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Kate Moss - YSL
Another great YSL shoot from yesteryear. This one was for the OPIUM perfume brand of a couple of years ago. It was shot by Solve Sundsbo and features Kate Moss.
Creating the Model-T For Fashion
The Toronto Star has an article today on Yves Saint Laurent entitled The Henry Ford of Fashion. While this was not to intimate that Laurent made a one size fits all approach to fashion, it does look at how Laurent’s DNA is now in the garment of almost every high end item to this very [...]
Yves Saint Laurent circa 2003
With the news of Yves Saint Laurent’s death yesterday I wanted to take a look at some of his more memorable advertisements over the years. Today we look at the Rive Gauche ad from 2003. See the ad in full below:
Yves Saint Laurent released from hospital, receives high honour
Yesterday Yves Saint Laurent was released from the hospital. Today, the couture du jour designer has been awarded the title Grand Officier by the French Legion of Honor, the second highest rank in France’s merit system. The honor was given by French president, Nicolas Sarkozy. The award was given as a homage to the designers’ [...]
YSL on the verge of being S.O.L?
YSL hasn’t had a profitable year since the Gucci Group purchased it in 1999. Hell, even Bottega Veneta is doing way better in the numbers than Yves. Which isn’t a surprise really, their collections have just been “dead on” lately.
However, don’t fear YSL devotees, Stefano Pilati is supposedly trying to introduce [...]
