I have been to see The Perfection of Style - Yves Saint Laurent twice now since its opening at the Seattle Art Museum. Once just to check it out and see how it had been curated. I always find it very interesting to see how individual curators decide to display fashion exhibits. This exhibit is done exceptionally well it is a wonderful combination of decades through clothing, collection boards, fabrics, costume jewellery etc. The second was to attend a workshop on Fashion & Identity with the YSL exhibit being part of the discussions. Pictures following are some of the outfits that caught my eye often because of the structure, detailing and draping.
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| Detail of ivory evening dress which could easily double as a wedding dress 1971 |
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| More complete view of ivory evening dress |
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One of his simple but striking ensembles
rive gauche collection 1977 |
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One of my favourite dresses due to it's simplicity
1965 |
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| Side view of black silk crepe dress |
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| One Sample of many collection boards on display |
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| rive gauche collection 1991 |
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Wedding gown 1970
Personally I think it would be an amazing jacket
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My favourite decades from Yves Saint Laurent are the late 60's and the 70's. He did an amazing job of including many aspects of pop culture into his designs throughout his life but I feel he did it the best during these times in his collections.
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