Dior, Two Girls in dresses by DIor's new designer Yves St. Laurent, BW, 1958
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Dior, Two Girls in dresses by DIor's new designer Yves St. Laurent, BW, 1958 Image size is 22" x 22" (for 24" x 36" paper size).
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Dior, Two Girls in dresses by DIor's new designer Yves St. Laurent, BW, 1958
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Dior, Two Girls in dresses by DIor's new designer Yves St. Laurent, BW, 1958 Image size is 40" x 40" (for 44" x 44" paper size).
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Dior, Two Girls in dresses by DIor's new designer Yves St. Laurent, BW, 1958
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Dior, Two Girls in dresses by DIor's new designer Yves St. Laurent, BW, 1958 Image size is 32" X 32" (for 36" X 36" paper size).
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Dior, Two Girls in dresses by DIor's new designer Yves St. Laurent, BW, 1958
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Dior, Two Girls in dresses by DIor's new designer Yves St. Laurent, BW, 1958 Image size is 16" x 16" (for 17" x 22" paper size).
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Dior, Two Girls in dresses by DIor's new designer Yves St. Laurent, BW, 1958
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Dior, Two Girls in dresses by DIor's new designer Yves St. Laurent, BW, 1958 Image size is 10" x 10" (for 11" x 17" paper size).
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Yves St. Laurent - Tom Ford Dress
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sleeves feature cut out shoulder. Hem is gathered with a band around the hem. A velvet bow accentuates the elastic waist. Shoulder to shoulder measures 14.5 inches. Sleeve length...
1990's Yves St. Laurent Rive Gauche Black Silk Gazar Evening Gown
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Francisco, CA
The feel of Audrey Hepburn's iconic style is inherent in this elegant, black silk bazar evening gown. It is symbolic of the effortless style of Miss Hepburn which remains classic and...
Yves St. laurent Smock Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves St. Laurent, red crepe, "smock" dress with satin yoke and pin tucking detail on bodice.
Yves St. Laurent Wool Challis Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves St. Laurent multi colored paisley/floral pattern wool challis tent shaped day dress with black passementerie closures.
Yves St. Laurent Silk Day Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves St. Laurent, printed, silk crepe, day dress with smocking detail at the neckline.
Yves St. laurent Stripe Day Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves St. Laurnet, silk, multi colored, striped, shirt waist style, pleated day dress with tie at neck and stitched down pleats at the hips.
Yves St. Laurent
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves St. Laurent teal, cotton gauze, peasant style, 1970's dress with smocked bodice,flounced off the shoulder neckline and hem.
Yves St Laurent Sea Creatures Day Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves St. Laurent cotton day dress with colorful "sea creatures" print.
Yves St. Laurent Jersey Grecian Style Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves St. laurent, navy blue, jersey, "Grecian" style dress, with draped bodice and one shoulder.
Yves St. Laurent Palm Print SIlk Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves St. Laurent, silk,black and white, graphic, palm pattern, day dress.
Yves St. Laurent Red and Black Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
YSL black and red, long sleeve, print crepe, day dress with neck tie.
Yves St. laurent Cobolt Blue Day Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
YSl, cobolt blue, crepe,short sleeve, wrap style day dress with stitched down pleats at the hip and loose pleating starting at the thigh and ending at the hem
Yves St. Laurent Shirtdress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves St. Laurent, lightweight, gaberdine, button down shirt dress, with pocket and ivory textured silk pointed collar and cuffs.
Yves St. Laurent Nautical Inspired dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves St. Laurent navy + white heavy cotton, horizontal stripe "sailor" dress with puff sleeves + box pleating.
Yves St Laurent silk gauze sack dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Yves St Laurent silk gauze sack dress...The perfect warm weather dress...Abstract print in lavender and white...Loop & button front with interior drawstring and tie at the lower nec...
Yves St Laurent Cream Day Dress, Circa 1980
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a cream colored cotton day dress by Yves Saint Laurent, from the 1980's. The dress has 22" sleeves, shoulder pads, and buttons on the shoulder.
This cream day ...
Yves St. Laurent One Shoulder Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
YSL multi tone, silk one shoulder, long, fitted, dress, with tie detail at the shoulder and asymmetric flounce.Vibrant tones of fuchsia. purple, red, green and orange on a black back...
Yves St. Laurent Velvet Cocktail Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves St. Laurent, black velvet, dress with side jeweled button closure, asymmetric neckline and curved hem details.
Yves St Laurent Le Smoking Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in New Hope, PA
This Yves St Laurent Rive Gauche Le Smoking dress is a variation on the classic couture suit.
Yves St Laurent YSL floral print day dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Yves St Laurent modernist print silk dress…Blue figured silk ground with an autumnal print of fruits & leaves, done in gold and white…Button front bodice has elbow length raglan slee...
Yves St. Laurent For Stofell Cotton Brocade Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
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Yves St Laurent silk ruffle trim print wrap dress 1970s
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Yves St Laurent silk ruffle trimmed print dress 1970s...Silk ruffle shoulder wrap front dress in a unique print that has a black background and is printed with red abstract circles, ...
Yves St. Laurent Red Long Sleeve Wool Dress, Circa 1980
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a long sleeve red wool dress by Yves Saint Laurent, from the late 1980's. The dress has for gold rhinestone buttons on the front, a drop waist, and a zipper up the back. S...
Yves St. Laurent Rive Gauche Front Zipper Dress Size 42
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a Yves St. Laurent Rive Gauche dress. It features a front zipper, long sleeves, and classic design.
Yves St. Laurent Chiffon Couture Gown
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves St. laurent couture, grecian style, layered chiffon, evening gown in tones of orange, and red....Body of dress is an orange, gathered, open neckline with an attached sheer red ...
Yves. St. Laurent Dramatic Strapless Gown
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves St. laurent matte jersey, strapless gown, with a "v" detail at bust and slit up the the middle front.
Yves St. Laurent Velvet and Taffeta Gown
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves St. Laurent evening gown made of a velvet bodice and taffeta
skirt. Bodice is boat neckline with long slim sleeves, fitted and ends at the hip. ( dropped waist). Skirt is...
1971 Yves St Laurent Liberation collection black crepe sequin dress
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Yves St Laurent, Rive Gauche, 1971 Liberation collection black sequin 1940s inspired dress...Black satin backed crepe dress in a 1940s silhouette with deep plunge neckline, lapped sl...
Yves St. Laurent Purple Chiffon Couture Evening Gown
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
YSL couture purple, layered chiffon evening gown. Dress has three layers of flowing chiffon. The first 2 layers are purple and the last layer is a chocolate brown. Dress is a simple ...
Yves St Laurent floral coup de velours dress blue & green
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Silky Green & blue coup de velours dress from Yves St Laurent, Rive Gauche 1970s...Princess seamed dress has a flared hem...Scoop neckline, 3/4 length sleeves shoulder is slightly ga...
Yves St. Laurent Blue Wool Skirt and Cape Ensemble Size 40
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a spectacular Yves St. Laurent ensemble. The set is composed of a superb wool in a blue hue with black accent. The skirt features center front button closures. Measures (...
Yves St. Laurent Chiffon Evening Gown
Located in New York, NY
Yves St.Laurent rust, strapless, chiffon evening gown. Bodice is slightly empire; has a velvet, horizontal, pleated panel with chiffon ruched sides and back. Skirt has multi level pl...
YVES ST LAURENT Vintage 80's Silk Envelope Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest
Yves St Laurent 100% silk Black & White dot envelope dress Slide pockets on both sides of the dress Measurements taken flat in inches.
YSl Chiffon Maxi Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves St. laurent, olive green chiffon, maxi dress.
1980s Yves St Laurent YSL cotton print shirt dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Spring violets make this little cotton shift dress from Yves St Laurent Rive Gauche long for some sunny warm days...A great dress for summer with it's easy style...Silky cotton in a ...
Yves St Laurent black silk bow back sheath dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Yves St Laurent black bow back sheath dress...Chic dress in textured black silk is sleeveless and has an extended shoulder...Slightly fitted with seamed panels...The neckline feature...
1970s Yves St Laurent hot pink silk dot 1940s inspired dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
1970s Yves St Laurent hot pink silk dot 1940s inspired dress...Pull on style dress, has long sleeves with banded cuffs, wide flared collar with deep v front...Obi style waist wrap, s...
Yves St Laurent 70's "Jardin des Majorelles" Inspired Cotton Summer Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest
Cute summer dress by the irreplaceable Yves St Laurent. Measurements taken flat in inches Sh to SH 11"(x2) - Ua to Ua 18"(x2) - Waist Free - Hips Free - Total Length 47" This dres...
Yves St Laurent YSL linen caftan 1970s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Yves St Laurent Rive Gauche loose fitting white linen caftan from the 1970s...Maxi length caftan with square neckline, long full sleeves, double welt seams at front and back...Pull o...
Vintage Yves St. Laurent Polka Dot Short Sleeve Silk Dress Sz 38
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Studio City, CA
Vintage YSL 100% silk black with red, blue, green and white, polka dot day dress. Features two ties at the neck, slight shoulder pads with a full gathered short sleeve, drop pleats a...
1970's St Laurent Flower Silk Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Water Mill, NY
A great lavender silk dress from the master Yves St. Laurent in red, gold green and black combination of lines and flowers.
Tom Ford for Yves St Laurent Lace up Safari Dress SS 2002
By Yves Saint Laurent, Tom Ford
Located in Water Mill, NY
A fabulous fine black polished cotton dress by Tom Ford for Yves St. Laurent. As a nod to St.
Yves St Laurent black velvet & taffeta fitted bodice flare hem cocktail dress
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Yves St Laurent black velvet & taffeta fitted bodice flare hem cocktail dress from the 1980s...The long line bodice is black velvet, there is a narrow taffeta ruffle at the top edge....
Yves St Laurent for Christian Dior 1960s Dress and Coat
By Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Water Mill, NY
An amazing purple wool dress and coat set from Yves St Laurent YSL for Christian Dior.
Vintage Yves St Laurent chic black crepe and satin cocktail dress 1990s unworn
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Yves St Laurent black crepe and satin cocktail dress 1990s...This chic classic dress has a V neckline front, long sleeves with padded shoulders, jewel buttons at the shaped ...
1970s Yves St Laurent 1970s peasant collection black bustier & tiered skirt set
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Yves St Laurent 1970s rich peasant collection, black velvet corset & tiered black taffeta skirt…The corset top is velvet and trimmed in black taffeta cord, laced at the front with bl...
80's Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Polka Dot Tie Neck Secretary Dress Size 42
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a wonderful Yves St. Laurent. This dress is an amazing black and white polka dot print.
YVES ST LAURENT Vintage Silk Red Roses Print Dress
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage 80's YSL red roses print silk dress. Perfect for summer. Zip closure on the side, slide pockets on both sides. Red Roses are printed on a very subtle powder color background...
YVES ST LAURENT Burgandy Velvet Bolero & Dress Set
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ladylike YVES ST LAURENT Burgandy Velvet Bolero & Dress Set 1960s Dress has side zipper.
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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