Yves Saint Laurent (designer)
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| - | '''Yves Henri Donat Mathieu Saint Laurent''' ([[August 1]] [[1936]] – [[June 1]] [[2008]]) was a [[France|French]] [[fashion design]]er who was considered 'one of the greatest figures in [[French fashion]] in the 20th century. He was the first living fashion designer to be to be honored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Circa 1983. | + | '''Yves Saint Laurent''' (1936 – 2008) was a [[French fashion design]]er noted for creations such as the [[trapeze dress]], with a particularly noted incarnation as the "[[Mondrian dress]]" in 1965 which adapted Mondrian's ''[[Broadway Boogie-Woogie]]'' painting; his "[[Le Smoking]]", immortalized in a photograph by [[Helmut Newton]] which anticipated the [[androgyny]] of the 1970s and his perfume "[[Opium perfume|Opium]]" with an appropriately controversial ad campaign photographed by [[Steven Meisel]]. |
| + | Laurent was the main [[couturier]] for [[Catherine Deneuve]] and dressed her in ''[[The Hunger]]'' and ''[[Belle de jour]]'', and also did the costumes for [[Gérard Depardieu]] in ''[[Trop belle pour toi]]'' and dressed [[Claudia Cardinale]] in ''[[The Pink Panther]]''. | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Yves Saint Laurent (film)]] | ||
| *[[Le Smoking]] | *[[Le Smoking]] | ||
| *[[Trapeze dress]] | *[[Trapeze dress]] | ||
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| - | Yves St. Laurent included several Mondrian dresses in his 1965 collection. | ||
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| *[[Opium perfume]] | *[[Opium perfume]] | ||
| - | + | *[[Loulou de la Falaise]], his muse | |
| - | 1977 : Yves Saint-Laurent launches Opium by Jean-Louis Sieuzac, the advertisement shown is from 2000 | + | |
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| - | "Opium" is the name of a perfume by Yves Saint Laurent. A poster advertising campaign for the perfume caused great controversy in October and November 2000. The posters showed a voluptuous model, Sophie Dahl, photographed (by Stephen Meisel) lying on her back wearing only a pair of stiletto heels. The Advertising Standards Authority received hundreds of complaints from the public, and ordered the posters to be withdrawn on the grounds that they were too sexually suggestive and likely to cause "serious or widespread offence". --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium#Other_meanings [Feb 2006] | + | |
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Yves Saint Laurent (1936 – 2008) was a French fashion designer noted for creations such as the trapeze dress, with a particularly noted incarnation as the "Mondrian dress" in 1965 which adapted Mondrian's Broadway Boogie-Woogie painting; his "Le Smoking", immortalized in a photograph by Helmut Newton which anticipated the androgyny of the 1970s and his perfume "Opium" with an appropriately controversial ad campaign photographed by Steven Meisel.
Laurent was the main couturier for Catherine Deneuve and dressed her in The Hunger and Belle de jour, and also did the costumes for Gérard Depardieu in Trop belle pour toi and dressed Claudia Cardinale in The Pink Panther.
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