COLOR STORIESAn evening ensemble from 1969.
Photographed by Pernille Loof and Thomas Loof.
(After Yves died, Pierre and Madison were longtime partners and eventually married.)
LIGHT YEARSSaint Laurent at work in his bedroom in Marrakech, 1980.Vogue, March 2025.
HALF THE WORLD AWAYThe designers Villa Oasis home.
Photographed by Horst P. Horst,Vogue,August 1980.
TIED TO BE FITSaint Laurents Masquerade evening dress for Christian Dior, 1958.
COLOR STORIESAn evening ensemble from 1969. Photographed by Pernille Loof and Thomas Loof.
Photographed by Pernille Loof and Thomas Loof.
My own collection, assembled over 50 years, begins with his earliest designs for Christian Dior.
Generally, these womenstriking-looking themselveswanted clothes that would accentuate their good looks rather than eclipse them.
HALF THE WORLD AWAYThe designer’s Villa Oasis home. Photographed by Horst P. Horst,Vogue,August 1980.
GARDEN PARTYHamish Bowles amid the Jardin Majorelle.
Photograph by Georgina Godley.
Courtesy of Hamish Bowles.
TIED TO BE FITSaint Laurent’s Masquerade evening dress for Christian Dior, 1958. Photographed by Pernille Loof and Thomas Loof.
On and on and on they went.
PATTERN PLAYJacket, 1966.
Photographed by Pernille Loof and Thomas Loof.
GARDEN PARTYHamish Bowles amid the Jardin Majorelle. Photograph by Georgina Godley. Courtesy of Hamish Bowles.
Photo: Guy Marineau/WWD/Penske Media/Getty Images.
PATTERN PLAYJacket, 1966. Photographed by Pernille Loof and Thomas Loof.
PLAYING TO THE CROWDBetty Catroux (in a Rive Gauche jumpsuit featured in the exhibition) and Lynn Wyatt at the 1976 Yves Saint Laurent couture show. Photo: Guy Marineau/WWD/Penske Media/Getty Images.
