1980s YSL Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Navy Blue Skirt Suit
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Early 1980's Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche navy blue skirt suit. Boxy, slightly cropped jacket with statement shoulder pads, and folded cuffs. Large gold buttons with horizontal sli...
Early 1980s YSL Black Cropped Blazer with Velvet Lapel and Crystal Accents
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Late 1970s, early 1980s YSL Rive Gauche label cropped black evening blazer. The wool gabardine blazer is accented with a black velvet notched lapel and finished with black acetate an...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Large Wheat Shell Domed Chunky Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Unisex Textured Large Wheat Shell Round Hoop Domed Chunky Statement Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. 100% Genuine. Vintage an...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1980s Large Gold Purple Enamel Butterfly Brooch
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1980s Arty Large Purple Enamel Butterfly Brooch, Gold Plated In excellent condition (no scratches, no loss of colour). This is the large brooch. 100% ...
Gold Plate, Enamel
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Large Silver Green Blue Crystals Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Large Double Lake Blue Green Cabochon Oval Rectangle Square Chunky Statement Modernist Clip Earrings, Silver Tone Very good condition. 100% Genui...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Lyre Harp Crystals Music Openwork Brooch
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Elegant Large Lyre Harp Whole Crystals Openwork Music Elegant Modernist Brooch, Gold Tone Very good condition. Very rare. All stones are attached. Not...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Huge Rectangle Ruby Crystals Chunky Gold Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Massive Huge Large Rectangle Ruby Red Cube Clear Crystals Geometric Chunky Statement Modernist Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent conditi...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gripoix Gold Red Ruby Double Sunburst Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1980s Large Gripoix Ruby Red Crystal Double Layer Sunburst Starburst Flower Openwork Chunky Statement Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent ...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Massive Gold Crystals Logo Chunky Drop Exquisite Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Vintage Large Huge Massive Crystals Letter Logo Drop Dangle Elegant Modernist Chunky Statement Exquisite Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent conditio...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Fuchsia Red Crystals Flower Marquise Openwork Brooch
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1980s Flower Fuchsia Purple Violet Red Crystals Marquise Cabochon Openwork Elegant Modernist Brooch, Gold Plated Very excellent condition, not any col...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Massive Gold Large Vivid Large Shell Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Massive Textured Vivid Large Shell Chunky Statement Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. Maybe light scratches or colour loss....
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Brown Openwork Knit Pullover Sweater Top, 1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Munich, DE
Charming Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche vintage sweater in cinnamon-coloured openwork viscose knit from the 1980s. Fitted style with short sleeves and unlined with no closure (pulls ...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Gold Knot Bow Butterfly Ribbon Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Large Knot Bow Ribbon Pendant Foldable Chain Chunky Choker Collar Elegant Modernist Necklace, Gold Plated Very excellent condition. Only colour l...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Silver Heart Love Ribbed Unisex Clip Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Unisex Heart Love Logo Abnormal Ribbed Elegant Modernist Clip Earrings, Silver Tone Very excellent condition. Light scratches or colour loss, barely n...
Silver
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Pearl Swirl Disc Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Pearl Swirl Disc Earrings Measurements: Height: 1.85 inches (4.7 cm) Width: 1.85 inches (4.7 cm) Weight per Earring: 28 grams Feat...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Gold Double Layer Dogwood Flower Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Unisex Large Textured Hammered Dogwood Flower Double Layer Modernist Elegant Chunky Statement Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. ...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Iconic Luxury Haute Couture Triangle Rivet Statement Set
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Unisex High Collection Triangle Rivet Oval Charms Gold Balls Glow Dome Chunky Statement Necklace Earrings Jewellery Set, Gold Tone Very good condition...
Gold Plate, Silver Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Pendant Double Layer Dogwood Flower Brooch
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Unisex Large Hammered Textured Flower Double Layer Dogwood Chunky Statement Elegant Modernist Brooch Pendant, Gold Plated Very excellent conditio...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Massive Large Crystals Heart Love Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Massive Large Whole Shining Sparkling Crystals Heart Love Chunky Statement Elegant Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition. 100% Genuin...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Robert Goossens Gold Fuchsia Red Purple Heart Brooch
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Robert Goossens Vintage Unisex Fuchsia Red Purple Cabochon Heart Love Crystal Elegant Modernist Brooch, Gold Plated Very excellent condition, maybe light scra...
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Lion Polygon Animal Brown Black Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Unisex Large Lion Head Animal Polygon Brown Black Clip Chunky Statement Modernist Earrings, Gold Tone Excellent condition. 100% Genuine. Signed at th...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Gold Textured Sun Flower Domed Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1980s Arty Unisex Textured Large Sunflower Sunburst Sun Dome Dots Elegant Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very good condition. Light scratches or...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gripoix Gold Green Pearls Emerald Amethyst Aqua Earrings
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Robert Goossens Arty Textured Large Gripoix Emerald Ruby Sapphire Green Blue Red Cabochon Crystals White Pearls Triangle Chunky Statement Clip Earrings...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Omega Interlocked Square Curb Link Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1980s Unisex Arty Glow Square Charm Openwork Interlocked Omega Curb Link Chain Chunky Choker Collar Elegant Modernist Necklace, Gold Plated Very excel...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gripoix Citrine Flower Domed Gold Chunky Earrings
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gripoix Citrine Orange Cabochon Six Crystals Pentagram Flower Dome Openwork Chunky Statement Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition. May...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Lava Gold Crystals Nugget Stones Link Chunky Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Robert Goossens Arty Gripoix Unisex Abnormal Nugget Lava Stones Oval Round Circle Crystals Link Chunky Modernist Choker Collar Necklace, Gold Plated V...
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Vintage Gold-Plated Signed YSL Heart Necklace with Faux Pearl Accents
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Ardmore, PA
Vintage Signed Yves Saint Laurent Heart Necklace with Gold-Plated Multi-Strands and Faux Pearl Accents Excellent Condition
Pearl, Gold Plate
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Green Cabochon Black Enamel Snake Chain Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Green Cabochon Black Enamel Snake Chain Necklace Measurements: Height: 1.10 inches (2.8 cm) Wearable Length: 17.32 inches to 19.68 inches (44 cm to 50...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gripoix Red Ruby Gold Cabochon Chunky Earrings
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty 1980s Unisex Asymmetric Triangle Ruby Red Clear Cabochon Crystals Chunky Statement Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition. Only light colou...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gripoix Emerald Sapphire Heart Logo Double Drop Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Heart Love Logo Gripoix Emerald Sapphire Green Navy Blue Cabochon Crystals Double Side Chunky Statement Exquisite Drop Dangle Clip Earrings, Gold...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Gripoix Crystals Gold Hearts Love Link Bracelet
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1980s Arty Gripoix Clear Crystals Hearts Love Interlinked Elegant Bracelet, Gold Tone Very good condition. Light scratches or colour loss at clasp. Ve...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Green Emerald Gold Crystal Square Rectangle Clip Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Rive Gauche Vintage 1980s Arty Green Emerald Cabochon Crystal Textured Dots Square Rectangle Elegant Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition. P...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Gold Ripple Zigzag Hoop Domed Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1980s Arty Textured Large Zigzag Ripple Fire Flame Hoop Domed Chunky Statement Modenrist Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition. Light scratches...
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Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Sun Face Passementerie Belt
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Sun Face Passementerie Belt Measurements: Buckle Height: 3.81 inches (9.7 cm) Total Length: 24.8 inches (63 cm) Features: - 100% A...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Yellow Oval Double Crystals Clip Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Large Double Yellow Citrine Crystals Cabochon Oval Rectangle Square Chunky Statement Modernist Elegant Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good conditi...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Red Ruby Sapphire Emerald Crystals Marquise Leaf Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Ruby Sapphire Emerald Citrine Red Green Blue Yellow Fuchsia Crystals Marquise Leaf Water Tear Drop Openwork Elegant Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Red Ruby Emerald Sapphire Circle Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Ruby Red Emerald Green Sapphire Blue Navy Citrine Yellow Fuchsia Pink Multicolour Round Circle Dome Openwork Elegant Modernist Chunky Statement Cl...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gripoix Large Cross Blue Sapphire Enamel Crystal Brooch
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL by Robert Goossens Vintage Arty Unisex Large Gripoix Navy Cross Enamel Openwork Blue Sapphire Crystal Elegant Chunky Statement Brooch Pendant, Gold Tone Very...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Ruby Love Feather Heart Bow Crystals Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Haute Couture 1984/85 Vintage Arty Red Ruby Clear Heart Bow Crystals Love Leaf Feather Water Tear Drop Pendant Elegant Modernist Choker Collar Necklace, Gold P...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Large Orange Crystal Flower Clover Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Textured Gripoix Orange Crystal Flourish Blossom Flower Clover Chunky Exquisite Elegant Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Plated Very good condition...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Silver Ribbed Textured Chunky Bangle Cuff
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty 1980s Vintage Unisex Large Textured Logo Ribbed Monderist Elegant Chunky Statement Bangle Cuff Bracelet, Silver Tone Very good condition. Light scratches...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Coral Red Gold Orange Cabochon Beads Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1980s Round Circles Large Beads Marble Coral Red Orange Cabochon Flower Drop Pendant Elegant Modernist Necklace, Gold Plated Very excellent condition....
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Yves Saint Laurent Couture Black Illusion Red Sequins Hat YSL, 1989
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Accessory designs are intended to add the finishing touches or accrue shock value. By combining various fabrics, embellishments and textures, Saint Laurent was a master of accessorie...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gripoix Ruby Vintage Large Heart Love Cabochon Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Large Gripoix Ruby Red Heart Love Cabochon Crystal Chunky Statement Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. Come with original box and...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Starfishes Star Textured Vivid Clip Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Massive Large Textured Vivid Starfishes Star Pentagram Modernist Elegant Chunky Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. 100% Genuine. ...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Robert Goossens Ruby Vintage Large Heart Openwork Brooch
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Robert Goossens Unisex Large Two 2 Ruby Red Abnormal Cabochon Stone Circle Heart Love Interlocked Openwork Brooch, Gold Plated Very good condition, only dark ...
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1980s Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Red White Black Link Rope Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.
This is a colourful nautical design rope necklace created by YSL in 1980’s. The piece features red, white and black enamelled metal link details in the centre.
Enamel
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Heart Love Shining Clear Crystals Brooch
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Heart Love Shining Clear Crystals Cube Square Marquise Water Tear Drop Openwork Elegant Modernist Brooch, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. 100...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Robert Goossens Shell Coral Branch White Crystals Brooch
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Robert Goossens Iconic Classic White Coquillage Shell Coral Crystals Branch Elegant Modernist Brooch, Gold Plated Very good condition. Not sure if it is a sma...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Black Pencil Skirt & Gem Clutch Set 1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Resurrection Vintage is excited to offer a vintage Yves Saint Laurent black jacquard pencil skirt with slit pockets at front and a matching evening clutch with yellow stone and embos...
Yves Saint Laurent Floral Silk Long Sleeve Mini Dress YSL, 1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Saint Laurent's ability to make globally inspired designs by melding several aesthetics into one beautifully articulated garment is a hallmark of the renowned designer, as can be s...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Massive Large Chunky Vivid Shell Clip Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL 1980s Vintage Arty Unisex Massive Large Vivid Shell Chunky Modernist Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very good condition. Light scratches or colour loss, barely noti...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Ruby Emerald Sapphire Dome Openwork Gold Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty 3D Vivid Textured Ruby Emerald Sapphire Citrine Pink Red Blue Navy Green Multicolour Round Circle Dome Openwork Elegant Modernist Chunky Statement...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Haute Couture Turquoise Heart Coral Lapis Marquise 3 Set
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Robert Goossens Vintage Turquoise Blue Green Heart Coral Orange Lapis Navy Blue Foil Marquise Stones Cabochon Exquisite Chunky Collar Choker Pendant Necklace B...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Long Leaf Feather Bow Heart Crystals Brooch
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Symmetric Long Leaf Feather Bow Heart Whole Shining Crystals Chunky Elegant Brooch, Gold Tone Very good condition. Not any stones lost. Very rare to f...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Gold Gripoix Red Ruby Thistle Chunky Brooch Pendant
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty 1980s Gripoix Ruby Red Thistle Flower Pineapple Jelly Belly Pendant Elegant Brooch, Gold Plated Very excellent condition. Not any scratches or co...
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1980s Yves Saint Laurent/YSL Black Leather Gloves with Gold Studs
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Gorgeous Yves Saint Laurent black leather gloves from the 1980s. Contrasting gold trim and gold studs. Lined in 100% silk. Made in Italy. Excellent vintage condition. Fit like a US 7...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gripoix Gold Red Ruby Green Bow Octagon Patchwork Brooch
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gripoix Ruby Octagon Rectangle Crystal Green Red Enamel Patchwork Knot Bow Tie Brooch, Gold Plated Very excellent condition, only one dark spot at bac...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Unisex Vintage Rare Gold Large Leaf Clover Statement Cuff
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Unisex Massive Huge Large Shamrock Four 4 Leaf Clover Chunky Statement Monderist Elegant Bangle Cuff Bracelet, Gold Tone Very good condition. Lig...
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Rare Gold Large White Pearl Flower Chunky Brooch
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Huge Large Double Layer Flower White Pearl Elegant Chunky Brooch, Gold Tone Excellent condition. Very rare to find. 100% Genuine. Signed on the ...
Gold Plate
French designer Yves Saint Laurent pioneered “cross-design” in fashion, taking inspiration from street trends to modernize haute couture.
Saint Laurent was the first to launch a ready-to-wear label, YSL Rive Gauche Prêt-à-Porter. He was the first couturier to open boutiques for both men and women. Using traditional menswear fabrics and designs for women, Saint Laurent also literally cross-dressed, giving men and women alike chic pant suits, elegant tuxedo jackets and urban safari gear.
By blurring gender-specific design, Saint Laurent empowered individual style while creating a scissor-sharp fashion aesthetic of sensual ease and beauty. Many of his designs are today considered timeless classics. Saint Laurent also consistently used Black models, like Mounia, Iman and Naomi Campbell, and he drew endless inspiration from different ethnicities and cultures, in no small part because of his Algerian roots.
Born to French parents in Oran, Algeria, in 1936, Saint Laurent went to Paris at age 17 to study fashion at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Just two years later, in 1955, his remarkable sketches were shown to Christian Dior, then the world’s reigning couturier, who hired him immediately.
Surprisingly soon thereafter, Dior publicly chose Saint Laurent as his successor, which sadly proved prescient when the fashion legend died unexpectedly, in 1957. A mere slip of a youth, the 21-year-old Saint Laurent was nevertheless up to the challenge. He shook the traditional couture clientele to its core with youthful silhouettes and styles like the A-line trapeze dress that hung with seeming effortlessness from the shoulders, the antithesis of the pinched waists and molded skirts that had been all the rage after the deprivations of World War II.
After a mandated spell in the torturous French military, Saint Laurent suffered a nervous breakdown and was dismissed by Dior in 1962. Out of the ashes rose the Age of Yves. With Pierre Bergé, his then-lover who became his lifelong business partner and friend, the designer founded Yves Saint Laurent YSL to encompass prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear. In 1966, they opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand.
His revolutionary Mondrian mini dress from 1965 is a core element of his fashion biography. It is a prime example of how Saint Laurent, an avid art lover and collector, looked to painters, from Goya to Picasso, Ingres to Matisse, for inspiration.
With its pure lines and hues, Mondrian’s ground-breaking 1935 color-block painting Composition C transmutes beautifully into a dress that is highly valued by collectors of contemporary fashion and widely copied commercially to this day. The design is the epitome of Saint Laurent’s aesthetic, requiring a meticulous hand-piecing of each color block so that, despite the body’s curves, the visual plane is as flat as a canvas when the garment is worn. Mondrian’s purity met its match in Saint Laurent.
“I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style,” Saint Laurent said four years before retiring, in 2002. After a long period of ill health, he died at his home in Paris on June 1, 2008.
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