Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL 3 Strand Pearl and Faux Turquoise Circa 1980s
About the Item
- Creator:
- Metal:
- Weight:258.1 g
- Dimensions:Height: 17 in (431.8 mm)Width: 2 in (50.8 mm)Depth: 0.5 in (12.7 mm)Diameter: 6 in (152.4 mm)Length: 17 in (431.8 mm)
- Style:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1980
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Good Condition.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:
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.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: New York, NY
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 1 day of delivery.
- Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Diamante Dome like Pearl Earrings, circa 1980sBy Yves Saint LaurentLocated in New York, NYVintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Diamante Dome Like Pearl Earrings Circa 1980s. These are so gorgeous where do I even begin. The faux pearl is like a flower waking up under a dome of g...Category
Vintage 1980s French Artist Drop Earrings
MaterialsMixed Metal
- Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Hammered Rounded Cuff Circa 1980sBy Yves Saint LaurentLocated in New York, NYVintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Hammered rounded Cuff. Fits closer to the body and would look great mixed with a red cord and anything else. In any brand this is a classic but this i...Category
Vintage 1980s French Artist Cuff Bracelets
MaterialsMixed Metal
- Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Sun Earrings Circa 1980sBy Yves Saint LaurentLocated in New York, NYVintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Sun Earrings. These are iconic and classic earrings. When you wear them you make a style statement that is chic...Category
Vintage 1980s French Artist Clip-on Earrings
MaterialsMixed Metal
- Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Enamel Bow Cuff Circa 1980sBy Yves Saint LaurentLocated in New York, NYVintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Enamel Bow Cuff Circa 1980s. This cuff is so chic. It has a bow tied in a very couture way that is off to the side with an ora...Category
Vintage 1980s French Artist Cuff Bracelets
MaterialsMixed Metal
- Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL 3 Strand Pearl and Blue Bead Necklace Circa 1990sBy Yves Saint LaurentLocated in New York, NYVintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL 3 Strand Pearl and Blue Bead Necklace Circa 1990s. Quite Different. The Three Strands have 3 beads mixed in with...Category
1990s French Artist Beaded Necklaces
MaterialsMixed Metal
- Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Open Heart Earrings, Circa 1980sBy Yves Saint LaurentLocated in New York, NYVintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Open Heart Earrings. Clip On. People always know this is YSL. These are very classic earrings that exude chic....Category
Vintage 1980s French Artist Clip-on Earrings
MaterialsMixed Metal
- YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Gold Tone Multi-Strand Chain NecklaceBy Yves Saint LaurentLocated in Nice, FRYVES SAINT LAURENT by ROBERT GOOSSENS vintage gold tone multi-strand chain necklace featuring a rock-crystal shape design clasp. Hook clasp closure. Embossed YSL Made in France. I...Category
20th Century French Multi-Strand Necklaces
MaterialsGilt Metal
- Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Rare Pate de Verre Multi Strand NecklaceBy Yves Saint LaurentLocated in Nice, FRYVES SAINT LAURENT vintage rare multi strand beaded necklace featuring multicolored pate de verre, mirrored and gold toned charms. This is an early YVES SAINT LAURENT piece of costu...Category
20th Century French Beaded Necklaces
- YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Rive Gauche Vintage Multi-Strand Snake Chains NecklaceBy Yves Saint LaurentLocated in Nice, FRYVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche vintage multi-strand oxidized (gun patina) silver tone snake chains necklace featuring two large rectangular clear crystals. S hook closure. Embossed...Category
20th Century French Multi-Strand Necklaces
- Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Faux Tortoise Shell Discs Statement NecklaceBy Yves Saint LaurentLocated in Nice, FRYVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold toned chain statement necklace featuring 6 faux tortoise shell discs with charms. Lobster clasp closure. Adjustable length. Can be worn on both side...Category
20th Century French Chain Necklaces
MaterialsGilt Metal
- Vintage Monet Triple Strand Pearl Necklace 1980sBy MonetLocated in Wilmslow, GBA vintage Monet Pearl Necklace. The ultimate classic for your jewel box and perfect for that eternal style touch. Originally creators of lavish go...Category
Vintage 1980s Multi-Strand Necklaces
- Yves Saint Laurent YSL Logo Pendant Strands Choker Necklace Earrings Silver SetBy Yves Saint LaurentLocated in Wokingham, EnglandYves Saint Laurent YSL Logo Cube Pendant Strands 5 Layer Chain Choker Necklace Drop Earrings Set, Silver Tone Very excellent condition. Vintage and very rare to find. 100% Genuine. ...Category
Vintage 1980s German Baroque Multi-Strand Necklaces
MaterialsSilver Plate
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.