His spring collection was different from past outings, sort of, with its focus on dresses, little nighttime nothings — a fairly literal description, coverage-wise — of laces, metallics and other fabrics of titillation. Courtney Love was in the house; why else all those cute, cheesy tiaras that someone might have pulled off the shelf at Party City? But really, Slimane’s primary source of appropriation was the everyday wardrobe. Everyday as in a trenchcoat over jeans. No frills, no distortions. Well, the mini slipdress as daytime staple was a distortion, but utilized to parade countless outerwear pieces.