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Vogue on: Yves Saint Laurent

Vogue on: Yves Saint Laurent

by Natasha FraserNatasha Fraser and Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni
Hardback, Calendar
Publication Date: 01/09/2015

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A tortured genius and one of most influential designers of the twentieth century, Yves Saint Laurent was responsible for revolutionising the way women dressed and viewed themselves. During a wildly creative career stretching from 1958 to 2002 Saint Laurent established a reputation for accessible, flawlessly cut clothes. He became an overnight sensation in 1958, aged 21, when he showed his ‘Trapèze’ collection, his first for the House of Christian Dior, following the master’s death. Four years later, Saint Laurent opened his own couture house and within a few seasons was hailed by Vogue’s Diana Vreeland as ‘the pied piper of fashion’. Viewed as a master colourist and admired for his choice of sultry fabrics, his great gift was creating lasting styles – described by Vogue as ‘stockpiles of essentials in times of famine’ – that flattered all shapes and sizes. As well as designing wardrobe classics like the ‘Le Smoking’ tuxedo for women, the Safari jacket, the trench and the pea coat, he also dressed international style icons such as Catherine Deneuve, Marella Agnelli and Lauren Bacall. With his nose for the zeitgeist, Saint Laurent recognised the global power of street fashion and launched Rive Gauche, his ready-to-wear boutique line in 1966. Christened ‘The Saint’ by Vogue, every element of his fashion empire, which included exhilarating couture collections, exquisite accessories and sought-after perfumes, was captured by Vogue’s writers and leading photographers like Richard Avedon, David Bailey and Norman Parkinson.
ISBN:
9781849495554
9781849495554
Category:
The arts: general issues
Format:
Hardback, Calendar
Publication Date:
01-09-2015
Publisher:
Quadrille Publishing Ltd
Edition:
1st Edition
Pages:
160
Dimensions (mm):
210x160x21mm
Weight:
0.63kg
Natasha Fraser

Natasha Fraser is a Paris-based luxury expert and author of Loulou de la Falaise (2014), Monsieur Dior (2014), Tino Zervudachi: A Portfolio (2012), and Sam Spiegel (2003).

Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni

Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni is a Paris-based British writer and journalist.

After writing a column for Andy Warhol's Interview magazine in New York, she left for Paris in 1989, where she assisted Karl Lagerfeld in the Chanel Studio.

From 1991–1999 she was at Women's Wear Daily and W magazine and was European Editor of American Harper's Bazaar until 2004.

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