At Saint Laurent, Hedi Slimane went skinny and rock-n-roll with baby-doll dresses and leather miniskirts.
The museum-worthy pieces include couture gowns and suits from French fashion greats such as Chanel, Dior and Yves Saint Laurent.
The red-soled debacle between Christian Louboutin and Yves Saint Laurent finally came to a close after more than a year.
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That follows a better-than-expected jump in earnings at the company, which owns brands such as Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent.
The dress designs now started flying off Mr Saint Laurent's drawing board, though increasingly often with the aid of helpers.
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Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent have pride of place in PPR's portfolio, with Puma soon to be joining them.
Names like Jimmy Choo, Prada, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Louis Vuitton are often best selling styles despite their high prices.
Instead, they recall how Saint Laurent was the master of color and cut, the creator of Le Smoking and other steeped-in-chic pieces.
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In 1961, when Mr Saint Laurent set up shop in Paris under his own name, most couturiers were not quite like this.
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And Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, and Alexander McQueen, among other luxury brands.
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Loulou's, named after Robin's glamorous cousin, the Yves Saint Laurent muse Loulou de la Falaise, is the sparkling jewel of the whole place.
He did a lot of navy and black pairings, a combination that was a big no-no until Yves Saint Laurent declared it chic.
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Suits by Yves Saint Laurent, Jean Paul Gaultier and Armani are all in demand, as are Japanese labels Kenzo and Yamamoto, says Gondola.
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The French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent is adding to the growing number of eco-conscious fashion pieces with their Muse Two Artisanal Recycled handbag.
In 2009, the estate of Yves Saint Laurent put two of the heads, the rat and the rabbit, up for auction at Christie's in Paris.
That led to a job at Yves Saint Laurent and a three-year stint with Christian Lacroix, at the dizzying height of the designer's pouf-dress glory days.
Forget about the fact that she just flew to Paris to attend the Yves Saint Laurent retrospective I mean, this is only the fashion section, after all.
The big luxury houses will dominate Paris's fashion week, with 99 shows, where attention will turn to Christian Dior's Raf Simons and Saint Laurent's Hedi Slimane.
Though he had been influenced by the more structured looks of French couturiers, such as Yves Saint Laurent and Chanel, Armani saw his fashion as transcending fantasy.
Its brands are Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Brioni, Stella McCartney, Sergio Rossi, Boucheron, Girard-Perregaux, JeanRichard, Puma, Volcom, Cobra, Electric, Tretorn and Fnac.
The showy Saint Laurent rock-n-doll looks should draw the attention of Alexander Wang's cool-kid fans the ones who party all night, or want to look like they do.
And his aunt, Loulou de la Falaise, started out designing fabrics for Halston before becoming Yves Saint Laurent's muse and the inspiration for his famous "Le Smoking" Jacket.
When a real-life Frenchwoman moves into the neighborhood, Ms. Beaulieu sneaks over to inhale a bit of Paris through forbidden spritzes of Yves Saint Laurent's perfume Rive Gauche.
Adopt the continental flair of Stefano Pilati, the former Yves Saint Laurent designer who wore tangerine socks (most probably cashmere) with gray flannel pants and a shawl collared sweater.
Today the luxury division of PPR consists of Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Sergio Rossi, Boucheron, Bottega Veneta, Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, and Sowind Group with Girard-Perregaux and JeanRichard.
Yolanda Rapp, 42, of Manhattan, for example, sells new fashions and vintage Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent from Le Fashion Coupe at the GreenFlea Market on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
It is the perfect complement to the annual Yves Saint Laurent Edition New Vintage capsule collection of ready-to-wear and accessories made from unused fabric from the Yves Saint Laurent archives.
In his later years, he inspired collections from designers including Yves Saint Laurent, Oscar de la Renta and Ralph Lauren, and was a permanent fixture among their jet-set friends.
All the usual suspects are present: Yves Saint Laurent, Lanvin, Dior, Celine and Chanel, but surprises can also be found, with rare labels such as Charles Jourdan, Karl Lagerfeld and Tod's.
For Mr. Kane, joining the likes of Yves Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta in PPR's portfolio of 13 luxury labels gives him a strong shot at developing his own global brand.
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