Visiting the new Yves Saint Laurent museum in Paris

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A few days ago, I visited Yves Saint Laurent’s former haute couture house. It is located 5 avenue Marceau in the 7th arrondissement de Paris and from 1974 to 2002, YSL’s designs were created here.

This address is also the location of the Pierre Bergé foundation which aims to conserve YSL’S work.

First room:

The first section of the exhibit displays the key pieces of YSL’s style. They are men clothes imagined and rearranged for a feminine clientele. These pieces are a mixture of masculine cuts, comfort and womenly touches of simplicity and elegance.

Prototype of YSL’S first tuxedo. AW 1966 (wool, silk, cotton)During the 1880s, men wore “tuxedos” when they smoked. Tuxedos were donned withbroad silk lapels designed so that the ashes of men’s cigars would slide without leaving any marks. The tuxedo imagined by YSL embodies the emancipated woman who breaks with traditional rules and who makes a…

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