YSL Lexicon

YSL Lexicon An ABC of the Fashion, Life, and Inspirations of Yves Saint LaurentAN ABC OF THE FASHION, Edited by MARTINA MONDADORI and STEPHAN JANSON LIFE, AND INSPIRATIONS Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. 300 Park Avenue South New York, New York 10010 OF YVES SAINT LAURENT www.rizzoliusa.com

EDITED BY ISBN: 978-0-8478-6712-7 $65.00 MARTINA MONDADORI AND Can: $85.00 Jacketed hardcover, 8 x 11 inches STEPHAN JANSON; INTRODUCTION BY 288 pages 250 illustrations Rights: World MADISON COX; TEXTS BY CLAUDE ARNAUD, For serial rights, images to accompany your coverage, or any other publicity information HAMISH BOWLES, AMY FINE COLLINS, about this title please contact: Pam Sommers, executive director of publicity (212) 387-3465 NATASHA FRASER-CAVASSONI, CAROLINE psommers@rizzoliusa.com ISSA, CAROLINE LOEB, MARIAN MCEVOY, UMBERTO PASTI, ELIE TOP, AND DIANE VON FÜRSTENBERG

The world’s leading authorities on fashion and design celebrate the 60th anniversary of YSL’s first runway presentation with a lexicon that includes many images from the designer’s extraordinary archives.

Yves Saint Laurent (1936–2008) is credited with reviving French haute couture in the 1960s, with making ready-to-wear reputable, and with using non-European cultural references. In addition to the kaleidoscope of images in this book, a coterie of tastemakers have supplied listings that encompass YSL’s style inspirations (C is for Costumes, as exemplified by the Russian theme of the famed autumnwinter 1976–77 collection; T is for Tuxedo, which the designer initially referenced with his 1965 “Le Smoking”) and important facets of his life (J is for Jardin Majorelle, the garden of the couturier’s paradisiacal retreat in Marrakech; R is for Rive Gauche, the bohemian, chic neighborhood of Paris where the YSL boutique is situated and also the name of the house’s famous perfume launched in 1970). This distillation and celebration of the designer’s life reveals the inner world of a twentieth-century master.

Martina Mondadori is the founder of Cabana magazine. Stephan Janson is a fashion designer. Madison Cox is the president of the Pierre Bergé–Yves Saint Laurent Foundation. Claude Arnaud is an essayist and biographer. Hamish Bowles is the international editor at large at American Vogue. Amy Fine Collins is a journalist and special correspondent at Vanity Fair. Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni is an author. Caroline Issa is a magazine publisher. Caroline Loeb is an actress, singer, and director. Marian McEvoy is an artisan and former magazine editor in chief. Umberto Pasti is a writer and horticulturist. Elie Top is a jewelry designer. Diane von Fürstenberg is a fashion designer.

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288 pages, 8 x 11” 200 color photographs HC w/jacket: 978-0-8478-6712-7 $65.00 Can: $85.00 UK: £45.00 February 15, 2022 Rights: World RIZZOLI

An ABC of the Fashion, Life, and Inspirations of Yves Saint Laurent

Edited by MARTINA MONDADORI and STEPHAN JANSON

12 of the opulent outfits from the 1976 Fall collection A collage of runway shots of the many exotic places Saint Laurent kept re-inventing.