Dior Homme designer Hedi Slimane turns from designing to writing. The famous French menswear guru is to publish his new book in July.

Sliman, who claims he always wanted to be a journalist, is making his dream come true by appearing in the French left-leaning daily newspaper, Liberation on May 6, where he will act like a guest editor.

The designer, whose book  London: Birth of a Cult, focuses on the current London's rock scene and its kings, hinted the newspaper pages will give insight into the upcoming tribute., reports WWD . Ex-Libertines’ frontman – Pete Doherty, the boyfriend of British catwalk beauty Kate Moss, is shown as the leading character.

Slimane has spent more than a year tracking and documenting recent Babyshambles frontman Doherty and describes him as a poet and one of the most important performers of our time.

In July the book is set to be published by Karl Lagerfeld's 7L label.