Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche F/W 06.07 Paris

[shopping247]

i love the lily donaldson dress too and also the peppered white suit/skirt ensemble.

 

[Spike413]

Well, the capes are hideous, but a lot of the other stuff isn't half bad. I'm still not really into it, but this appeals to me more than his last two collections.

 

[Jacque Marcel]

Those capes remind me of that white cacoon outfit YSL did. I sort of like it.

 

[softgrey]

i have begun to expect the fuchsia from stefano....
so i was very happy to see the first cape...
it's great!...and as others have said...
so very in keeping with the original YSL aesthetic...

a real 'show' piece...

i really love what stefano pilati has done at YSL...
hopefully this year will bring some good bags....finally....

 

[pradaromance]

looks like another win for pilati

his clothes are just so easy to wear, yet still fashionable & modern.
and his fabrics are always impeccable.

btw, i love the capes...but you would have to keep everything very very sleek.

 

[Callidora]

There are some good moments, but overall I'm not blown away so far. I'll have to see the whole collection to see, though.

 

[Kimkhuu]

Wow..... this guy DELIVERS season after season..... he's ysl's saviour after ford ruined it all (design-wise)......!

The capes are pure genius..... The fabrics are beautiful..... .....the coats are so well cut, and the evening gowns I've seen so far are classic YSL......

Except for the rose cape, this is a near perfect YSL collection..... I am sure fans of it will instantly fall in love....!

 

[Benzo]

Thx, jssy & taz!
A fine collection. But as a "victorian style" fan, I think I prefer the previous seasons more.
I could image Monsieur YSL would've done tht rose cape himself, though surely it's a showpiece in rtw here. (but I can also image some posh, aged lady in it.)
the bow in #10 pic 1 looks a bit tacky...
I wish I could have the leather scarf!

 

[shopping247]

i am loving the shoes from what i can see so far...(Gettyimages)

 

[shopping247]

that leather scarf is cool.

 

[veronicaUSA]

i wont to know what

you guys are snorting , I want it too , jk , but seriously this collection is hideous !!! tom ford was a bit vulgar but it was beautiful, his capes looks like a grade 1 arts and craft wall seriously its nasty, reminds of when I had chicken pox . and his obsession with tulip skirt it need to move on !!!

 

[Pastry]

all right...it's been four seasons (can you believe it?) and i can't stop marveling at ysl...i actually remember thinking that ysl gave me a very 'prada' feeling..you hate it at first and it grows into an obsession in the six months...

i'm glad to see that this may be more casual that usual pilati stuff, he was taking about how elitist ysl clothes are supposed to be..i thought it was arrogant, but still his club is something i wouldn't mind being part of...

so what i'm saying is that after his stiff men's collection this is great!

..and don't you love how he can just completely let go...and stick as many flowers or strip aways as much as he feels like and still come up with something sane?

 

[shopsmuch]

this is fantastic!

 

[paigelhuntley]

the rose cape is scary, but i ike the rest. all of the models bangs look so cute, almost make me want to cut mine again. but the pain of growing them out will keep that urge contained...

 

[j´adore dior]

the latest ones from getty:

 

[Fabulyss]

I really want to love this collection, simply because I love what Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche stands for but this collection is atrocious. Another disappointment this season.

 

[arlekindearrabal]

wow, i actually like this... minus the capes, of course

looks truly modern and much lighter...

 

[Whitelinen]

Gee, this has got to be the best F/W 06.07 collection I've seen! It's just amazing. Stefano Pilati is maybe one of the most talented designers at the moment. I've fallen in love with this collection.

 

[skot4mc]

Review from style.com

PARIS, March 2, 2006 – Stefano Pilati's influence has spread exponentially since his first YSL collection, the spring 2005 outing that—right off the bat—launched wide, waist-cinching belts and tulip skirts on the fashion world. Since those are the looks and proportions so many women are living in now, Pilati has become a force whose every subsequent move is analyzed for updates. This season, he articulated the next big shift likely to replace froufrou femininity. He's been thinking, he said, about "powerful clothes women might want to wear. A sort of versatile uniform."

Harder and sharper yet just as desirably luxurious, this collection steered more in the direction of the things Catherine Deneuve—not to mention Helmut Newton—enjoyed about YSL in the sixties and seventies: a point spelled out in the slick black PVC trench, leather blouse, maîtresse pinafore, form-encasing sequin cocktail dress and the odd suggestive mink p*ssy-cat bow that punctuated the show. (The fetish-chic elements offered a unique spin on restraint, this season's buzzword.)

Pilati, however, was clever enough not to belabor the oft-repeated S&M mode to communicate his ideas about the new power woman. His most newsworthy contribution here was to make belted, form-fitting tunics, and back-buttoned tops look sexy—possibly for the first time ever. These are plain yet chic clothes (included among them, a shorter, sharper version of his tulip skirt) that can get you to work feeling fab. Yet there's more to Pilati's consideration of what women really want out of their wardrobe—and life—than a dutiful monolithic career suit. As he explained, "You can wear a tunic over narrow pants, with a skirt, or as a dress. And I've seen from watching my sisters how sexy it is to unbutton something at the back. You need a man to help." That's the sort of insight that will take a designer far.



– Sarah Mower

 

[masquerade]

its up at style.com bette franke opened

i love this

this is the front of it