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Yves Saint Laurent

"I want to give haute couture a kind of wink, a sense of humour—to introduce the whole sense of freedom one sees in the street into high fashion; to give couture the same provocative and arrogant look as punk—but of course with luxury and dignity and style." So says Yves Saint Laurent, the fashion designer who, for over a quarter of a century, has been hailed as a fashion genius—"the master of the streets of the world" as Diana Vreeland puts it. Here are more than 200 of his greatest designs, dramatically reproduced in colour and black and white. Also included are a revealing autobiographical essay by Yves Saint Laurent himself and fascinating insights by Catherine Deneuve, Paloma Picasso-Lopez, Marella Agnelli and others.

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Yves Saint Laurent: When Fashion Meets Art

December 14, 2023

By Aurola Wedman Alfaro

On the 40th anniversary of Yves Saint Laurent’s exhibition at The Met, we revisit the connection between fashion and art.

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Yves Saint Laurent: From Marrakech to The Met

July 10, 2019

By Melissa Raymond

Associate Manager for Technical Services Melissa Raymond discusses her recent visit to the library at musée Yves Saint Laurent marrakech (mYSLm).

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Wise Women: Images of Saint Thecla and Saint Catherine

September 21, 2017

By Barbara Drake Boehm

Curator Barbara Drake Boehm looks at medieval representations of martyrs Saint Thecla and Saint Catherine in honor of their autumn feast days.

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Reclaiming Saint James

July 31, 2015

By Barbara Drake Boehm

Barbara Drake Boehm, Paul and Jill Ruddock Curator, explores the legend of Saint James and his shrine in Spain and the many depictions of him in the Met's collection.

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Colorful Spaces: The World of Niki de Saint Phalle

September 20, 2017

By Holly Phillips

Associate Manager of Collection Development and Special Collections Holly Phillips looks at some rare Niki de Saint Phalle books in Thomas J. Watson Library.

Essay

Saint Petersburg

October 1, 2003

By Wolfram Koeppe

The young czar, feeling oppressed by the medieval traditions and ecclesiastical patriarchy of seventeenth-century Moscow, wanted to Westernize Russia in a hurry, defying the sluggish pace of history.

Essay

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907)

October 1, 2004

By Thayer Tolles

Saint-Gaudens’ contribution to American Renaissance art and culture must be measured not only as a master sculptor of works large and small, public and private, but also as a gifted teacher, arbiter of taste, and professional role model for a succeeding generation of French-trained American sculptors.