Fashion Gold at the Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Paris

Published on 24 February 2023, by Christophe Averty

Forty haute couture and ready-to-wear dresses, accompanied by accessories and jewelry, redefine the Yves Saint Laurent silhouette in the light of the designer's favorite color: gold and sunshine.

Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008), evening dress, autumn-winter 1966 haute couture collection... Fashion Gold at the Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Paris

Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008), evening dress, autumn-winter 1966 haute couture collection (detail).
Yves Saint Laurent © Nicolas Mathéus

With Yves Saint Laurent, women are adorned with a myriad of lights. During the day, like a fashion print, she ignores the wind in a coat illuminated with golden buttons, that was created for his first solo fashion show in 1962. At night, she slips into the Privilège, the mythical restaurant from the years of the Palace,…

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