Yves Saint Laurent

YvesSaintLaurentisanamesynonymouswithstyle,eleganceandhighfashion.WhenhecameonthesceneatDiorandthenstartedhisownline,hequicklychangedthewaypeopleregardedhautecoutureandtheworldoffashionitself.Herevolutionizedwomenseveningwearwhenheintroducedlesmoking,awomanstuxedo.Hehadahugeimpactnotonlyonfashion,butalsoonmanypeopleslives,includingthatofphotographerRoxanneLowit.YvesSaintLaurentisLowitspersonalphotographichistoryofSaintLaurent,themanandthefashion,from1978,theyearshefirstmethim,tothelastshowhegavein2002.WithcontributionsfromYSLsmusesandadmirers,includingCatherineDeneuve,LuciedelaFalaise,BettyCatroux,JacquelinedeRibes,AndreLeonTalleyandValerieSteele,thisbookrepresentsthebackstageexperienceatYSLsshowsasLowitexperiencedthem.Whethersurroundedbybeautifulmodelsorpeekingatthecatwalkfromthewings,everymomentwasamagnificentphotoopportunity.LowitshareswiththeworldmagicalmomentsofYSLintimate,social,absorbedinfashionandcreatesauniqueportraitofthistoweringfigureofpostwarcouture.ThisbookwillbecovetedbyYvesSaintLaurentsmanyfansworldwideandbyanyoneinterestedintheverybestofhighfashion.