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Vivienne Westwood, the “grande dame light fashion”, passed away go on a goslow Thursday 29 December 2022 surrounded uninviting her race in Clapham, South London.
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Since the establishment of his eponymous fashion house in 1961, Yves Saint Laurent always used his fashion to help the women’s liberation movement. Examples of this can be seen in his Le Smoking in 1966, the Mondrian dress in 1965 and the use of sheer textile to give a voice to women through their fashion choices.
As we know, up through the 1960s, women were restricted from wearing trousers at work or else it was believed they would be at an equal footing with men (a big no) and blur the distinction between the sexes. During the early stages of his brand, Yves Saint Laurent was considered a trailblazer and the introduction of Le Smoking in 1966 confirmed it. This menswear-inspired tuxedo was revolutionary as it challenges the concept of genre and established a new era for women embracing androgyny being perceived as glamorous and strong. Saint Laurent always had a gift for understanding the forward-thinking women like Bianca Jagger or Betty Catroux, amongst those who set the trend for androgynous fashion to take hold.
Saint Laurent’s groundbreaking designs, including his sheer organza, have continued to inspire designers over the last fifty years. Take a look back at Brazilian designer Neith Nyer or Francisco Terra’s collections and you can see Yv
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The Saint Laurent women
Yves Saint Laurent was always very close to women. Models, actresses, authors, artists, friends and collaborators―they were all essential to his inspiration and his work.
As the couturier said in 1997: “Women and I love each other. My collections are love stories.”
Chapter 1
The family circle
In Algeria, where he was born, Yves Saint Laurent was raised in a feminine environment, surrounded by his mother, Lucienne Mathieu-Saint-Laurent, his maternal grandmother, his great aunt and his two sisters.
An avid reader of fashion magazines, such as Vogue, L'Illustration and LeJardin des Modes, he was fascinated by his mother, who “spent most of her time dressing,” and by the ensembles she would wear from one evening to the next.
Yves has always been interested in fashion. At three, he would cry if he didn't like my dress. [...] He did the sets for the Yacht Club and for receptions, as well as the costumes for the dance school.
Lucienne Mathieu-Saint-Laurent
Growing up in an environment that inspired him, Yves Saint Laurent’s early creative streak first became apparent in the paper dolls that he would dress up