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A dramatic look at Saint Laurent's Fall 2021 collection

The dramatic location for Saint Laurent’s Fall 2021 collection was anything but ordinary. Vast, sweeping landscapes devoid of sun and partial to elemental ruptures of water, ice, wind and sand, were the backdrop for YSL creative director Anthony Vacarello’s post-pandemic world. It could easily have been a film set with the cast of Lost, so out...

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In Pictures: Saint Laurent launches homeware in the UK

French fashion house Saint Laurent has launched its range of lifestyle products by creative director Anthony Vaccarello in the UK. In a short press release, Saint Laurent explained that the homeware collection featuring towels, dinner plates and candle holders as part of its plan to continue to expand the “universe and the DNA” of the luxury...

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Paris court awards damages to Hedi Slimane for Kering's unlawful use of YSL images

Hedi Slimane is to be awarded 618,000 euros in damages after a Paris court ruled Kering unlawfully used his YSL photographs without consent. The decision follows years of acrimonious legal disputes between the designer and parent company of YSL where Slimane was creative director from 2012 to 2016, who’s departure from the French luxury brand...

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Saint Laurent to skip Paris Fashion Week

French fashion house Saint Laurent has announced via its social media that it will skip Paris Fashion Week for spring/summer 2021 as its looks to “take control of its pace and reshape its schedule” in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. The statement on Instagram said that it was “conscious of the current circumstance and its waves of radical...

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Saint Laurent to open leather goods factory in Italy

Kering-owned French luxury label Saint Laurent has plans to open a new manufacturing site for handbags and wallets outside of Florence. Francesca Bellettini, president and CEO of Gucci, told reporters that Gucci would be moving 340 workers to a new 29,000-square-foot site in Scandicci in addition to hiring another 300 workers. Saint Laurent has...

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4 Biggest trends you'll see in SS20

If you haven't already figured them out, here are some big trends for the coming season. While the winter winds still blow, it wouldn't hurt to take a look into what's to come for fashion trends during Spring/Summer 2020. Taking examples from runway shows of YSL, Stella McCartney, Versace, Tom Ford, Chanel and more, here are some of the biggest...

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Saint Laurent now selling couture condoms

It is the ultimate tight-fitting -- one hopes -- outfit that no man wishing to impress can do without. French fashion house Saint Laurent is now selling luxury gilt-wrapped condoms. Having made fashion history with "le smoking" tuxedo and skin-tight dresses, it is moving into sheaths of a latex variety. Its designer Anthony Vaccarello unveiled...

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Slimane and Vaccarello: Not all designers embracing the inclusive catwalk movement

The culture war has come to the catwalk. Divisions over race, gender and the climate crisis are bubbling to the surface in a world where political debate is usually about as welcome as bingo wings. Two of Paris fashion's biggest stars, Hedi Slimane of Celine and Saint Laurent's Anthony Vaccarello, have both warned of a new "puritanism". Slimane...

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Saint Laurent SS20 runway show in Paris

Saint Laurent presented it's Spring / Summer 2020 womenswear collection this week in Paris, with the iconic Eiffel Tower as the backdrop. The collection, designed by Anthony Vaccarello, is made up of the brands signature tailored wear and sleek black looks, on a stage lit by 100 moving light fixtures. The show was concluded by iconic british...

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Anthony Vaccarello lights up Paris Fashion Week

Anthony Vaccarello has really come into his own at Saint Laurent. We know his penchants, that of the molto sexy, shorter than short brigade, but this season there was more than meets the eye originality. The show began with a series of looks inspired by former Yves Saint Laurent muse Betty Catroux, a blond vixen with side swept hair, shouldering...

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French actress Deneuve to auction personal YSL clothing next week

French screen legend Catherine Deneuve's personal clothing collection designed by her friend Yves Saint Laurent will be auctioned in Paris next week. Deneuve, 75, is auctioning her clothing by the late fashion icon after selling her country home in northern France where she kept a wardrobe full of Saint Laurent items. "These are the designs of...

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French actress Deneuve to auction off personal YSL collection

French screen legend Catherine Deneuve announced Monday she was set to auction off her personal clothing collection designed by her friend Yves Saint Laurent, the late fashion icon. Deneuve, who has just turned 75, said she was selling her country home in northern France where she kept a wardrobe full of Saint Laurent items and had decided to...