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Yves Saint Laurent More Necklaces

French, 1936-2008

French designer Yves Saint Laurent pioneered “cross-design” in fashion, taking inspiration from street trends to modernize haute couture.

Saint Laurent was the first to launch a ready-to-wear label, YSL Rive Gauche Prêt-à-Porter. He was the first couturier to open boutiques for both men and women. 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.

By blurring gender-specific design, Saint Laurent empowered individual style while creating a scissor-sharp fashion aesthetic of sensual ease and beauty. Many of his designs are today considered timeless classics. 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.

Born 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. Just two years later, in 1955, his remarkable sketches were shown to Christian Dior, then the world’s reigning couturier, who hired him immediately.

Surprisingly soon thereafter, Dior publicly chose Saint Laurent as his successor, which sadly proved prescient when the fashion legend died unexpectedly, in 1957. A mere slip of a youth, the 21-year-old Saint Laurent was nevertheless up to the challenge. 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.

After a mandated spell in the torturous French military, Saint Laurent suffered a nervous breakdown and was dismissed by Dior in 1962. Out of the ashes rose the Age of Yves. With Pierre Bergé, his then-lover who became his lifelong business partner and friend, the designer founded Yves Saint Laurent YSL to encompass prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear. In 1966, they opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand.

His revolutionary Mondrian mini dress from 1965 is a core element of his fashion biography. 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.

With its pure lines and hues, Mondrian’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. The design is the epitome of Saint Laurent’s aesthetic, requiring a meticulous hand-piecing of each color block so that, despite the body’s curves, the visual plane is as flat as a canvas when the garment is worn. Mondrian’s purity met its match in Saint Laurent.

“I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style,” Saint Laurent said four years before retiring, in 2002. After a long period of ill health, he died at his home in Paris on June 1, 2008.

Browse an extraordinary collection of vintage Yves Saint Laurent evening dresses, shirts, handbags and other clothing and accessories today on 1stDibs.

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Creator: Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent Golden Metal Dickey Necklace with Colorful Resin Cabochons
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - (Made in France) Impressive golden metal dickey necklace with colorful resin cabochons. To be mentioned, the metal formed a patina on the back. Additional infor...
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Yves Saint Laurent Necklace in Metal with Red Rhinestones
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - Necklace in metal entirely paved with red rhinestones. Work by the atelier Scemama for Yves Saint Laurent. Additional information: Condition: Good condition Dim...
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Yves Saint Laurent Golden Metal Articulated Necklace Haute Couture, 1960s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - Golden metal articulated necklace with an antique gold color and hardstone cabochons. Haute Couture jewelry from the 1960s. Additional information: Condition: V...
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Yves Saint Laurent Costume Pearl Necklace with Rhinestones, 1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - (Made in France) Costume pearl necklace with rhinestones and golden metal elements. Jewelry from the middle of the 1980s. To be mentioned, some pearls are flaked...
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Yves Saint Laurent Silver metal Brooch Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - Necklace made of a velvet ribbon and a silver plated pendant-brooch, paved with multicoloured glass paste cabochons and rhinestones. Additional information: D...
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Yves Saint Laurent Golden Openwork Metal Necklace Enameled with Blue
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - (Made in France) Golden openwork metal necklace enameled with blue. Additional information: Condition: Very good condition Dimensions: Length: from 42.5 cm to 4...
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Yves Saint Laurent Silvery Metal Necklace with Rhinestones
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - (Made in France) Silvery metal necklace ornamented with rhinestones. Additional information: Condition: Very good condition Dimensions: Length: from 42 cm to 48...
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Yves Saint Laurent Golden Metal Short Necklace with Stones
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - (Made in France) Golden metal short necklace with stones. Additional information: Condition: Very good condition Dimensions: Length: 43 cm Seller Reference: BC186
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Yves Saint Laurent Dark-Golden Metal Multi-Row Necklace Haute Couture, 1960/70s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - Dark-golden metal multi-row necklace. 1960/70 circa Haute Couture Collection. Additional information: Condition: Very good condition Dimensions: Length: 80 cm P...
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1990's YVES SAINT LAURENT gilt rose necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Gilt-metal necklace with abstract rose motif designed by by Yves Saint Laurent dating to the 1990's. Adjustable length from 18.5-20". Heavy spring closure. Made in France. Excellent ...
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Yves Saint Laurent Gold-Plated Necklace, 1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - (Made in France) Necklace in gold-plated metal and coins. Jewelry from the 1980s. Additional information: Condition: Very good condition Dimensions: Length: 90 ...
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Yves Saint Laurent Necklace in Gold-Plated Metal and Multicolored Resin
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - (Made in France) Necklace in gold-plated metal and multicolored resin. Additional information: Condition: Very good condition Dimensions: Length: from 45 cm to ...
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Yves Saint Laurent Short Necklace In Gold-Plated Metal and Rhinestones
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - (Made in France) Short necklace in gold-plated metal and rhinestones. Additional information: Condition: Very good condition Dimensions: Length: from 38 cm to 4...
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Gilt Metal

Yves Saint Laurent Necklace in Glass Paste and Pearly Beads
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - Necklace in glass paste and pearly beads. Additional information: Condition: Good condition Dimensions: Length: 86 cm Sel...
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Gilt Metal

Yves Saint Laurent Dickey Necklace, 1985-1990s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - (Made in France) Dickie necklace composed of golden metal rings and costume pearls. Jewelry from the 1985-1990s Additional information: Condition: Very good con...
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1980s Yves Saint Laurent YSL Cassandre-Logo Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Paris, FR
1980s Yves Saint Laurent gold-tone "Cassandre-logo" pendant necklace featuring a flat snake chain, a signature Cassandre logo, a statement pendant, a polished finish and a lobster c...
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1990s Yves Saint Laurent YSL Logo-Pendant Chain Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Paris, FR
1990s Yves Saint Laurent gold-tone logo-pendant chain necklace featuring a hexagonal logo pendant, rhinestone embellishment, a delicate chain with ...
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Yves Saint Laurent Golden Metal Jewelry Set with Colored Rhinestones
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - (Made in France) Golden metal jewelry composed of a necklace, a bracelet, a brooch, and clip-on earrings with colored rhinestones. ...
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Gilt Metal

Yves Saint Laurent Necklace in Gold Metal
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - (Made in France) Short necklace in gold metal and red glass paste cabochons. Additional information: Dimensions: Length: from 44 cm to 50 cm Condition: Very goo...
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Yves Saint Laurent Flower Necklace in Gilded Metal
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent (Made in France) Short gilded metal necklace decorated with red and green enameled flowers paved with orange rhinestones. Additional information: Dimensions: Len...
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Gilt Metal

Yves Saint Laurent Necklace in Gold Metal
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent -(Made in France) Articulated necklace in gold metal paved with colored cabochons. Additional information: Dimensions: Length: 52 cm - Diameter of the central me...
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Gilt Metal

Yves Saint Laurent Gilded Metal Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent (Made in France) Short gilded metal necklace decorated with multicolor rhinestones. Additional information: Dimensions: Length: 41 cm (16.14") - Height: 3 cm (1....
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Yves Saint Laurent Necklace in Gold Metal
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent -(Made in France) Articulated necklace in gold metal. Additional information: Dimensions: Length: from 44 cm to 49 cm - Height: 2.5 cm Condition: Very good condi...
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Yves Saint Laurent Bow Necklace in Gold Metal
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - (Made in France) Bow necklace in gold metal and blue strass. Additional information: Dimensions: Length: 39 cm Condition: Very good condition Seller Ref number...
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Gilt Metal

Yves Saint Laurent Gold Plated Metal Necklace with Wooden Beads
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - (Made in France) Gold plated metal necklace with blue wooden beads. Additional information: Dimensions: Length: from 53 cm to 58 cm Condition: Good condition S...
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Gold Plate

Yves Saint Laurent Set of Necklace and Earrings in Copper-Plated Metal
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - Set in copper-plated metal, rhinestones in shades of glass. Haute Couture collection 1985/89. Set not signed. Additional information: Dimensions: Length of t...
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YVES SAINT LAURENT gilt snake collar
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Very unique, gilt-metal necklace in the form of a stylized snake from Yves Saint Laurent dating to the 1980's. Fits a smaller sized neck. Measures approximately 13-13.5" along the in...
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Yves Saint Laurent Golden Metal Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent -Golden metal necklace/belt with Swarovski rhinestones. Additional information: Dimensions: Length: 80 cm Condition: Very good condition Seller Ref number: BC90
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Yves Saint Laurent Set of Necklace and Earrings in Gold Metal
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves saint Laurent -(Made in France) Gold plated metal and ruby colored glass paste cabochons set. Additional information: Dimensions: Length of the necklace: 37.5 cm to 42.5 cm ...
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Gilt Metal

Yves Saint Laurent Set of Necklace and Earrings in Gold Metal and Green Resin
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - (Made in France) Gold metal and green resin set. Additional information: Dimensions: Necklace length: from 36 cm to 41 cm, Earrings: 3.5 cm Condition: Ver...
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Gilt Metal

1980's YVES SAINT LAURENT brass textured link necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Vintage, chunky oversized gilt brass link necklace from Yves Saint Laurent dating to the 1990's. Necklace measures approximately 17.5" to 18" long. Each link measures about 1.5" acro...
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Goossens for YVES SAINT LAURENT fish necklace with topaz faceted crystals
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Gilt metal necklace in an unusual fish motif with faceted topaz crystals made by Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent dating to the late 1980's, early 1990's. Necklace measures app...
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Crystal

vintage 1970's YVES SAINT LAURENT Gilt Necklace With faux Ivory Resin
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Dramatic, gilt metal necklace with faux ivory resin stones from Yves Saint Laurent dating to the late 1970's, early 1980's. Necklace measures approximately 16" end to end. Adjustable...
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1990's YVES SAINT LAURENT blue and clear faceted crystal necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Striking, blue and clear faceted crystal necklace set in silver-tone metal designed by Yves Saint Laurent dating to the 1990's. Measures appro...
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Crystal

Yves St Laurent Silver Tone Chunky Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Montreal, QC
Yves St Laurent silver tone chunky necklace. Measures 18 inches long, wear consistent with age, c.1990. Signed, metal silver tone.
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Base Metal

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Dangling Gold Sun on Choker Circa 1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Vintage YSL Dangling Gold Sun on Choker. The Wire stretches Some. Opening is 2" Sun is 2" x 2". This is such a special piece and describes YSL...
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Mixed Metal

Yves Saint Laurent Heart Necklace with Copper Metal Chain
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in PARIS, FR
Yves Saint Laurent Heart Necklace Copper metal chain and pendent, green and bleu resin on the pendent Very good condition, light sig...
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Copper

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Necklace 1990s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in London, GB
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Necklace 1990s Super cool necklace from the legendary house of Yves Saint Laurent. Made in France in the 1990s, this incredible necklace is crafted from s...
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Silver Plate

1980s Yves Saint Laurent Silver and Pearl Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in London, GB
Simple yet elegant vintage 1980s to 1990s necklace from Yves Saint Laurent. Made up of alternating faux pearl domes and marquise cut rhinestones set in a silver setting. The necklac...
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YVES SAINT LAURENT Vintage Necklace And Bracelet Set
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Paris, FR
The set is in good condition. Made in France The bracelet is articulated. A rhinestone is missing. Micro-scratches on the metal. Dimensions: height: 2 cm, wrist size: 16 cm, inside d...
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Gilt Metal

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1970s Ball Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT early necklace featuring faux amber and faux horn graduated resin ball beads. Created by the French parurier ROGER SCEMEMA in the 1970s. S hook closure. Embosse...
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1983 YVES SAINT LAURENT brass and copper numbered RUNWAY necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Sculptural brass and gilt metal pieces make up this dramatic collar from Yves Saint Laurent as seen on the spring 1983 runway. This is a very rare and unique piece. Beautiful patina...
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Yves Saint Laurent Signature"Opium" Perfume Holder Necklace with Silk Tassle
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves Saint Laurent signature "Opium" collection perfume holder pendant with adjustable black silk cord necklace and black silk tassel d...
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Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Long Brass Link Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in North Miami, FL
This ever chic and ever fashionable vintage French signed Yves Saint Laurent long chain / link necklace is a forever piece. It is heavy and made out of brass that has been patinated ...
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Brass

Yves Saint Laurent Glass Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Geneva, CH
Unusual and rare 80's signed YSL hammered gilt metal and green glass necklace. This fantastic piece will make a cool yet chic addition to day and even...
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Gilt Metal

Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Byzantine Cross Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Striking Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Byzantine Cross Necklace 1970's, workshop Maison Goossens. Of gilt bronze with faux amythest and em...
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Gold Plate, Bronze, Gilt Metal

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Jewelled Rings Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage antiqued copper toned necklace featuring a double snake chain and three intertwined rings embellished with citrine co...
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Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Black and Purple Glass 6 Strand Rare Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in North Miami, FL
This rare, ultra chic and vintage hallmarked Yves Saint Laurent 6 strand necklace is purple and black glass. This is a very special necklace of the fr...
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Yves Saint Laurent Chinese Passementerie Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves Saint Laurent Bib necklace, Haute Couture, Chinese Collection, Opium, Fall/Winter 1977. Woven silk cord, silvered metal beads, with bakelite spacers...
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Silver Plate

Yves Saint Laurent Golden Jewelry Set
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Yves Saint Laurent - (Made in France) Golden metal jewelry composed of a necklace, a bracelet, a pendant brooch, and engraved clip-on earrings. Additional information: Condition: Ve...
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Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Gold Plated Textured Emerald Crystal Necklace 1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in London, GB
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Haute Couture By CAILLOL Gold Plated Textured Emerald Crystal Necklace 1980s A rare vintage 1980s statement YVES SA...
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Crystal, Gold Plate

Yves Saint Laurent Signed YSL Vintage Pearls Gold Tone Bib Necklace w Red Stones
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Portland, OR
This is a stunning vintage bib necklace from Yves Saint Laurent with a single strand of faux pearls and a gorgeous gold abstract triangle with bea...
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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Fashion designer Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint Laurent was born in Oran, Algeria on August 1, 1936. The family home was located at 11 Rue Stora in the Plateau Saint Michel neighborhood. Yves and his parents lived on the ground floor and his uncle’s family lived above them. The city of Oran is a port city in northwest Algeria. Shop a collection of vintage and new Saint Laurent bags, clothing and accessories from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.
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    The Yves Saint Laurent logo is ‘YSL’, a monogram of the founder’s name. The ‘S’ sits in the middle, linking the ‘Y’ and the ‘L’. You can find vintage and contemporary Yves Saint Laurent bags, clothing and accessories from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.
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    The original Yves Saint Laurent logo is an interlocking monogram designed by graphic designer Adolphe Jean Marie Mouron, who goes by the name Cassandre. In 2012 the brand changed its name, dropping the Yves and also changing the logo. Today’s Saint Laurent logo is a bold Neue Helvetica font “Saint Laurent” with the word “Paris” written beneath in a serif-style font. All letters are in uppercase. You’ll find a variety of Saint Laurent products from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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    Yves Saint Laurent is the name of the French fashion designer who founded the luxury fashion house in 1962. Today, his fashions remain beloved by collectors all around the world. Shop a collection of vintage and contemporary Yves Saint Laurent garments from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 18, 2024
    Yves Saint Laurent is pronounced “EEV sann law-RAUNNT.” Yves Saint Laurent established his eponymous couture house with Pierre Bergé in 1962. By blurring gender-specific design, Saint Laurent empowered individual style while creating a scissor-sharp fashion aesthetic of sensual ease and beauty. Many of his designs are today considered timeless classics. Find vintage Yves Saint Laurent bags, clothing and accessories from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.
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    Yves Saint Laurent was a well-known fashion designer with a brand that was recognized for a dedication to quality and elegance. He is probably best known for popularizing the idea of women wearing trousers for all occasions, bringing androgenous dressing to the forefront. He was also well-known for his flowy fashions that were less structured than his contemporaries. You’ll find a variety of Saint Laurent products from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    In Yves Saint Laurent’s childhood, he had a fascination with making intricate paper dolls, which later turned into making dress designs for his mother and sisters. As a teenager, his mother took him to meet with the editor of French Vogue, who was impressed by the young Saint Laurent’s designs. Shop a collection of vintage and new Yves Saint Laurent designs from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.
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    In his earliest years, Yves Saint Laurent was inspired by illustrations from fashion magazines and Christian Bérard. As he officially began to pursue a career in fashion, he was introduced to Christian Dior and definitely gained inspiration from this fashion giant. Throughout his career he was inspired by art and famed artists, the street styles he saw around him, Russian culture and design and the way his mother dressed when he was a child. You’ll find a variety of Saint Laurent products from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The luxury brand Yves Saint Laurent is owned today by Kering. The brand name has dropped Yves and is currently known as Saint Laurent. This French brand began in 1962 and was bought by Gucci in 1999, which was owned by PPR. Later PPR changed names to be called Kering, and still owns the Saint Laurent brand. Find vintage and contemporary Saint Laurent bags, clothing and accessories from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.
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    Yves Saint Laurent is known for his approach to elegance and comfort in women’s wear. He is also widely credited for creating the “Le Smoking” tuxedo suit. The Le Smoking tuxedo suit was the first of its kind, a tuxedo suit designed for women. Find a large collection of authentic Yves Saint Laurent from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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    Yves Saint Laurent’s style has been described as ‘gender-blurring’, with inspiration taken from the streets to help modernize haute-couture. You can find vintage and contemporary Yves Saint Laurent bags, clothing and accessories from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.
    1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Since its inception in the early 1960s, the Yves Saint Laurent style has changed and grown with the times. The overarching mood of Saint Laurent styles is gender-blurring and openly embraces the idea of women wearing trousers and other garments that were more associated with past menswear. No matter the garment, the look is always high-end and luxe. You’ll find a large collection of Saint Laurent from many of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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    Designer Anthony Vaccarello is Yves Saint Laurent’s creative director and was appointed to the position in April 2016. You can find vintage and contemporary Yves Saint Laurent bags, clothing and accessories from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.
    1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Yves Saint Laurent was the original designer for the eponymous label. Today the brand is led by creative director Anthony Vaccarello, who stepped into the position in April of 2016. In between creative directors included Alber Elbaz, Tom Ford, Stefano Pilati and Hedi Slimane. Shop a collection of vintage and new Saint Laurent bags, clothing and accessories from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 18, 2024
    Yves Saint Laurent was founded in 1962.

    The revered and groundbreaking French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent established his eponymous luxury house with his partner, Pierre Bergé. In the years prior, beginning in his teens, Saint Laurent had been working for Christian Dior. In 1966, four years after establishing the label, he and Bergé opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand and didn’t retire from designing until 2002.

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  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 18, 2024
    Yes, Yves Saint Laurent was an entrepreneur. The revered and groundbreaking French fashion designer founded his eponymous luxury house with his partner, Pierre Bergé, in 1962. In the years prior, beginning in his teens, Saint Laurent had been working for Christian Dior. In 1966, four years after establishing the label, he and Bergé opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand and didn’t retire from designing until 2002. Find vintage Yves Saint Laurent bags, clothing and accessories from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The difference between Yves Saint Laurent and Saint Laurent has to do with its branding. While the house of Yves Saint Laurent is still called by that name, Hedi Slimane’s ready-to-wear collection goes by Saint Laurent — but the logo for this collection specifies Saint Laurent Paris. On 1stDibs, you'll find authentic Saint Laurent pieces from trusted sellers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    There are a few tell-tale signs you can look for to determine whether your YSL bag is real or fake. Authentic Saint Laurent bags have a serial number tag. Authentic bags will have the tag sewn into the lining around the edges. The serial number is 12 digits separated by a dot. Newer versions of YSL bags will have a serial number that is three letters, followed by 10 digits and they’re separated by a dot. In addition, make sure to thoroughly examine the bag for flaws and imperfections. A true Yves Saint Laurent bag will be flawless. Shop a collection of authentic Saint Laurent purses from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    An authentic Yves Saint Laurent scarf should look hand-rolled and hand-stitched. The material should be rolled in towards the logo, and then hand stitched so that the material comes from the back to the front. The pattern should also be completely symmetrical. You’ll find a collection of expertly-vetted Saint Laurent clothing and accessories from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The fashion house Yves Saint Laurent was founded in 1962 by Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent and Pierre Bergé in Paris, France. Their mission was to make prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear fashion, a reputable trend. In 1966, they opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon after by YSL Rive Gauche for men. On 1stDibs, you’ll find a collection of iconic vintage and contemporary Saint Laurent clothing and accessories.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Belgian-born designer Anthony Vaccarello is the creative director at Yves Saint Laurent and is in charge of the fashion house’s womenswear and menswear lines. Shop a collection of vintage and contemporary Saint Laurent menswear from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 18, 2024
    Yes, Yves Saint Laurent is a luxury brand. Founded in 1962 by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé, the brand is regarded as one of the foremost fashion labels in the 20th century.

    By blurring gender-specific design, Saint Laurent empowered individual style while creating a scissor-sharp fashion aesthetic of sensual ease and beauty. Many of his designs are today considered timeless classics. 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.

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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Yves Saint Laurent is made with the utmost quality and high-end materials. You can check for authenticity cards, near perfect stitching and a branded label along the inside to confirm the item is authentic. Find a large collection of authentic Yves Saint Laurent from some of the world’s top reputable boutiques on 1stDibs.

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