Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Chunky Wood Medallion Studded Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Chunky Wood Medallion Studded Necklace Measurements: Diameter: 2.55 inches (6.5 cms) Length: 28.54 inches (72.5 cms) Features: - 100% Authentic YVES ...
YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Robert Goossens Ebony Wood Textured Gilt Disc Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Ebony Wood Textured Gilt Disc Choker Necklace Features: - 100% authentic YVES SAINT LAURENT by Robert Goossens. - Articulated ebony...
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Oversized Wood Heart Rosary Tassel Belt Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Wood Heart Rosary Tassel Belt Necklace Measurements: Height of Heart: 2.51 inches (6.4 cm) Width of Heart: 1.85 inches (4.7 cm) Wearable Length: 37 in...
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Rive Gauche Rope Tassel & Carved Wood Ball Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT rope tassel necklace featuring seven graduated dark carved wood balls. Adjustable length. Slips on. Embossed YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche. Made in France. Ind...
YSL African Style Gold Coin and Wood Bead Bib Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Oversized YSL bib of unusual genius juxtaposition of dyed wood beads, gilt antique "coin" spacers and glass strass stones. 3 rows of birch toned wood beads are mixed with yellow pate...
Gilt Metal
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent by Robert Goossens Wood Metal Chain Link Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent by Robert Goossens Wood Metal Chain Link Necklace Measurements: Height Large Link: 1.26 inches (3.2 cm) Height Small Link: 0.75 inch (1.9 cm) Length: ...
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Geometric Wood Marquetry Multi Layer Bead Necklac
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Geometric Wood Marquetry Multi Layer Bead Necklace Measurements: Centrepiece Height: 4.13 inches (10.5 cm) Wearable Length: 15.35 inches (39 cm) to 17...
Yves Saint Laurent African Style Wood and Metal Bead Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful African inspired necklace by YSL. Wood beads are mixed with a graphite colored rectangular metal beads.
1970 Yves Saint Laurent YSL Rive Gauche Wood Disc Necklace Belt
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Milan, Italy
This amazing and authentic YVES SAINT LAURENT by Robert Goossens belt is in dark brown rosewood disc with bronze metal tone hardware. It has adjustable hook closure. Excellent vinta...
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Exotic Wood Link Choker Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Exotic Wood Link Choker Necklace Measurements: Centre Wood Medallion: 1.06 inches (2.7 cm) Wearable Length: 15.55 inches (39.5 cm) Features: - 100% a...
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Wood Heart Rosary Tassel Belt Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Wood Heart Rosary Tassel Belt Necklace Measurements: Height of Heart: 2.51 inches (6.4 cm) Width of Heart: 1.85 inches (4.7 cm) Wearable Length: 69.29...
Yves Saint Laurent Sleek Wood Black Leather Pendant Necklace in YSL box c 1990s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in University City, MO
Yves Saint Laurent Sleek wood black leather pendant necklace in YSL golden satin box c 1990s The unique necklace is designed with a larger circular dark wood vanity compact case - pe...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Graduated Wood Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage necklace featuring textured articulated graduated wood and metal discs.
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Graduated Wood Choker Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Graduated Wood Choker Necklace Measurements: Centre Wood Medallion: 1.69inches (1.85 cm) Wearable Length: 15.35 inches (39 cm) to 17.71 inches (45 cm)...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Graduated Wood Choker Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage choker necklace featuring irregular shaped graduated wood and gold toned metal discs.
Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Necklace Wood Heart w/ Horsehair
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Diego, CA
Stunning vintage YSL necklace with black carved wooden heart, and black braided horsehair. Horsehair tassel on bottom of heart. From the Russian collection.
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Wood Bead and Black Velvet Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT necklace featuring natural wood beads and black velvet ribbon.
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Wood Bead and Black Velvet Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT necklace featuring large natural wood beads and black velvet ribbon.
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Heart Graduated Ebony Wood Choker Necklace
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Heart Graduated Ebony Wood Choker Necklace Measurements: Centre Wood Heart: 1.81 inches (4.6 cm) Wearable Length: 14.56 inches to 17.32 inches (37 cm ...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Wood Heart Rope Tassel Extra Long Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT off-white rope tassel necklace featuring natural wood beads and heart. Extra long length.
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Exotic Wood Heart and Tassel Necklace NWT
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage rope necklace featuring a massive sculpted exotic wood pendant and red silk tassel. Unworn condition with original tag. Adjustable length. Embosse...
YVES SAINT LAURENT c.1967 African Collection Wood Ivory Resin Bead Necklace YSL
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Thiensville, WI
Vintage c.1967 Yves Saint Laurent African Collection chunky wood and ivory resin bead necklace. Resin interlocking beads are quar strung and divided with large wood beads.
Rare YSL African Wood Necklace by Tom Ford
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Verviers, BE
Yves Saint Laurent Highly collectable African Necklace, Early 2000, by Tom Ford for YSL. Wood and gold plated metal.
Yves Saint Vintage Laurent Wood Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in US
YSL vintage wood necklace has silver-tone rings, Natural and blue wood beads with a hook closure.
Vintage Wood Bead and Tassel Belt & Necklace
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A vintage wood beads adjustable necklace and belt. Excellent condition. Measurements for waist: 24-30 inches
Set of two Yves Saint Laurent necklaces
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Set of two Yves Saint Laurent necklaces. One is colored with Plum and the other necklace is red. Both are accented with gold hardware. You can wear each alone, or both together.
$395
H 27.5 in W 2 in D 1 in
Japanese Temple Shrine Buddhist Monk Juzu Prayer Wood Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful string of Japanese hand-crafted Buddhist Juzu mala beads made of natural wood. These rosary-type prayer bead necklaces were used by Buddhist monks in temple prayers/ritua...
Wood
Goossens Paris Statement Choker with Black Agate
By Goossens Paris
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
Essaouira Choker A Moroccan theme where Goossens cabochons are revisited as Berber jewelry thanks to the golden brass crafted in a raw way that contrasts with the hard stones and m...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1970s Ball Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT early necklace featuring faux amber and faux horn graduated resin ball beads. Created by the French parurier ROGER SCEMEMA in the 1970s. S hook closure. Embosse...
Yves Saint Laurent Twine Beaded Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent twine necklace featuring bronze colored coin beads and resin beads. Please inquire for additional images.
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Opium Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage OPIUM medallion pendant necklace. Purple passementerie rope and tassel. Marked YSL Made in France. Indicative measurements : length worn (including the t...
Yves Saint Laurent dickey necklace by Yves Saint Laurent circa 1990
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT - A ready-to-wear Collection circa 1990 under the artistic direction of Yves Saint Laurent. Dark-silvery metal articulated dickey necklace ornamented with colorfu...
Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche YSL Vintage Asiatic Inspired Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage Asisatic inspired necklace. This necklace features a gorgeous pendant consisting of a gold toned textured coin, a large faux coral disc and a faux Lapis l...
Yves Saint Laurent African Inspired Multi-Strand Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Geneva, CH
Very rare unusual multi strand necklace recalling certain designs of the dresses from the YSL 1967 haute couture African collection. Crafted with wood, various stones (red jasper and...
Base Metal
Yves Saint Laurent necklace by Roger Scemama Haute Couture circa 1960
By Roger Scemama for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT - A Haute Couture Collection circa 1960 made by the Roger Scemama Atelier for Yves Saint Laurent. Long golden-metal necklace, flower pendant ornamented with resin...
Gilt Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Jewelled Oriental Design Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone oriental design link necklace embellished with clear crystals. Adjustable spring clasp closure. Embossed YSL Made in France. Indicative measur...
Gilt Metal
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Brutalist Tassel Bundle Crystal Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Brutalist Tassel Bundle Iridescent Crystal Necklace Measurements: Height: 5.51 inches (14 cm) Wearable Length: 15.35 inches to 17.32 inches (39 cm to ...
$395
H 22.5 in W 2 in D 0.5 in
Japanese Temple Shrine Buddhist Monk Juzu Prayer Wood Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful string of Japanese hand-crafted Buddhist Juzu mala beads made of natural wood. These rosary-type prayer bead necklaces were used by Buddhist monks in temple prayers/ritua...
Wood
Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Pate de Verre Tassel Coin Necklace, Goossens
By Maison Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in New York, NY
Amazing Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Pate de Verre Tassel Coin Necklace from the 1970's. Maison Goossens manufacture with amazing pate de verre jet beads, gilt fox chain, hammere...
Bronze, Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Jewelled Openwork Scroll Medallion Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold toned medallion necklace featuring an openwork scroll design with crystal embellishement. Lobster clasp closure with extension chain. Embossed YSL M...
$1,825
H 36 in W 1 in D 0.25 in Dm 36 in L 36 in
Christian Dior Gilded Flower and Disc Link Necklace or Belt, 2010s
By Christian Dior
Located in New York, NY
Dior Gilded Flower and Disc Necklace or Belt. Large Flower at top, with lots of discs on links, as follows below. It can be looped at the neck for a choker-like look or worn lower f...
Mixed Metal
$5,825
H 7 in W 2.75 in D 2.75 in Dm 5 in L 13.5 in
Vintage Christian Lacroix Gold Toned Choker Necklace, Enamel, France
By Christian Lacroix
Located in New York, NY
CHRISTIAN LACROIX's rare, massive, ethnic tribal-inspired four-strand gold-toned choker necklace features links and rings. Both ends are made of deep red studded enamel embellished w...
Mixed Metal
New With Box Gucci Tom Ford Suede Horsebit Pump Heels Sz 10
By Gucci
Located in Conroe, TX
Tom Ford for Gucci Brand New * Stunning Horsebit Heels * U.S. Size: 10 * Brown Suede Heels * Gold Horsebit Hardware * Suede Ankle Ties * Leather Footbed * 4" Heel * With Box and Dus...
EPIC John Galliano Evening Gown Black Silk Dress FW 08/09
By John Galliano
Located in Berlin, BE
This black silk evening gown by John Galliano, from his Fall/Winter 08/09 Collection is one of those moments: a love letter to the art of couture at its most theatrical and refined. ...
ROCHAS Parfums Vintage Byzance Tassel Miniature Bottle Necklace
By Rochas
Located in Nice, FR
ROCHAS Parfums vintage BYZANCE blue miniature bottle pendant necklace, featuring gold-tone hardware and a fuchsia pink cord strap with a tassel hanging at the bottom. The bottle sti...
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Glass Ball Net Tassel Pendant Necklace
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Nice, FR
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER ruthenium color metal chain necklace featuring a clear glass ball net pendant and a long black tassel. Slips on (no closure system). Embossed JEAN PAUL GAULTIER....
$1,625
H 1.25 in W 1.25 in D 0.1 in Dm 4.75 in L 13 in
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Black Beaded Choker Necklace, 1960s France
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Black Choker Circa 1977. Vintage Beaded Black Choker with Dangling Poms Poms and Beads. Attributed to Yves Saint Laurent, YSL, but not sign...
Mixed Metal
CHRISTIAN DIOR Vintage J'Adore Gold Tone Wire Choker & Earrings Set
By Christian Dior
Located in Nice, FR
CHRISTIAN DIOR vintage iconic J'ADORE gold tone wire choker necklace and matching clip-on earrings. Created by French designer HERVE VAN DER STRAETEN. CHOKER features : - Embossed ...
Gilt Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Passementerie Tassel Dangling Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage dangling earrings (clip-on) featuring black beaded top, large multifaceted resin bead and black passementerie tassel. Embossed YSL Made in France. Indica...
Christian Dior by John Galliano Vibrant Crochet Coat with Fringe, FW 2002
By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in London, GB
This Christian Dior coat, crafted from mohair, wool, nylon, and jute, features an oversized silhouette with exaggerated, rounded shoulders and a relaxed collar. The coat showcases a ...
Early Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Snake Belt
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Rare Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture snake skin belt from the 1970s. Padded to be 3 dimensional and set with a silvered bronze snake head which serves as the clasp. Unlabeled HC fro...
Christian Dior Boutique Vintage Gold Toned Multi Strand Choker and Earring Set
By Christian Dior
Located in Nice, FR
CHRISTIAN DIOR BOUTIQUE vintage rare and important gold toned multi strand choker necklace and hoop earring set. Simplified model to be compared to the creations of CHRISTIAN DIOR b...
Gilt Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Sealife Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage link necklace featuring a sealife design. Gold tone metal hardware. Toggle clasp. Embossed with YVES SAINT LAURENT cursive signature on the clasp heart ...
Gilt Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Rive Gauche Vintage Multi-Strand Sea Life Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche vintage rare multi-strand sea life necklace featuring hard stones, gold toned hardware and a large 3-dimensional curved wood disc central medallion. H...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Heart Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT pendant necklace featuring a large wood and faux horn heart with black rope. Marked YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche. Indicative measurements : length worn approx....
YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche YSL Black Resin & Crystal Cuff Bracelet
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT black resin cuff bracelet featuring a citrine color crystal. Embossed YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche Made in France. Indicative measurements : inner circumferenc...
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.
Browse an extraordinary collection of vintage Yves Saint Laurent evening dresses, shirts, handbags and other clothing and accessories today on 1stDibs.
We are fortunate to know much of the world’s long and dazzling history of necklaces, as this type of jewelry was so treasured that it was frequently buried with its owners. Today, Van Cleef necklaces, Tiffany necklaces and Cartier necklaces are some of the most popularly searched designer necklaces on 1stDibs.
Lapis lazuli beads adorned necklaces unearthed from the royal graves at the ancient Iraqi civilization of Sumer, while the excavation of King Tut’s burial chamber revealed a sense of style that led to a frenzy of Art Deco designs, with artisans of the 1920s seeking to emulate the elegant work crafted by Ancient Egypt’s goldsmiths and jewelry makers.
In ancient times, pendant necklaces worn by royalty and nobles conferred wealth and prestige. Today, wearing jewelry is about personal expression: Luxury diamond necklaces exude confidence and can symbolize the celebratory nature of a deep romantic relationship, while paper-clip chain-link necklaces designed by the likes of goldsmith Faye Kim are firmly planted in the past as well as the present. Kim works exclusively with eco-friendly gold, and these fashionable, fun accessories owe to the design of 19th-century watch fobs.
For some, necklaces are thought of as being a solely feminine piece, but this widely loved accessory has been gender-neutral for eons. In fact, just as women rarely took to wearing a single necklace during the Renaissance, men of the era layered chains and valuable pendants atop their bejeweled clothing. In modern times, the free-spirited hippie and counterculture movements of the 1960s saw costume-jewelry designers celebrating self-expression through colorful multistrand necklaces and no shortage of beads, which were worn by anyone and everyone.
Even after all of these years, the necklace remains an irrefutable staple of any complete outfit. Although new trends in jewelry are constantly emerging, the glamour and beauty of the past continue to inform modern styles and designs. In a way, the cyclical history of the necklace differs little from its familiar looped form: The celebrated French jewelry house Van Cleef & Arpels found much inspiration in King Tut, and, now, their Alhambra collection is a go-to for modern royals. Vintage David Webb necklaces — whose work landed him on the cover of Vogue in 1950, two years after opening his Manhattan shop — were likely inspired by the ornamental styles of ancient Greece, Mesopotamia and Egypt.
On 1stDibs, browse top designers like Dior, Chanel and Bulgari, or shop by your favorite style, from eye-catching choker necklaces to understated links to pearl necklaces and more.