Britishborn hamish bowles is a fashion journalist, curator, and currently european editoratlarge for vogue. Your first look inside the latest book paying tribute to yves saint. Harpers bazaar stunning photographs of his couture creations worn by the top models of the day. The seattle art museum presents yves saint laurent. A preorder is the reservation of an item that is not yet available for sale, but will be soon. The latter book shows much more final work, more photographs than drawings. The perfection of style, rizzolis newest fashion book goes behindthescenes of the designers atelier, including original runway sketches, photos of saint laurent at work, vintage runway images and new photography of iconic yves saint laurent pieces. The algerianborn designer changed the way women wore clothes, incorporating masculine pieces like the trench, peacoat and pantsuit into the feminine sartorial language. In many other ways, ysl style likely falls short of ysl.
Beautifully designed, in a small format evocative of a jewellery box, the book offers an unprecedented glimpse into the highly confidential archives of the yves. Yves saint laurents signature design style is marked by its intertwining of references. The house that inspired the greatest designer of all time. Yves saint laurent by roxanne lowit, hardcover barnes. The style guide to yves saint laurent share this article.
Definitive showcase of 40 years of haute couture collections by yves saint laurent. A new book yves saint laurent catwalk chronicles the labels forty year history through its catwalk collections, from the debut haute couture show in 1962 to the very last in 2002. Under the instruction of the formidable duo of saint laurent and berge, the ysl empire went from strength to strength. The tomes introduction and biography by suzy menkes obe details that farewell show held at centre georges pompidou paris, when at the age of 65, saint. Ten looks that defined yves saint laurent the new york times. The book opens with a concise history of the house, followed by a brief. Yves saint laurent catwalk, complete haute couture collections. See yves saint laurents sketches from his groundbreaking. This volume is a beautiful and comprehensive tribute to the timeless style of yves saint laurent design. A new exhibition offers never before seen glimpses into. Yves saint laurent, who changed the color of couture. The fashion, feminism and life of yves saint laurent. Yves saintlaurent modern and iconic style le smoking.
Yves saint laurent didnt love women, he used them yves saint laurent was a depressed, drunken tyrant incapable of generosity, according to a new biography of the late fashion designer. Later that same year, vogue patterns had drawn three looks from saint. Yves saint laurent came into his own right as a designer at the start of the 1960s, at the dawn of pop culture and when there was an unquenchable thirst for new ideas and designs. In collaboration with fondation pierre bergeyves saint laurent. I often wonder what yves saint laurent, who was born on this day in 1936, would think of the modern fashion world. A new book reveals why the troubled designer was drawn to his righthand womans moreismore style published. The virginia museum of fine arts in richmond just opened yves saint laurent.
Fashion anarchist and feminist yves saint laurent dressed his muses in tuxedos, trousers, and seethrough blouses. Yves saint laurents signature design style is marked by its intertwining of references from the. The perfection of style, showcasing highlights from the legendary designers 44year career. The back cover is slightly torn and there is somw signs of damage to the last 12 pages. On july 25th, 1979, yves saint laurent presented his haute couture collection for fallwinter 197980 at the ritz hotel in paris, culminating in a standing ovation from the audience.
I love the color and it looks great in my collection of fashion books. I like dresses to be sober and accessories to be wild, yves saint laurent said in 1977. A library painted completely white is stuffed full of bronze sculptures and lamps shaped like cobras. Yves saint laurent accessories fashion culture phaidon store. The jardin majorelle in marrakech is one of the most visited sites in morocco. The perfection of style, showcasing highlights from the legendary designers career. He is regarded as being among the foremost fashion designers in the twentieth century. This section yves saint laurent contains 151 image files and original prints fashion, dressmakers, yves saint laurent. Legendary fashion designer yves saint laurents reputation precedes. The view is of saint laurent as an artist, like a painter in working in a studio rather than a figure in the glamorous world of celebrity and commerce. The algerianborn designer changed the way women wore clothes, incorporating masculine pieces like the trench, peacoat. Yves saint laurent news and features british vogue. Explore british vogue to find out more including articles on fashion, beauty and lifestyle.
Founded by yves saint laurent and pierre berge in 1961, shortly after the. From this point on, i will refer to the two books as ysl style pink book and ysl black book. Yves saint laurent revolutionized 20thcentury fashion. He offered the collection as an homage to serge diaghilev and to his collaboration with picasso. Shimmering dark blue, the bottle is lit up from inside with the mesmerizing light blue of the. Originally published in 1988, the book traces the success of saint laurents haute couture and readytowear designs from 1962 to 1988 through the lens of the. Marrakech taught me color, said yves saint laurent, who bought a cobalt blue villa in the moroccan city and made it his vacation home in. Though its not the first to pay homage to the legendary designer, the new book offers a unique look inside saint laurents world with a foreword written by pierre. Inside the new yves saint laurent museum in marrakech. There you can amble, in total privacy, through the lattice of gardens and shading ivy as you come face to.
Alyssa ashley yves saintlaurent modern and iconic style le smoking. Over 160 of his finest designs and accessories, all taken from the fondation pierre berge yves saint laurent collection, are presented. Every surface is decorated with white flowers and on the wall hangs a picasso. Yves saint laurents lasting impact on fashion is being cemented in a. Buy a discounted hardcover of yves saint laurent catwalk online from australias leading online bookstore. Black opium is the highly addictive feminine fragrance from yves saint laurent. The latest yves saint laurent person news and features. The perfection of style, which provides intimate looks inside both the designers personal and professional life. In collaboration with fondation pierre bergaa yves saint laurent. Yves saint laurent style book if you must have a book on your coffee table this fall, let it be.
It took french painter jacques majorelle 18861962 forty years of passion and dedication to create this enchanting garden in the heart of the ochre city. The perfection of style exhibition catalogue at sam shop. Yves saint laurents lasting impact on fashion is being cemented in a sleek new tome dedicated to the late designers most iconic works. A collection board for the mondrian dress with sketches and fabric swatches. Yves saint laurentas signature style intertwines references from the art world with those of popular culture and social revolution. Fascinating and seductively intoxicating, the opening notes of adrenalinerich coffee and the sweet sensuality of vanilla recline into the softness of white flowers for a. No later than preorder this item is available to preorder. Inside the opening of yves saint laurent museum in paris. An estimated delivery date is indicated for each preorder item within the product page. The story behind yves saint laurent the style edit. Madison cox and christies fete a new book dedicated to ysl accessories.
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