Yves Saint Laurent is best know for revolutionizing the fashion industry by empowering and transforming women. He gave them the idea of wearing men’s clothing such as pants and suit jackets, and yet remaining feminine, sexy and elegant. The beatnik look, safari jackets, tight pants and tall boots, and the classic tuxedo suit for women were also some of the fashion trends that YSL made popular in the 1960’s-70’s. The Smoking Jacket of 1966 remains his trademark item and was updated yearly until he retired.Ī pioneer in his day, he was the first to popularize ready-to-wear fashion and also the first designer to include black models in his runway shows. This Russian-style green homespun coat is from the 1976-77 winter collection of Paris. In 1966 they also created the Rive Gauche boutiques for women. The heroines of Russian literature, mainly Natasha Rostova and Anna Karenina, also inspired the designer. At the time when the relevance of haute couture is questioned, because of the shifts in lifestyles and taste, and the very existence of the elitist world of the maisons de couture is in doubt, the Russian Collection of Yves Saint Laurent appears, with its explosion of color, ornament, scale, fantasy and luxury. The film ends with the Russian collection in 1976 a collection that gets more attention than I think it historically deserves, however. Comments (59) marina urbach Says: Januat 2:23 pm. That film began with YSL’s young life and his rise to fame at Dior. In 1962 Yves Saint Laurent opened his own fashion house, YSL, with his close friend and business partner Pierre Berge. The first, entitled Yves Saint Laurent, was an official biopic financed by his longtime partner in love and business Pierre Berger. Acclaimed by the International Herald Tribune as 'a revolution' and 'the most dramatic and expensive show ever seen in Paris,' Saint Laurents Russian collection of fall/winter 1976-77 was counter-revolutionary to the 1960s. The silken cord is lengthy with multiple options for tying, complete with tassel ends. Saint Laurent refreshed the couture, making it seem desirable and distinctive in a time of ready-to-wear leadership. This YSL piece is absolutely to die for, with its puffed, quartered sleeves and lace up corset front. At the age of 21, Yves Saint Laurent was named the head of the House of Dior when Christian Dior died in 1957. Iconic vintage Yves Saint Laurent corset top from the revered Fall/Winter Russian Collection, 1976. House of Yves Saint Laurent Timeline: 1962 - Yves Saint Laurent debut runway show 1998 - Albert Elbaz becomes head 2000 - Tom Ford becomes Head while simulataneously designing at Gucci 2004 - Stefano Pilati (previously at Miu Miu) becomes Head, showing first collection spring 2005 2012- Hedi Slimane takes over as head designer until present day.Yves Saint Laurent was born Augin Olan, Algeria. Considered a fashion designer prodigy, his first big break came early at the age of 17 when he won a contest for a cocktail dress design sponsored by the International Wool Secretariat. A year later he was introduced to Christian Dior who was so impressed with his exceptional talent that he hired him immediately. The MET Museum exhibit was curated by editor Diana Vreeland.
In 1983, Yves Saint Laurent became the first living designer to have a dedicated museum exhibition attributed to his body of work. In just a few years, at the age of 21, he was named head designer at the house of Dior in 1957.Īfter his dismissal from Dior, he began his own house, bearing his namesake with partner Pierre Berge, with the debut collection showing in 1962.įrom here, we saw a plethora of ingenious designs with looks of androgyny meeting femme fatal and iconic pieces and collections including:ġ965 The Mondrian dress // 1966 Pop art & ‘Le Smoking’ // 1968 African Queen Collection // 1971 The Scandal Collection // 1976 Ballet Russes Collection // 1977 The Orient Collection and the launch of Opium // 1979 Picasso Collection // 1981 Matisse Collection // 1988 Van Gogh Collection Roy Halston Frowick (Halston) and Yves Saint Laurent (YSL), the two prominent fashion figures of the 1970s, will become the subject of an upcoming We use cookies for better user experience. The Algerian born, Yves Saint Laurent moved to Paris before the age of 20 in the mid 1950s to study Fashion design.
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