Vogue on
Subtitle: Yves Saint Laurent
By: Natasha Fraser Cavassoni
Series: Vogue on; Vogue on
Publisher: Quadrille
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781849495554
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Fashion designers; Fashion; History; Pictorial works
Other titles: Yves Saint Laurent
Description: Originally born in Algeria, Yves Saint Laurent moved to Paris when he was 18, and only three years later he was handpicked by Christian Dior to take the reins as designer of his fashion house. Over time, Saint Laurent resur- rected haute couture from the casual mores that predominated in the 1960s, but also offered chic cachet to ready-to-wear clothing. He was among the earliest of designers to incorporate non- European references into his work, and in 1983 he became the first living designer to be feted with a solo exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Vogue on Yves Saint Laurent is a stellar volume in the series from the editors of British Vogue, featuring 20,000 words of original biography and history and studded with more than 80 images from their unique archive of images taken by leading photographers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.