Book Yves Saint Laurent: Impossible collection

Name: Book Yves Saint Laurent: Impossible collection
Brand: Assouline
SKU: Yves Saint Laurent Impossible collection
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After getting his big break assisting French couture titan Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent stood out and transformed high fashion for a new era of young, strong, independent women. His designs changed the course of fashion, introducing the concept of designer ready-to-wear to a wider clientele. Ahead of his time, he created feminine versions of men's styles such as the pinstriped pantsuit, the Saharienne khaki safari jacket and the Le Smoking tuxedo, and introduced scandalous ideas such as sheer blouses and the bold Opium perfume, whose titillating name and the first advertisements. were shocked. He was also one of the first couturiers to design for fast fashion, creating a tuxedo for French major retailer La Redoute in 1996.

With Laurence Benaïm, renowned fashion journalist and Saint Laurent expert, Assouline has organized the 100 most emblematic signature pieces from Yves Saint Laurent's forty-year oeuvre, from the very first looks to appear on the catwalks of his first eponymous collection in January 1962 after his departure from Dior, at his last couture presentation upon his retirement in 2002.

The best-selling addition to Assouline's exclusive ultimate collection of handcrafted volumes, Yves Saint Laurent: The Impossible Collection spotlights all the classics: the Mondrian shift dress; the black dress with white collar and cuffs for the film Belle de Jour; the legendary collection of the Ballets Russes; tributes to Picasso, Matisse and van Gogh; the fitted pantsuits and flowing “pencil” draped dresses; the sumptuous use of velvet, lace, feathers, leopard print and bright jewel tones.

Exclusive white gloves and canvas tote bag are included with every purchase of an Ultimate Collection book.

Details

208 pages
160 illustrations
in English
Released in April 2020

W 39.7 x L 47.5 x D 8.3 cm
Handcrafted volume in a luxury linen flip case
ISBN: 9781614289425
9.5kg

About the Author

The journalist and writer Laurence Benaïm is the author of Yves Saint Laurent (Grasset, 1993), the reference biography on the designer, with several updated reissues. She has dedicated several other works to the designer, including Yves Saint Laurent: Birth of a Legend (La Marinière, 2002), Requiem for Yves Saint Laurent (Grasset, 2010) and Dior by Yves Saint Laurent (Assouline, 2017), in In addition to Dior: The New Look Revolution (Rizzoli, 2014) and Women in Dior: Portraits of Elegance (Rizzoli, 2015). Laurence Benaïm is also the author of the biographies Marie-Laure de Noailles: La Vicomtesse du bizarre (Grasset, 2001) and Jean-Michel Frank: Le Chercheur de silence (Grasset, 2017).

Craftsmanship

Assouline's ultimate collection is a tribute to the art of luxury bookmaking. Hand-bound using traditional techniques, with hand-stamped color plates on artist-quality paper, each page of this limited edition series bears the unique imprint of the artisan. Covering a range of subjects from jewelry and fashion, to fine art and “impossible collections,” the ultimate collection curates culture from around the world and across the ages. Nestled in linen clamshell boxes, these books attract collectors, lovers of the printed page, and those who devour the culture of our time. Signifying a new level of sophistication for true connoisseurs, these unique books are works of art in their own right.

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