YVES SAINT LAURENT Russian faux persian lamb jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Very rare Russian collection Cossack style coat from Yves Saint Laurent. Ca.1976. Material made to
YVES SAINT LAURENT Russian faux persian lamb jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Very rare Russian collection Cossack style coat from Yves Saint Laurent. Ca.1976. Material made to
Yves Saint Laurent Russian Collection Documented Suede Leather Tassel Bag, 1990s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Boca Raton, FL
In 1976, Yves Saint Laurent created a collection inspired by Léon Bakst’s remarkable costume
1970s Yves Saint Laurent YSL Green Paisley Challis Wool Russian Peasant Skirt
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Boca Raton, FL
style having significant impact on high-end fashion. In 1976 Yves Saint Laurent revealed his “Russian
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Russian Collection Red suede Black Gold belt, 1970s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Boca Raton, FL
In 1976 Yves Saint Laurent debuted what has become known as his Russian collection. Incorporating
Velvet coat by Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche - Ballets Russes Opera collection
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Toulon, FR
Circa 1976 - 1978 France Raven black cut velvet coat jacket by Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche from
1970s Yves Saint Laurent YSL Russian Collection Purple Suede Vintage 70s Belt
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare 1970s YVES SAINT LAURENT ( from the famed 1976 YSL Russian Collection ) purple suede leather
Rare Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Burgundy Velvet 1970s Jumpsuit
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare 70s vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche burgundy / maroon velvet jumpsuit! I have never
Luc Benoit 1970s Alligator Crocodile Cognac Brown 70s Vintage Bangle Bracelet
By Luc Benoit
Located in San Diego, CA
day to night, an dis extremely versatile. The pictured YVES SAINT LAURENT ( YSL ) 1976 Russian
Vintage Escada by Margaretha Ley Autumnal Open Front Paisley Mohair Cardigan
By Escada, Margaretha Ley
Located in San Diego, CA
. POCKETS at both sides of the waist. Looks great alone or belted (the pictured vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT
VINTAGE 1970s TWO-PIECE CORSET TOP ENSEMBLE
Located in New York, NY
Saint Laurent Fall 1976 "Ballet Russes" collection. It features a black lace-up bustier top, and an A
Yves Saint Laurent Russian inspired ensemble, circa 1976
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in London, GB
Yves Saint Laurent's 1976 Russian Collection revolutionised the course of fashion around the world
Yves Saint Laurent 1970s Russian inspired Vintage Black Fur Hat
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Portland, OR
This is a great vintage Yves Saint Laurent 1976/77 hat will give you instant style this Winter
Yves Saint Laurent Cape from the Russian Collection, 1976
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Rare Yves Saint Laurent hooded cape in aubergine / purple color from the Russian collection, 1976
Textile
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1976 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Gown
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Hamburg, Deutschland
1976 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Gown. Black velvet, soft green satin puff sleeves,and rose
Yves Saint Laurent Russian Collection 1976 Shoulder Purse
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Berlin, DE
Yves Saint Laurent Opéra Ballets Russes collection 1976 shoulder purse. Irregular hexagon shaped
Yves Saint Laurent Russian Collection Black Velvet Coat 1976
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Berlin, DE
Yves Saint Laurent one of the most famous Russian Ballet collection black velvet Coat from 1976
Yves Saint Laurent Original 1976 New Years Card , framed
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Cloverdale, CA
Each year, Yves Saint Laurent would personally illustrate a New Years Card for his close friends
Documented 1976 Yves Saint Laurent Russian Brown Velvet Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Portland, OR
This is an iconic vintage Yves Saint Laurent chocolate brown velvet jacket with black taffeta
Saint Laurent Rive Gauche 1976 russian style dress
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Paris, IDF
Model from the famous "Opera-ballets russes"' collection, one of the most beautiful of YSL. The 'New York Times' wrote about this collection and called it revolutionary and changed t...
1976 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Silk Chiffon Top
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Rockwood, ON
This would have been designed and created under the eye of Yves himself for that famous 'Opéra Les Ballets Russes' collection and this has the added specialness of coming directly fr...
1976-1977 Saint Laurent Black Skirt From The Russian Collection
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in PARIS, FR
- Saint Laurent skirt from the Russian collection of Fall-Winter 1976-1977 - Velvet upper part
Yves Saint Laurent Documented Gold Metallic Lame Set, 1976-1977
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Rockwood, ON
The almost identical ensemble to this one was recently featured in the exhibit Yves Saint Laurent
1976 Yves Saint Laurent Burgundy Wool Documented Russian Inspired Cossack Coat
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Portland, OR
This 1976 YSL burgundy red wool Cossack style coat is an iconic piece from Yves Saint Laurent. This
Vintage 1976 Yves Saint Laurent Russian Collection Burgundy Velvet Vest & Pants
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
: 27 inchses Hips: 38 inches Total Length: 38 inches Inseam: 27 inches This 1976 Yves Saint Laurent
1976 Yves Saint Laurent Couture Russian Collection Black Broadtail Fur Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
inches Total Length:33 inches This 1976 Yves Saint Laurent Fourrures Couture coat is in excellent
1976 Yves Saint Laurent Paisley Cotton Billow-Sleeve Bohemian Peasant Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Breathtaking Yves Saint Laurent paisley woven-cotton and velvet dress from the infamous 1976 Rive
1976 Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Rare Coat from Russian Ballet
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare coat designed by Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche for the Russian Ballet of 1976, braided
Vintage 1976 Yves Saint Laurent YSL Rive Gauche Russian Collection Hooded Coat
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Toronto, ON
Vintage 1976 Yves Saint Laurent YSL Rive Gauche Russian Collection Hooded Coat. Greyish blue and
1976 Yves Saint Laurent Runway Ruby-Red & Black Corset Peasant Dress Ensemble
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Seductive Yves Saint Laurent designer ruby-red and black two piece cotton dress ensemble from his
Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture 1976 Navy Blue Wool Coat w Sheared Mink Trim
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Portland, OR
Anyone who knows and loves vintage Yves Saint Laurent fashion will be obsessed with this Haute
1976 Yves Saint Laurent Embroidered Black Velvet Bohemian Russian Jacket & Skirt
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This exquisite Yves Saint Laurent embroidered jacket and skirt ensemble is from the infamous Rive
YSL Rive Guache 1976 Ruffled Poet Sleeve Peasant Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Cloverdale, CA
The original Hippy Chic, YSL Peasant collection paisley dress, circa 1976. This is so romantic
70's Yves Saint Laurent Russian Collection Ensemble
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Hamburg, Deutschland
1976 Yves Saint Laurent Russian Collection Ensemble. Skirt,blouse,vest and belt. Size
Yves Saint Laurent long layered Paisley gypsy skirt, Fall Winter 1976
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in London, GB
Laurent’s 1976 Spring/Summer Russian collection was colorful, lively and bright. Several styles co-existed
Yves Saint Laurent gypsy-inspired floral motif cotton blouse. circa 1970s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in London, GB
Yves Saint Laurent's 1976 Russian Collection revolutionised the course of fashion around the
Yves Saint Laurent Russian collection suede jacket, circa 1976
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in London, GB
had on his imagination and designs. The Russian collection of Fall/Winter 1976-1977, Saint Laurent
1976-77 Yves Saint Laurent Red Russian Collection Skirt
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Rockwood, ON
Laurent, YSL Runway, Vogue 1976, Guy Bourdin for Vogue 1976 This garment has been professionally cleaned
1976 Yves Saint Laurent Navy-Blue Embroidered Velvet Bohemian Russian Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This exquisite Yves Saint Laurent embroidered velvet jacket is from the infamous Rive Gauche
A/W 1976-1977 Yves Saint Laurent Corduroy Russian Collection Coat
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Rockwood, ON
" from waist to hem Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML Reference Photos: A/W 1976-1977 Yves Saint Laurent
1976 Yves Saint Laurent Floral-Print Cotton Peasant Blouse & Belted Skirt Set
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Breathtaking Yves Saint Laurent colorful floral garden print cotton ensemble from the infamous Rive
Saint Laurent chocolate corduroy Russian coat with quilted lining.Winter 1976-77
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in London, GB
That Yves Saint Laurent is one of the most influential designers of the 20th century is
A/W 1976 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Floral Pattern Velvet Skirt Set
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A/W 1976 Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture black velvet skirt set with green and yellow floral
Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Russian Collection Corset Lace Top Size 0 / 2, 1976
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Atlanta, GA
Iconic vintage Yves Saint Laurent by Saint Laurent Rive Gauche black cotton corset top from the
Sold|$1,137
1970s Yves Saint Laurent Burgundy Wool Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A ca. 1976 Yves Saint Laurent burgundy wool cape with voluminous capelet style sleeves. The cape
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent Russian Burgundy Red Velvet Jacket & Skirt Suit
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Portland, OR
1976 but it is from the later 1970's or early 1980's. Saint Laurent often repeated styles from this
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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