Silk and lurex damasked skirt-suit Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
About the Item
- Designer:
- Brand:
- Dimensions:Length: 22.84 in (58 cm)Marked Size: 40 (EU)Bust: 35.44 in (90 cm)Waist: 33.08 in (84 cm)Hip: 37.8 in (96 cm)
- Style:1980 (Of the Period)
- Period:
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Extras informations: - sleeves's lenght =56 cm - cuff diameter = 26 cm - Built = 41 cm Deep purple Silk lining Skirt: - Total lenght = 62 cm - waist= 68 cm - hips = 90 cm - split lenght = 24 cm Silk lining.
- Seller Location:Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
- Reference Number:
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Visionary French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent was the first to launch a ready-to-wear label, YSL Rive Gauche Prêt-à-Porter. The inaugural Rive Gauche boutique — a modern shop in Paris’s bustling, bohemian Left Bank district — offered stylish garments and accessories that were intended to be affordable for a younger generation of fashion enthusiasts. The store featured Mies van der Rohe chairs and played host to actor Catherine Deneuve during its grand opening.
Saint Laurent pioneered “cross-design” in fashion, taking inspiration from street trends to modernize haute couture. He was the first couturier to open boutiques for both men and women. Using traditional menswear fabrics and designs for women, he 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 — Rive Gauche is French for “left bank” — followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Ready-to-wear materialized during a period of dynamic transformation and experimentation and came to dominate the Paris fashion scene. 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.
The vintage YSL Rive Gauche clothing for sale on 1stDibs includes evening dresses and gowns, jackets, shoes, handbags and other items.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, France
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
- Coat and trouser ensemble in grey wool Thierry Mugler CoutureBy Thierry Mugler CoutureLocated in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FRCoat and trouser ensemble in grey wool.Belt on the coat, lenght= 140 cm. No lining but piping inside. Box pleat on the middle back. Size 42 (It) 38 (Fr) MCategory
Late 20th Century French Suits, Outfits and Ensembles
- Jacket and backless dress in polka dots shantung Lucile Manguin 1952'sBy Lucile ManguinLocated in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FRJacket and backless dress in polka dots shantung. No lining. Zip and buttons in the middle, front. Asymmetrical jacket short in the front and long in the back. Pockets on both side, ...Category
1950s French Suits, Outfits and Ensembles
- Top and skirt metallic pattern 70's Paco RabanneBy Paco RabanneLocated in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FRTop and skirt metallic patternCategory
1970s Suits, Outfits and Ensembles
- Black&white rayon jacquard knit sleeveless dress and cardigan ensemble MissoniBy MissoniLocated in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FRBlack & white rayon knit sleeveless dress and cardigan ensemble. Silk lining inside the dress only. SIZE 44( Cardigan) and 42 ( Dress)Category
Early 2000s Italian Suits, Outfits and Ensembles
- White skirt-suit with green feathers print Thierry MuglerBy Thierry MuglerLocated in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FRWhite skirt-suit with green feathers print . Double-breasted's jacket with thin shoulder-pad and snap covered with fabric. Cut-work. Fabric composition: 95% rayon, 5% silk. SIZE 38 (Fr) 8 or M (Us) The skirt fit more like...Category
Late 20th Century French Skirt Suits
- White tweed skirt- suit with owl 's branded button ChanelBy ChanelLocated in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FRWhite tweed skirt- suit with owl 's branded button. Shoulder pad. Chain inside the jacket in the bottom edge. Fabric composition: 63% cotton 18% polyamide 12% polyethylene 7% rayon B...Category
2010s French Skirt Suits
- Gianfrance Ferre Studio Vintage Dress with Trousers for Evening Day or BeachBy Gianfranco FerréLocated in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NLIs this an exceptional cocktaildress, an evening dress or a beachdress? You can wear it any time! Both dress and trousers fully lined. Worn by a long model with size 38 because of her length. Trousers size EU 38 (more like a 36) Dress size EU 36 Gianfranco Ferre...Category
1990s Italian Twin Sets
- Gianni Versace S/S 1991 Pop Art Baroque Print Swimsuit Bodysuit & Skirt SetBy Gianni VersaceLocated in Chicago, ILFrom Gianni Versace’s Spring/Summer 1991 “Pop Art” Collection, this rare set features the striking color palette and patterns the collection was famous for. Naomi Campbell graced the...Category
1990s Italian Skirt Suits
- Alexander McQueen F/W 2006 "The Widows Of Culloden" Wool Jacket & Skirt Suit SetBy Alexander McQueenLocated in Chicago, ILDesigned by Alexander McQueen for the fall/winter 2006 collection; look #15. This gorgeous speckled wool blend suit features a high waisted skirt with an asymmetric back pleated deta...Category
Early 2000s Italian Skirt Suits
- Dior blue ostrich set, FW 2000By Christian DiorLocated in London, GBThe Ostrich leather effect along with the diamanté CD logo runs throughout the Galliano for Dior FW 2000 collection. Material: Lamskin and silk lining Siz...Category
Early 2000s European Trouser Pant Suits
- CHANEL cotton shirt & trousers setBy ChanelLocated in London, GBCHANEL Cotton Shirt & Trousers Set This CHANEL cotton shirt and trousers set is a classic and versatile piece that is perfect for any occasion. The shir...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Suits, Outfits and Ensembles
- Courreges Terry Cloth JumpsuitBy CourrègesLocated in Los Angeles, CAThis Courreges Terry Cloth Jumpsuit is crafted from a super cozy terrycloth fabric and features a drawstring waist, pockets, shoulder pads, and silver butt...Category
1970s Jumpsuits