Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Toned Heart Chain Belt
View Similar Items
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Toned Heart Chain Belt
About the Item
- Designer:
- Brand:
- Place of Origin:France
- Period:
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Tarnishing throughout metal surface (especially friction wear between links), minor gilt fading throughout.
- Seller Location:Nice, FR
- Reference Number:Seller: 25161stDibs: LU25924109811
Yves Saint Laurent
French fashion 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, he 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.
- Gianni Versace Vintage Iconic Medusa Chain Belt Necklace 1990sBy Gianni VersaceLocated in Nice, FRGIANNI VERSACE vintage 1990s iconic gold plated Medusa and Greca chain belt/necklace. Unsigned. Can be worn as a belt or a necklace. Total length is 84 cm (33.07 inches). Length i...Category
20th Century Italian Belts
- Christian Lacroix Wide Peach Suede Leather Belt with Iconic Gold SymbolsBy Christian LacroixLocated in Nice, FRCHRISTIAN LACROIX vintage wide peach suede leather belt featuring iconic gold toned symbols (sun, cross, heart) and C.L. initials. Hook fastening. Marked...Category
20th Century French Belts
- Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Cord Bullet BeltBy Yves Saint LaurentLocated in Nice, FRYVES SAINT LAURENT vintage cord and metal bullet belt. Embossed YSL. One size fits all. BELT CONDITION CHART - New or never worn : item is in pristine c...Category
20th Century French Belts
- Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Toned Heart BeltBy Yves Saint LaurentLocated in Nice, FRYVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold and white passementerie belt featuring a large gold toned heart buckle. Embossed YSL. Indicative measurements : length approx. 79.5 cm (31.30 inches...Category
20th Century French Belts
- Chanel Vintage 1988 Gold Toned Filigree Camelia BeltBy ChanelLocated in Nice, FRCHANEL vintage amazing antiqued gold tone filigree belt featuring iconic camelia design links. Collection season 23 (1988). Hook clasp. Marked CHANEL ...Category
20th Century French Belts
- Vintage Gold Toned Metal Belt with CharmsLocated in Nice, FRGorgeous vintage gold toned metal belt featuring seven charms (heart, cross, sun). Unsigned but close to CHRISTIAN LACROIX work. Hook closure. Extension chain. Indicative measurem...Category
20th Century French Belts
- 1960s Tex Tan Brown Alligator Skin BeltLocated in valatie, NY1960's Tex Tan brown alligator skin belt has a gold tone d-ring notched closure with 5 notches and is lined in brown cowhide. From domestic tanned alligator. Additional measurements...Category
1960s American Belts
- Hermes Belt H Constance 32mm Fauve Barenia /Dark Brown Street Laquer Buckle 95By HermèsLocated in Miami, FLGuaranteed authentic Hermes coveted reversible 32mm Constance H belt featured in rare Fauve Barenia reversible to Dark Brown leather. Paired with the Street Laquer buckle in black. ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Belts
- Judith Leiber Opulent Jeweled Large Scale Gilt Metal Butterfly Belt c 1980sBy Judith LeiberLocated in University City, MOJudith Leiber Opulent crystal encrusted large scale gilt metal butterfly belt c 1980s The massive gilt metal butterfly buckle is embellished with rows of intricate diamante crystals ...Category
1980s American Belts
- Galanos Large Brown Wide Belt With Bronze StudsBy GalanosLocated in Los Angeles, CAGalanos Large Brown Wide Belt With Bronze Studs. Vintage belt from 1980s in excellent condition Measurements: Longest length - 28.3 inches Shortest length - 27 inches Height - 4...Category
1980s American Belts
- Yves Saint Laurent Brown Suède BeltBy Yves Saint LaurentLocated in Los Angeles, CAYves Saint Laurent Brown Suède Belt. Vintage belt from 1980s in excellent condition This YSL belt is from an extensive collection I acquire...Category
1980s French Belts
- Edouard Rambaud Pour Portanera Paris Beige Suède Belt W/ Gold Metal HeartBy Edouard RambaudLocated in Los Angeles, CAEdouard Rambaud Pour Portanera Paris Beige Suède Belt W/ Gold Metal Heart. Vintage Belt from 1990s in excellent condition Measurements: Longest length - 27.5 inches Shortest leng...Category
1990s French Belts
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
How to Spot a Fake YSL Bag
Counterfeiters know that savvy fashionistas cherish YSL bags. Learn how to tell if yours is the real deal. Of course, you don't have to worry about that on 1stDibs, where every seller is highly vetted.
Quiet Luxury May Be Trending, but These Famous Interiors Prove That Quality and Quirk Endure
Because truly timeless design requires personal vision, transcendent taste, real fortitude and top-notch objects, even if the wider world hasn’t caught on yet.