If you’d like to see the first Yves Saint Laurent retrospective since his death earlier this year, you’ll have to travel to the De Young Museum in San Francisco–and it would be well worth the trip. The 130 pieces and sketches on display span this designer’s 40+ year career, starting with his early days at Dior and leading up to his retirement in 2002, and are on loan from the Foundation Pierre Berge-Yves Saint Laurent in Paris.
You’ll find everything from his 1988 “Irises” jacket with 40 pounds of sequins and beads to a 1990s coat made from the feathers of roosters, pheasants and vultures. And of course you’ll find his iconic Mondrian-inspired dresses from 1965 and the first le smoking jacket from 1966.
The exhibition runs through April 5, 2009 but for a quick 5-minute glimpse, you can visit the exhibition’s website and watch this video.
It’s pure eye candy for a vintage fashionista!
More information available here.
Photo credit: Copyright The Estate of Jeanloup Sieff
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