Yves Saint Laurent Mens F/W 08.09 Paris

[borjacapella]

i love the video... and i kinda lov him too

[dior_couture1245]

whoa...YSL has a youtube account!?!!

I love the soundtrack of the show! Anyone know all the songs?

[dior_couture1245]

One of the songs is-

Symphony No. 4 "Heroes": I. Heroes by Philip Glass

[mass]

Originally Posted by Zazie

Oh wow!!!! This collection is impeccable. Classic but so "now" too, not like some of the other "classics" collection out there. Really great cut. It is a completely cohesive collection reminiscent of the 70s and the ever elegant YSL himself yet there are so many variations in shape, colours, proportion, textures. Just look at the variety of pants! Not loud and clashing, quiet yet makes you take a second look. I particularly like the way colour is introduced, just one distinctive piece against neutral variants, like a wash of colour on a black and white picture. It's such an effortless collection but it takes a lot of thought to get there. Love this!

couldn't have said it myself. i find it referential yet still very indicative and relevant. easily my favorite collection of the season. everything looks so great; styling, cut, fabrics... i may need to get a pair of those cropped trousers.

[dior_couture1245]

Originally Posted by dior_couture1245

One of the songs is-

Symphony No. 4 "Heroes": I. Heroes by Philip Glass

also Strangers by Portishead.

[mcnuwave]

wow.....this is has to be one of the best collections i've seen so far!!

there's not one look i didn't like. I want one of those biker jackets!!!!

[ysljunkie]

The first part with the suits
wasnt my favorite
but the rest was great!

[Squizree]

Wow I like! I like!

The Polka Dot blazer is my favourite piece, I want it badly.
The pants are fabulous and the coloured jackets and coats are so sophisticated.

The only thing I hate are the shoes! Yuk!

[DriversHigh]

so glad others are picking up on the 70s references! the very first thing I thought when I saw the first few looks was "this is what a 70s porn start would've worn on his days off"

[Pong]

oh gosh, i am in heaven! my day has gotten so much brighter, well rather my evening.

[dhclam]

I like the video, it's a gesture for the House of Saint Laurent (especially the men's dept) to reflect the modernity as a gimmick or whatever. I don't find this video any more annoying or disturbing than having Karl Lagerfeld talking **** on telly and telling (dictating) everyone with his idea of *MODERN* - that for me is sad, demode and pretentious, not this YSL ideo. Pilati proved that he has the ability to bring the house of Saint Laurent to a new level when the master himself is now in wheelchair, being fed and taken care by professional nurses - that's sad. Stefano Pilati is our hope for Saint Laurent.

[dhclam]

YSL soars high with a virtual show; Louis Vuitton and Jean Paul Gaultier move to the music
By Suzy Menkes

Thursday, January 17, 2008
PARIS: The figure floating through the sky in a blizzard of rose petals was not so much a remake of David Bowie's "The Man Who Fell to Earth." It was Stefano Pilati's imagination soaring.
The Yves Saint Laurent designer, who opened the French menswear season, broke the mold of men's catwalk shows. And after five days of Milan runway presentations, it made a welcome change.
"It was about time someone did something new," said Marc Newson, the inventive product designer who was at Pilati's dinner, along with the actress Catherine Deneuve and Fran�ois-Henri Pinault, chief executive of the PPR group, which includes YSL.
It was not the first time a designer has done virtual show. But Pilati offered an artistic experience in tune with the Facebook generation. Tapping two London video artists from the Colonel Blimp company and using the actor Simon Woods rather than a model, the video had a sense of energy and transmitted the romantic emotion that is at the heart of Pilati's aesthetic. Filmed in slow motion, every detail was visible from a cuff button to a felted print on a shirt front or even a printed scarf unfurling from the sky.
True to the Bowie reference, the clothes, viewed afterward in the adjacent showroom, had a faint 1970s beat and had the slender jacket and wider pants that are a Pilati trademark. But the real story was in color and texture: tie-dye velvet jackets in rich marigold and dragonfly blue, which was the preferred color in the collection, for Pilati himself and for the autumn/winter season. Even shoes were in colored suedes, giving a dandy, but never retro, effect to a fine and intelligently presented collection.
The essential problem for menswear designers is how to project an image in a meaningful way when a show ultimately means variations on shirts and pants.

Suzy Menkes is fashion editor at the International Herald Tribune.

[superbeautiful]

Wow. I loved every single piece.

[dhclam]

sorry, dunno how to post the video direct, pls click below link:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/...ctid1381694064

enjoy!

[Mihalis]

The classics, perfected. Incredibly wearable and incredibly modern. A+