- Editorial:
- RIZZOLI
- Año de edición:
- 2022
- Materia:
- Moda
- ISBN:
- 978-0-8478-6712-7
- Páginas:
- 288
YSL LEXICON
AN ABC OF THE FASHION, LIFE, AND INSPIRATIONS OF YVES SAINT LAURENT
MARTINA MONDADORI / STEPHAN JANSON
u003cbu003eThe worlds leading authorities on fashion and design celebrate the 60th anniversary of YSLs first runway presentation with a lexicon that includes many images from the designers extraordinary archives.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eYves Saint Laurent (19362008) is credited with reviving French haute couture in the 1960s, with making ready-to-wear reputable, and with using non-European cultural references. In addition to the kaleidoscope of images in this book, a coterie of tastemakers have supplied listings that encompass YSLs style inspirations (C is for Costumes, as exem-plified by the Russian theme of the famed autumn-winter 197677 collection; T is for Tuxedo, which the designer initially referenced with his 1965 Le Smoking) and important facets of his life (J is for Jardin Majorelle, the garden of the couturiers para-disiacal retreat in Marrakech; R is for Rive Gauche, the bohemian, chic neighborhood of Paris where the YSL boutique is situated and also the name of the houses famous perfume launched in 1970). This distillation and celebration of the designers life reveals the inner world of a twentieth-century master.
