Thursday, June 19, 2008

A Tribute to Yves St. Laurent

In honor of Yves St. Laurent and his fashion influence on us, I wrote this piece for The Lingerie Post.

"We’re paying homage to legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent, who died on June 1 of brain cancer. Over the years, Iman, Catherine Deneuve, and Laetitia Casta have all modeled for him. I remember growing up seeing “YSL” everywhere, in the news, magazine ads and my mother’s and grandmother’s closets. It seems as if he’s been with us forever.


Long known for creating “ready-to-wear,” YSL was a force of design throughout his career. At the age of 21, he was called upon to save the struggling house of Dior. It worked and since then YSL has continuted breaking ground both in both design and soceity..."



Yves Henri Donat Mathieu Saint Laurent
(August 1, 1936-June 1, 2008)


“The most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves. But for those who haven’t had the fortune of finding this happiness, I am there.”-Yves Saint Laurent, 1983


For the full article and swimwear images, please click on A Tribute to Yves St. Laurent.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

i LOVE those runway shots...I think I will post those on my blog next week (with a link to you of course!!).
xox

EvesApples said...

I LOVE them too! I think it's insane how good the color and suits look on the models!

xoxo

LOVED visiting your store and the shoot last week! ;)

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