Given Ms. Bernhard's propensity to tomahawk a few fashion souls, what she'll end up wearing may not be as captivating as what she'll say. Ms. Bernhard paused. And everything in between is St. John and Kelly Gray. Saint Laurent Copies Himself Last month in Paris, Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture began selling limited copies of some of Mr. Saint Laurent's greatest hits notably, his first women's tuxedo, or le smoking, and his ultrasexy lace-up safari dress from the 1960's. Loulou Klossowski, Mr. Saint Laurent's longtime muse and design assistant, took on the project last fall, beginning with a few signature white silk blouses and adding styles like a shantung blazer, a silk raincoat and, of course, the smoking and the safari.
Furs are on the horizon.
The copies are sold at the Saint Laurent boutique on the Rue du Faubourg St.- Honor . Each item is numbered, and if the boutique does not have a particular size, one can be made in about a week. With vintage looks in demand other houses, like Valentino, have begun to bring back styles and accessories from their archives Ms. Klossowski clearly sees an opportunity. The selling of classic couture styles and accessories, like shoes, at the boutique has been something of a thorn to the Gucci Group, which is trying to create a new image for the brand, but it is not a matter Gucci executives are choosing to comment on. In any case, customers may not mind the confusion as long as they get the look they want.