A First Look at Saint Laurent in the Stores Hedi Slimane's first designs for Saint Laurent, including his spring men's wear and a women's resort collection that had not previously been shown to the news media, began appearing in stores this week, giving customers their first opportunity to see the clothes up close. Barneys New York has a small selection of the men's designs, including a cotton hoodie that costs nearly $1,000, and some women's pieces like a minidress in an animal print ($4,490) are now available online. But the best place to see the new work is at the Saint Laurent store at 3 East 57th Street. As of a few days ago, the store reflected Mr. Slimane's vision, at least in terms of the clothes, accessories and music, which on Monday afternoon included a mix of Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones. The store itself will be redesigned later. Looking at the new bags (including the Betty, a simple design with folded corners on the flap, starting around $1,550, and a reversible, unisex suede tote for $1,450), the jewelry, the shoes and a modest array of clothes, you can identify some of Mr. Slimane's design details. The zipper pulls, for example, are slightly bent. Fine mesh chains appear as a signature as well, inserted like a label inside the waistband of jeans or the collar of a jacket. They are silver on men's wear and gold on women's designs. On bags, the Saint Laurent logo appears in small gold type, similar to the current trend of discreet branding among other luxury labels like Hermès and Céline. In the absence of much information coming from Mr. Slimane himself about his new work, the store gives perhaps some idea of where he is going. His women's ready-to-wear collection, shown with much fanfare in Paris in October, will arrive in March, and retailers are practically salivating. There are certainly some inviting items already in the Saint Laurent store, and as with Mr. Slimane's earlier work as the designer of Dior Homme, some are more approachable than others. A solid black leather backpack for $2,995 will undoubtedly find a home somewhere. Some of the most interesting of the initial pieces are the shoes, including a $685 pump with a heel shaped like a single petal, or a flame that licks the back of the ankle. Saint Laurent calls it the Paris Thorn, inspired by an image by Helmut Newton. Mr. Slimane also offers several men's shoe designs, including black sneakers and patent leather Chelsea boots, in women's sizes. The big look for women, at least among what has already arrived in the store, is a tailored black wool jacket ($2,750) with grosgrain-trimmed lapels. The men's wear does recall his Dior Homme years, which is interesting given that the Dior Homme store where fashion customers once sought out Mr. Slimane's designs is a few doors down the block on East 57th Street. At Saint Laurent, there are two styles of denim jeans, including skinny ones, that range in price from $295 to $495, novelty print dress shirts and a few clever takes on the tuxedo jacket (for men and women). But a classic navy suit for men ($2,195), beautifully made, was not tailored quite as aggressively as it might once have been at Dior.