1936-2008 Yves Saint Laurent

[Alpha Femme]

some vintage YSL

1970s[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=+1]yves saint laurent rive gauche iridescent caftan [/size][/font]http://www.k8tykat.com/marketplace/YSLcaftan.shtml

Late 60's YSL Silk Chiffon "Peasant" Dress
http://www.dejavusv.com/dressescasua60slyslpeasant.htm

 

[jun3machina]

i have a bright purple silk chiffon dress that has long sleeves and one of them is cut asymetrical at the shoulder....but i cant find it in any of the collections...it is ysl rive gauche...anyone have any ideas where it might have been made?

 

[softgrey]

1963...
looking an AWFUL lot like theyskens' recent work at ROCHAS...



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[softgrey]

1965 bride...


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[Meg]

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[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Evening Dress, Soirée de Paris
by Yves Saint Laurent for Christian Dior, Paris
Autumn/Winter 1955
Black silk velvet trimmed with white silk satin
Gift of Marti Stevens, from the wardrobe of Marlene Dietrich, 1983.1.1253ab
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
KSUM 1983.1.8ab
White satin sash reproduced for the museum by Christian Dior, Paris, in 1996[/font]

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In 1955, just after the completion of his studies, Saint Laurent was introduced to Christian Dior, who hired him immediately as his assistant. This is the first dress Saint Laurent designed for Dior, and it was made famous in this photograph of the model Dovima by Richard Avedon for Harper's Bazaar.



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http://dept.kent.edu/museum/exhibit/YSL/1983_1_1253.htm

That is one of my all time favorite dresses. Have contemplated getting a reproduction made by a tailor/seamstress for my wedding. The reproduction of the sash looks a bit large though...it blocks the sort of 'slit' in the top of the dress.

 

[Meg]

^ironically a bit phallic, non?

 

[Mr-Dale]

1965 bride...


operagloves.com

I never 'got' that piece. Was the theme not Russian for that show? Still I am puzzled by it

And keep those pics coming people, I am very much enjoying them

 

[softgrey]

i KNOW!!!.......


isn't it BRILLIANT?!?!?!??!>>>>!!!...


...
gotta love yves...
he was so wonderfully subversive but always very very chic
it's like a giant BRIDAL CONDOM....

....

that one reminds me of VIKTOR AND ROLF's past and current work...

 

[softgrey]

hey guys...you deleted too many pics...
...a case of too many cooks i guess...

no worries...i'll re-post




**will someone pls edit out my request to delete before the whole thread is gone...

 

[softgrey]

1958...silk shantung...
not sure but this looks like it might have been while he was at dior...
i can't remember what year he started his own house...i'd have to look it up earlier in the thread...anyone remember?...

operagloves.com

 

[softgrey]

1963...

operagloves.com

 

[helena]

softgrey just seen this now. I don't think anything else needs deleted.

^^ amazing pictures. thanks for all of these.

 

[softgrey]

picasso dress

couture A/W 1979...

fashioncloset.com

 

[Meg]

sorry softie, i was the original and thoguht about editing out your comment and then didn't want to be rude. apologies for not thinking ahead

 

[softgrey]

ok...thanks helena and meg...
just to be clear...
**PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY PICS...thanks...

and you are welcome helena...

 

[Mr-Dale]

Oh softie I think I might be the one who deleted too much, I was too hasty I guess. My apologies!

 

[softgrey]

no prob mr dale...honest mistake...

no harm done...

 

[Pastry]

1965 bride...
operagloves.com

So wait...The last couture collection Saint Laurent presented featured this piece..But that was in like what, 2002? Did he pull things from the archives for that collection or were those things reissued?

 

[softgrey]

that last show was a retrospective...
i assume it was a bit of both...

remember how HUGE it was...

 

[Pastry]

Gosh, I thought arthritis was going to knock on my door after I clicked the mouse so much. But thanks, I was puzzled by why the show looked so um...un-modern.