A joint anniversary exhibition
PARIS is the place to be early next year for fans of Yves Saint Laurent.
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the designer’s first fashion show, retrospectives of his work will go on display in six Parisian museums.
It’s an ambitious program of exhibitions that will revisit the work of the great couturier born in Oran.
Topics treated range from how he shaped fashion and influenced future generations to his creative capacities and his links with the world of art, which was both a passion and a source of inspiration.
It was on Jan 29, 1962 that the young Saint Laurent presented his first collection under his own name, at 30 bis rue Spontini in Paris, putting forward his unique style.
at the age of 26, the designer was not exactly a beginner though, as he had already been called to fill in for christian Dior, who had died suddenly a few years earlier.
What was presented that day, however, was a collection that will never be forgotten in the world of fashion: the “Trapeze” collection still influences younger generations today.
It was the kickoff point for the signature style that came to be associated with Yves Saint Laurent, which would continue to be refined and expanded over the years, influenced by different artistic worlds.
The “Yves Saint Laurent aux Musees” (Yves Saint Laurent in the Museums) anniversary exhibition, an unprecedented format in the world of fashion, sets out not only to highlight the creative power of the great French couturier through a vast overview of his most emblematic models as well as some lesser-known pieces, but also to establish a dialogue between his creations and the permanent collections of various Paris museums, thus paying tribute to his unswerving links with the art world.
Organised by the Pierre Berge – Yves Saint Laurent Foundation, the exhibition will be held simultaneously in six Paris museums from Jan 29 to May 15, 2022.
The designer’s creative journey will be retraced at the centre Pompidou, Paris’s Museum of Modern art, the Louvre, the Musee d’orsay, the Musee National Picasso-paris, and, of course, the Yves Saint Laurent Paris Museum.
This museum, dedicated to the designer, will highlight some of the archives of the fashion house, most of which have never been shown before. – AFP Relaxnews