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It’s a miraculous story: 35 years ago, Yves Saint Laurent dressed a statue of Mary nestled in a small chapel between Neuilly and Paris. An unlikely stunning outfit of the 1980s, the haute couture icon was forgotten until the Metropolitan Museum of Art rediscovered it.
The origins of the modern automobile, the rise of a powerful african head of state and the first collection of an iconic French fashion label.
Updated Jan. 29, 2024 at 12:25 p.m. On this day in 1962, the famous fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent presented his first personal couture collection in Paris at just 26 years old. What was special about Yves Saint-Laurent’s first show? The show attracted the rich and famous, including the Countess of Paris, Princess Anne, the Baroness […]
PARIS – After years at Dior, designer Hedi Slimane was named creative director at Yves Saint Laurent in 2012, where he has embarked on a strategy to revolutionize the legendary French fashion house. He has just opened a new flagship store on Paris’s luxurious Avenue Montaigne and renamed the brand “Saint Laurent.” Black, white and […]