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Yves Saint Laurent: Style Icon
The Definitive Designs and Moments from Fashion Powerhouse Yves Saint Laurent
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Yves Saint Laurent: Style Icon explores Yves Saint Laurent's enduring impact on fashion and culture through 70 of the fashion house's iconic pieces. Joining the house of Dior at the age of just 18, it was obvious that this fashion upstart had a glorious career ahead...
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Yves Saint Laurent: Style Icon explores Yves Saint Laurent's enduring impact on fashion and culture through 70 of the fashion house's iconic pieces.
Joining the house of Dior at the age of just 18, it was obvious that this fashion upstart had a glorious career ahead of him. Forged in the famous French house, it wasn't long before Yves Saint Laurent was launching his own boutique. He reinvented womenswear, transforming it into daring pieces such as the Le Smoking tuxedo and the Saharienne safari jacket โ both instances of borrowing from menswear to create something bold, striking and a little bit scandalous.
Yves Saint Laurent championed the concept of 'ready-to-wear', bringing high-end fashion to a whole new audience. His eponymous label created countless stunning garments and has been worn by both the famous and the infamous โ from Catherine Deneuve and Jerry Hall to Naomi Campbell and Charli XCX. Yves Saint Laurent is a true style icon whose genius is celebrated in this beautifully illustrated title.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781784887971
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books (UK)
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 24 April 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hardie Grant Books (UK)
Illustration: Illustrations, color
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 225.0mm
Weight: 548g
Pages: 176
About the Author
Dan Jones is a British writer and editor living in New York. Formerly of i-D magazine and Time Out London, heโs an expert in style, cocktails and queer mythology. He is the author of a number of books including two of the previous titles in this series, Style Icon: Diana and Style Icon: Dior.
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