Publish Date:March 22nd, 2022

Edited by Martina Mondadori & Stephan Janson

Foreword by Madison Cox

Contributions by Claude Arnaud and Hamish Bowles and Amy Fine Collins

The worlds leading authorities on fashion and design celebrate the 60th anniversary of YSLs first runway presentation with a lexicon that includes many images from the designers extraordinary archives.Yves Saint Laurent (19362008) is credited with reviving French haute couture in the 1960s, with making ready-to-wear reputable, and with using non-European cultural references.

In addition to the kaleidoscope of images in this book, a coterie of tastemakers have supplied listings that encompassYSLs style inspirations (C is for Costumes, as exemplified by the Russian theme of the famed autumn-winter 197677 collection; T is for Tuxedo, which the designer initially referenced with his 1965 Le Smoking) and important facets of his life (J is for Jardin Majorelle, the garden of the couturiers paradisiacal retreat in Marrakech; R is for Rive Gauche, the bohemian, chic neighborhood of Paris where the YSL boutique is situated and also the name of the houses famous perfume launched in 1970). This distillation and celebration of the designers life reveals the inner world of a twentieth-century master.

Published by Rizzoli Books