The Little Books of Fashion: Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent is credited with elevating haute couture to an art form, turning the fashion show into a breathtaking spectacle and modernizing the concept of womenswear with his classic androgynous style.Born in Algeria, Saint Laurent's rise from apprentice in the field of fashion, at the right hand of Christian Dior himself, she was fast. Going on to found his own fashion house in 1961, Saint Laurent created the famous Le Smoking suit and the Mondrian dress, made the leather jacket a mainstream trend and stunned the fashion world with his fusion of luxury and artistic expression. Sixty-three years after the establishment of his house, this book comes to record the life and work of the enigmatic, daring and amazingly creative designer through rich photographic material and text based on authoritative sources.

Category: General knowledge
Book age category: 18+
Form pages: 160
Dimensions: 13 x 18.6
Weight: 0.34 kg