Hedi Slimane, the designer famed for his slim male silhouettes for Dior Homme is out at the design house according to WWD. Slimane's iconic slim black suits, the very ones that caused Karl Lagerfeld to ditch the fan and the pounds and become a fingerless glove wearing pencil, weren't enough to save him from the ax? Why?

Rumors are that Slimane is a bit of a diva and his contract went unsigned for nearly a year over long negotiations for a Slimane signature line. Slimane was hesitant to hand over his name, lock, stock and barrel to LVMH. He has been replaced with a former protege, Kris Van Assche. What's next for Hedi? I particularly like the recommendations from Janet Ozzard at New York magazine, she thinks Slimane might launch his own line, rehab another old line or perhaps go low-fashion and do something for H&M. Perhaps he might also take a page from Tom Ford's supersexy notebook and get himself a fragrance deal. Whatever happens, the fashion industry has definitely not heard the last of Mr. Slimane.