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Abstract This study analyzes French designer Hedi Slimane who has received recent attention from the fashionworld. He changed sub-culture ‘Rock Fashion’ into high fashion and altered the stereotype of the existingmenswear with the skinny look. His extreme slim-fit style also has changed the menswear market dramati-cally. Hedi Slimane was mainly inspired by various rock music genres from the 1960 to 2000s such as glamrock, psychedelic rock, grunge rock, and garage rock. He showed in his own rock style when creating hiscollection. The collections inspired from the specific rock music and style were selected from Dior Homme(2001F/W-2007F/W) and Saint-Laurent (2013F/W-2015F/W), and analyzed by the 4 genres of rock musicand fashion style as follows. First, glam rock style appeared in Dior Homme 2005F/W and Saint Laurent2014S/S with glamorous full make-up, animal printings, and glitter textures. Second, psychedelic rock styleappeared in Saint Laurent 2015S/S with flower patterns, afro hair, fur vests, and western & ethnic bohemianstyling. Third, grunge rock style appeared at Dior Homme 2005S/S and Saint Laurent 2013F/W with messed-up hair, destroyed jeans, and layering style. Fourth, garage rock style appeared mainly at Dior Homme 2006S/S with messed-up hair, slim suit, fedora, and sneakers. This result is expected to be used for research anddevelopment on modern rock style for contemporary menswear.Key words: Hedi Slimane, Glam rock style, Psychedelic rock style, Grunge rock style, Garage rock style;에디 슬리먼, 글램 록 스타일, 사이키델릭 록 스타일, 그런지 록 스타일, 개러지 록 스타일

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