Founded by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in 1961, shortly after the young couturier left his post at the helm of Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent would soon become one of the most successful and influential haute couture houses in Paris. Saint Laurent introduced Le Smoking, the first dinner jacket suit for women, in 1966, and also presented iconic art-inspired creations, from Mondrian dresses to precious Van Gogh embroidery and the famous Ballets Russes collection. This definitive publication opens with a brief history of the house, followed by a brief biographical profile of Yves Saint Laurent, before exploring the collections themselves, organised chronologically. Each collection is introduced with a short text revealing its influences and highlights, and illustrated with a gallery of carefully curated catwalk images. These demonstrate hundreds of spectacular clothes, details, accessories, beauty looks and set designs - and, of course, the top fashion models who wore them on the catwalk. A rich reference section concludes the book.
27.7 x 19.0 cm
632 pages
