sernin answers the dA-Zed quiz Lily Allen was out for revenge at 16Arlington’s It-girl conventionJil Sander gets cosy with MonclerExploring the parallel lives of Vivienne Westwood and cult manga NANAHaider Ackermann throws it down with Willie Nelson for Canada GooseBrontez Purnell on the rise of Telfar ClemensWill nostalgia be the defining aesthetic of the 2020s?