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French actress Deneuve to auction personal YSL clothing next week

French screen legend Catherine Deneuve's personal clothing collection designed by her friend Yves Saint Laurent will be auctioned in Paris next week. Deneuve, 75, is auctioning her clothing by the late fashion icon after selling her country home in northern France where she kept a wardrobe full of Saint Laurent items. "These are the designs of...

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French actress Deneuve to auction off personal YSL collection

French screen legend Catherine Deneuve announced Monday she was set to auction off her personal clothing collection designed by her friend Yves Saint Laurent, the late fashion icon. Deneuve, who has just turned 75, said she was selling her country home in northern France where she kept a wardrobe full of Saint Laurent items and had decided to...

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The dreamed Asia of Yves Saint Laurent: when imagination and reality become one

"I approach all countries through dreams," said Yves Saint Laurent. Asia and other distant lands have exerted on him - and on other European artists - an immense fascination in local customs, folklore and exoticism that is clearly reflected in his collections. The Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Paris has just opened the doors of its first...

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YSL wants to double sales

Since hiring Anthony Vaccarello as their creative director, YSL has been rampant about trying to grow their business. While the brand saw impressive growth under previous creative director Hedi Slimane, The company plans on opening 20 stores a year and increase in-house production as they aim to double sales in the next three years. YSL's target...

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Two Yves Saint Laurent museums to open this year

Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent has announced that two museums dedicated to the late French designer will open in Paris and Morocco in autumn this year. The foundation, which is dedicated to the conversation of the designer’s 40 years of creativity, has a collection that comprises of more than 5,000 haute couture garments and 15,000...

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Saint Laurent 'degrading' ad campaign sparks online fury

A new publicity campaign featuring painfully thin models in "degrading" poses for the French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent sparked outrage Monday, with calls for it to be banned. The poster campaign across Paris of a reclining woman in a fur coat and fishnet tights opening her legs, and another of a model in a leotard and roller skate...

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Will YSL go back and do a full re-boot?

London - Last week Yves Saint Laurent deleted its Instagram history, a four year narrative of images uploaded under the Draconian supervision of its previous Creative Director, Hedi Slimane. The slate was cleared to make way for his successor Anthony Vaccarello, but in doing so there was a message: that a luxury house remains firmly rooted in...

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A look back at Hedi Slimane's tenure at YSL

London - Although some may argue that four years is barely enough time for anyone to leave their mark in the world, they would be wrong when it comes to Hedi Slimane’s four year rule at French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent, even though he did have somewhat of a head’s start as he was head of menswear for YSL in the late 1990s. In what some...

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A look back at Hedi Slimane's tenure at YSL

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Saint Laurent to show AW16 ‘part 1’ in Los Angeles

French fashion house Saint Laurent has confirmed that it will showcase “part 1” of its women’s autumn/winter 2016 collection in Los Angeles, to coincide with the annual Grammy Awards weekend. The showcase, which will also feature the Saint Laurent men’s autumn/winter 2016 collection, is set to take place at the Hollywood Palladium on February...

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Vintage fashion auction

French auction house Million & Associés will auction 425 vintage fashion and modern ready-to-wear pieces this week. Amongst the coveted items, which spans five decades of catwalk designers, is the legendary Yves Saint Laurent Mondrian dress, a couture piece from its 1965 winter collection. The dress was worn by Moyra Swan on the September cover...

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Saint Laurent film not supported by Fondation YSL

This week another biopic of designer Yves Saint Laurent will debut at the Cannes Film Festival. The film, however, was met with stern criticism and did not have the support of Saint Laurent's partner Pierre Bergé, who is also the founder of the Fondation Saint Laurent. This meant the film did not have access to the 6000 vintage outfits that are...