Suit

Design House Yves Saint Laurent French
 Designer Yves Saint Laurent French, born Algeria

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Mrs. Kempner's closets yielded a seemingly endless array of tailored suits. Many of the designs incorporated sartorial variations on iconic menswear elements: the spencer, the "Eisenhower" or blouson jacket, the double-breasted "gangster" suit, and the formal blazer. While acknowledging the virtues of traditional menswear, Mrs. Kempner was also an advocate of innovations of cut and detailing in her tailoring. The virtuosity of Balmain's jacket lapel incorporated into a seam to create a trompe l'oeil waistcoat or Saint Laurent's nautical ensemble that supplants a naval uniform's white duck with feminine cotton piqué suggests her interest in witty and novel details.

Suit, Yves Saint Laurent (French, founded 1961), a) wool, silk, metal, leather; b) leather, metal; c-h) cotton; i) wool, silk; j) cotton, silk, metal, French

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Suit, Yves Saint Laurent (French, founded 1961), a) wool, silk, metal, leather; b) leather, metal; c-h) cotton; i) wool, silk; j) cotton, silk, metal, French
Suit, Yves Saint Laurent (French, founded 1961), a) wool, silk, metal, leather; b) leather, metal; c-h) cotton; i) wool, silk; j) cotton, silk, metal, French
Suit, Yves Saint Laurent (French, founded 1961), a) wool, silk, metal, leather; b) leather, metal; c-h) cotton; i) wool, silk; j) cotton, silk, metal, French
Suit, Yves Saint Laurent (French, founded 1961), a) wool, silk, metal, leather; b) leather, metal; c-h) cotton; i) wool, silk; j) cotton, silk, metal, French
Suit, Yves Saint Laurent (French, founded 1961), a) wool, silk, metal, leather; b) leather, metal; c-h) cotton; i) wool, silk; j) cotton, silk, metal, French
Suit, Yves Saint Laurent (French, founded 1961), a) wool, silk, metal, leather; b) leather, metal; c-h) cotton; i) wool, silk; j) cotton, silk, metal, French
Suit, Yves Saint Laurent (French, founded 1961), a) wool, silk, metal, leather; b) leather, metal; c-h) cotton; i) wool, silk; j) cotton, silk, metal, French

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