Yves Saint Laurent Boots Knee High Brown Pony Croc Textured Sz 8.5 M Vintage
View Similar Items
Yves Saint Laurent Boots Knee High Brown Pony Croc Textured Sz 8.5 M Vintage
About the Item
- Designer:
- Brand:
- Dimensions:Marked Size: 8.5 M (US)
- Style:contemporary (In the Style Of)
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Port Saint Lucie, FL
- Reference Number:Seller: Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Pony Boots Knee High 8.5M1stDibs: LU407216637842
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.
- Jimmy Choo Heels Black Stiletto Pumps 247 Alia Suede Leather with BoxBy Jimmy ChooLocated in Port Saint Lucie, FLHere's a pair of chic black suede stiletto pumps from Jimmy Choo. From their 247 collection, this is the Alia in black suede, with a 3.5in heel. Perfect for day or evening, these retailed for $625 + tax. Preowned with minimal signs of prior wear: some light rubs to the suede and some wear to the soles (see images 9 - 12). Tagged IT 38, Jimmy Choo indicates on their size chart...Category
2010s Italian High Heels
- Michael Kors Black Patent Platforms Sandals Size 37.5 NOS NWOBBy Michael KorsLocated in Port Saint Lucie, FLAuthentic, preowned Michael Kors Black Patent Platform Sandals, size 7.5. Definitely a retro Studio 54 vibe with these platforms! Black patent leathe...Category
Early 2000s Italian High Heels
- Saint Laurent Candy Platforms Silver Glitter Sandals Hedi Slimane NIB Sz 39By Yves Saint Laurent, Saint LaurentLocated in Port Saint Lucie, FLGet your disco on!! New in box and never worn, Yves Saint Laurent Candy Platforms in size 39, designed by Hedi Slimane. Leather uppers and black & ...Category
2010s Italian High Heels
- Balenciaga Nicolas Ghesquière Mary Jane Platforms Wood Leather Sz 8 F/W 2006By BalenciagaLocated in Port Saint Lucie, FLIconic Balenciaga Mary Jane Brown Leather Platforms with Wood Inserts F/W 2006 by Nicolas Ghesquière. Tagged size 38, with heels measuring appx 6in ...Category
Early 2000s Italian High Heels
- Gucci Platform Shoes Black Patent Leather Ankle Strap Wood Heel in Box sz 38By GucciLocated in Port Saint Lucie, FLPreowned, authentic Gucci patent leather Mary Jane heels with wooden platforms, from the 2009 collection. Made from black patent leather, they fasten a skinny strap at the ankle and...Category
Early 2000s Italian High Heels
- Chanel Pumps Heels Black Leather and Patent Cap Toe CC Logo Size 39.5 with BoxBy ChanelLocated in Port Saint Lucie, FLHere's a pair of chic high heel pumps from Chanel. Made from black leather, they feature CC logos at the outer heel, patent leather cap toes and a silver metallic detailing at the h...Category
Early 2000s Italian High Heels
- Chanel Black Leather Heeled Booties with Front Camellia - 40By ChanelLocated in West Palm Beach, FLChanel Black Leather Heeled Booties with Front Camellia - 40 These shoes are in excellent with very minor wear on the bottoms. They are leather with zippers on both sides of the s...Category
Early 2000s French Shoes
- Hermes Leather and Suede T38 BootsBy HermèsLocated in Paris, FRBlack boots brick leather and suede Hermès. Size 38. with a strap around the ankle. Connecting zipper on the side. Height of the heel 12 cm, height of shank 12.5 cm, height of platfo...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Shoes
- New Tom Ford for Gucci F/W 1999 Velvet Onyx Beaded Knee Boots It 37 - US 7By Gucci, Tom Ford for GucciLocated in Montgomery, TXTom Ford for Gucci Runway Black Onyx Beaded Velvet Knee Boots Vintage F/W 1999 Collection Designer size 37 C - US 7 C ( size 37.5 in used condition also available ) Sexy and Elegant ...Category
1990s Italian Boots
- Chloé Rylee leather over-the-knee bootsBy ChloéLocated in Krakow, PLThere's no mistaking the underlying equestrian theme that has run through Chloé's collections since the beginning - something that Creative Director Natacha Ramsay-Levi continues to ...Category
2010s Boots
- GIANVITO ROSSI navy blue suede STILO Ankle Boots Shoes 36By Gianvito RossiLocated in Zürich, CH100% authentic Gianvito Rossi 'Stilo' pointed-toe ankle boots in navy blue suede. Have been worn once and are in excellent condition. Imprinted Size 36 Shoe Size 36 Inside Sole 23c...Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Boots
- GIANVITO ROSSI petrol blue suede Over Knee Crusader Boots Shoes 37By Gianvito RossiLocated in Zürich, CHauthentic Gianvito Rossi over-knee boots in petrol suede with bow detail on the back. Have been worn with a long faint dark spot on the top-part of the right boot. Overall in very go...Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Boots
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.