Evening jacket
Design House Yves Saint Laurent French
Designer Yves Saint Laurent French, born Algeria
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Since Mrs. Kempner often treated the components of couture designs as separate elements to be recomposed to her liking, she generally purchased ensembles with all their constituent parts. Designs with jackets or coats held a particular attraction for her and are well represented in her collections for day and for evening. Her selection of jackets suggests an alternate strategy as well as her interest in the utility of a beautiful element that could be paired with long and short skirts or pants. For example, Mrs. Kempner chose a representative piece from Saint Laurent's well-regarded "Picasso Collection"--a Harlequin patchwork with the moody cast of the artist's blue period.
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