Skinny-Jeans Designer Makes YSL Keep Paying on $8 Million Photos
- Paris court says Slimane is owed damages for copyright breach
- Saint Laurent continued to use material without his consent
Hedi Slimane
Photographer: Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty ImagesIt would be an understatement to say that Hedi Slimane didn’t leave Saint Laurent on good terms. Four years later, the star designer is still suing to get what he considers he’s owed.
A French court awarded Slimane nearly $700,000 in damages after Kering SA’s Yves Saint Laurent continued to use photographs and videos he’d made for past advertising campaigns without his consent. While it’s far less than the almost $6 million Slimane was claiming, the ruling brings his total courtroom winnings against Kering to more than $22 million.