The Little Guide to Yves Saint Laurent: Style to Live by: 6 (Little Books of Fashion, 6)
Few names in fashion carry the weight that Yves Saint Laurent's does. This compact volume from the Little Books of Fashion series takes a close look at a designer whose influence on women's clothing remains, decades on, genuinely difficult to overstate. YSL didn't just follow the currents of his era; he redirected them entirely. By borrowing the sharp lines of menswear and reshaping them for women, he produced pieces that felt radical and, somehow, inevitable all at once. The tuxedo suit, the safari jacket, the jumpsuit: these weren't mere trends. They were full stops at the end of old arguments about what women could wear. His push to make ready-to-wear clothing something aspirational, rather than a poor cousin to haute couture, changed the commercial and cultural shape of fashion permanently. Trousers for women had advocates before him, but few with his platform or his flair. What makes this little guide quietly compelling is its honesty about the man behind the myth. Saint Laurent's five decades at the top came at considerable personal cost. Addiction, the psychological toll of war, and ongoing mental health difficulties ran alongside his professional brilliance. It's a more complicated portrait than the glossy legend alone would offer. Packed with facts and quotations drawn from Saint Laurent himself and those who knew his work, this is a brisk, readable introduction to a life that was turbulent, contradictory, and utterly singular.
- Author: Orange Hippo!
- Publisher: OH
- Genre: Design & Fashion
- ISBN: 978-1800696280
- Pages: 192 pages