Playful, boldly colored coats and outerwear from Moschino and other titans of the era can take a simpler ensemble to the next level, while chic and practical suits from the likes of Christian Dior and Chanel remain classic for haute couture advocates and beyond. Finding the Right Clothing for YouДЇrom museum-worthy vintage Oscar de la Renta evening dresses and jackets to audacious T-shirts and trousers from provocative punk designer Vivienne Westwood, one thing is abundantly clear: If the clothing available on 1stDibs could talk, it would certainly make a statement.ДЇor fashion lovers, the 1990s have become associated with styles adopted by todayвЂ™s supermodels and influencers - think Galliano and Cavalli - but maybe вЂ80s accessories are among your (guilty?) pleasures. After a long period of ill health, he died at his home in Paris on June 1, 2008.Д«rowse an extraordinary collection of vintage Yves Saint Laurent evening dresses, shirts, handbags and other clothing and accessories today on 1stDibs. вЂњI am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style,вЂќ Saint Laurent said four years before retiring, in 2002. MondrianвЂ™s purity met its match in Saint Laurent. The design is the epitome of Saint LaurentвЂ™s aesthetic, requiring a meticulous hand piecing of each color block so that, despite the bodyвЂ™s curves, the visual plane is as flat as a canvas when the garment is worn. With its pure lines and hues, MondrianвЂ™s ground-breaking 1935 color-block painting Composition C transmutes beautifully into a dress that is highly valued by collectors of contemporary fashion and widely copied commercially to this day. It is a prime example of how Saint Laurent, an avid art lover and collector, looked to painters, from Goya to Picasso, Ingres to Matisse, for inspiration. His revolutionary Mondrian mini dress from 1965 is a core element of his fashion biography. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand. In 1966, they opened the first YSL Rive Gauche womenвЂ™s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. With Pierre BergГ©, his then-lover who became his lifelong business partner and friend, the designer founded Yves Saint Laurent YSL to encompass prГЄt-Г -porter, or ready-to-wear. He shook the traditional couture clientele to its core with youthful silhouettes and styles like the A-line trapeze dress that hung with seeming effortlessness from the shoulders, the antithesis of the pinched waists and molded skirts that had been all the rage after the deprivations of World War II.ДЄfter a mandated spell in the torturous French military, Saint Laurent suffered a nervous breakdown and was dismissed by Dior in 1962. A mere slip of a youth, the 21-year-old Saint Laurent was nevertheless up to the challenge. Surprisingly soon thereafter, Dior publicly chose Saint Laurent as his successor, which sadly proved prescient when the fashion legend died unexpectedly, in 1957.

Just two years later, in 1955, his remarkable sketches were shown to Christian Dior, then the worldвЂ™s reigning couturier, who hired him immediately. Saint Laurent also consistently used Black models, like Mounia, Iman and Naomi Campbell, and he drew endless inspiration from different ethnicities and cultures, in no small part because of his Algerian roots.Д«orn to French parents in Oran, Algeria, in 1936, Saint Laurent went to Paris at age 17 to study fashion at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Many of his designs are today considered timeless classics. By blurring gender-specific design, he empowered individual style while creating a scissor-sharp fashion aesthetic of sensual ease and beauty. Using traditional menswear fabrics and designs for women, Saint Laurent also literally cross-dressed, giving men and women alike chic pant suits, elegant tuxedo jackets and urban safari gear. He was the first couturier to open boutiques for both men and women. Saint Laurent was the first to launch a ready-to-wear label, YSL Rive Gauche PrГЄt-Г -Porter. French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent pioneered вЂњcross-designвЂќ in fashion, taking inspiration from street trends to modernize haute couture.

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