Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective - Petit Palais

 

This expo was easily one of my favourites during my time abroad.  Held at the Petit Palais in Paris, the show is divided into 15 rooms filled with St. Laurent's gorgeously tailored designs...from the start of his career as Christian Dior’s assistant (where he created the Trapeze dress, hallelujah for all-you-can-eat-buffet friendly outfits) to the creation of his own couture house, YSL Rive Gauche.

The expo features his travel-inspired collection, costumes, sophisticated eveningwear, and an entire wall full of his signature “Le Smoking” tuxedos  (my personal fav).  Two other parts of the expo that stood out to me were the nude portraits of St. Laurent from shoot with Jeanloup Sieff (tasteful and covered, you pervs) and the original comic strips of his badass cartoon character “La Vilaine Lulu.”

Open until Aug 29, 2010 I highly recommend going if you haven't already, its so worth it!  I also suggest paying the 5 extra euros to book your tickets online to avoid queueing because in May the lines were massive even early in the morning.  (However, Paris is pretty dead in August so you could try your luck.)  For the intrigued non-Parisians, the official site gives a really good overview of the show is pretty cool on its own as well. 

angie.loves.ysl x