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In Memory of Yves Saint Laurent

Written By on Jun 2nd, 2008

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Yves Saint Laurent 1936-2008

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Named one of GQ’s 50 Most Stylish Men in 1954

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The YSL bride and his first le smoking womens’ suit created in 1966

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Long time muse Catherine Deneuve congratulates Yves Saint Laurent backstage after his Fall/Winter 92′ Couture show.

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Yves Saint Laurent Pour Homme fragrance in 1994.

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At the final of the 1998 World Cup, near Paris, 300 models presented a retrospective of YSL creations, to celebrate the designer’s forty years in fashion, in front of 80,000 football fans and more than 170 international sports channels

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Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture

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With Tom Ford

“I have nothing in common with this new world of fashion, which has been reduced to mere window-dressing. Elegance and beauty have been banished.”
—Yves Saint Laurent

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  • http://prismreflection.blogspot.com Acdtrash

    …Very sad news, A YSL retrospective just started at the Musée des beaux-arts in Montreal.

  • Kielo

    Haha! That penis-bride is brilliant! One of my earliest fashion memories is being bored to death by his couture shows on TV. Honest to God, those were the pits! (At least in the 90s.)

  • Nana

    I think Yves made a good point though. Fashion has changed so much in the 90′s it is more about money than about real beauty and elegance. Though people think all this fake glamour is named style these days.

    Farewell Yves and the end of an important era in fashion.

  • hannah

    Yves is amazing I will miss him dearly, and poor Stefano, too much responsibility………..

  • http://chloevanparis.blogspot.com chloé van paris

    This is really the end of an era.

  • Kielo

    In those hideous couture shows there were tons of outfits that copied Picassos` paintings, just by throwing a skewed profile on the garment. No Beauty let alone Elegence.

    I don`t know when he really was relevant, and when he went senile, but it`s probably been decades.

  • http://asianmodelsblog.blogspot.com Asian Model Blogger

    I love that Le Smoking photo. It’s over 40 years old but yet still so contemporary. He was a genius.

  • http://dinojohn.blogspot.com Juan +

    I love the photos that you choose :)

    Yves was indeed one of the best !

    I bet he is now taking a cofee with Coco Chanel and Christian Dior :)