MUSES & ICONS
LOULOU DE LA FALAISE
NAME INSPIRATION FOR OUR LOULOU HANDBAG
ORIGINAL JEWELRY DESIGNER FOR OVER 3 DECADES
MANY OF HER JEWELRY DESIGNS SERVE AS INSPIRATION FOR ANTHONY VACCARELLO
37 RUE DE BELLECHASSE
OUR WW HEADQUARTERS LOCATED IN THE RIVE GAUCHE SIDE OF PARIS
WAS THE LOCATION OF ANTHONY VACCARELLOS SPRING 2017 DEBUT COLLECTION FOR SAINT LAURENT
WAS THE LOCATION OF ANTHONY VACCARELLOS MOST RECENT SUMMER 2025 RUNWAY SHOW
LE SMOKING
"FOR A WOMEN, LE SMOKING IS AN INDISPENSABLE GARMENT WITH WHICH SHE FINDS HERSELF CONTINUALLY IN FASHION. BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT STYLE, NOT FASHION. FASHIONS COME AND GO, BUT STYLE IS FOREVER"
AT FIRST IT WAS REJECTED BY HAUTE COUTURE CLIENTS WITH ONLY ONE PIECE SOLD, PROVING THAT THE 1960S MENTALITY FOUND LE SMOKING TO BE HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL.
CASSANDRE MONOGRAM
THE SAINT LAURENT MONOGRAM WAS DESIGNED BY THE ARTIST ADOLPHE MOURON, BETTER KNOWN AS CASSANDRE, AND CHOSEN BY YVES SAINT LAURENT & PIERRE BERGÉ IN 1961 TO BECOME THE SIGNATURE LOGO OF THE HOUSE
THE DELICATE INTERLOCKING LETTERS OF THE CASSANDRE MONOGRAM CREATE A HARMONIOUS GEOMETRY, WHICH ADORNS ONLY THE MOST PRECIOUS PIECES OF OUR HOUSE
ANJA RUBIK
FRIEND AND MUSE OF ANTHONY VACCARELLO SINCE HIS EPONYMOUS LABLE. ANJA HAS BEEN THE FACE OF OUR FALL 23 COLLECTION AND HAS WALKED MULTIPLE SHOWS FOR THE MAISON
ANJA SHOE IS NAMED AND INSPIRED AFTER HER
BETTY CATROUX
KNOWN FOR HER ANDROGYNOUS STYLE, BETTY CATROUX, WAS AN EARLY ADAPTOR TO THE LE SMOKING SILHOUETTE
TOM FORD'S DEBUT SAINT LAURENT RIVE GAUCHE COLLECTION IN 2000 WAS DEDICATED TO BETTY CATROUX
24 RUE DE L'UNIVERSITE
DESIGN STUDIO FOR ANTHONY VACCARELLO
LOCATED IN THE RIVE GAUCHE SIDE OF PARIS, JUST AROUND THE CORNER OF THE RECENTLY OPENED MAISON GAINSBOURGE MUESEM
LE TRENCH
INSPIRED BY BRITISH MILITARY UNIFORMS, THE TRENCH COAT WAS INTRODUCED IN THE DEBUT 1962 HAUTE COUTURE COLLECTION
LOVE CARDS
FROM 1970-2007, MR SAINT LAURENT WOULD SEND A NEW YEAR'S GREETING CARD TO HIS FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CLIENTS
COLORFUL AND BOLD GRAPHICS INSPIRED BY SOME OF MR SAINT LAURENTS FAVORITE ARTIST LIKE, MATISSE, VAN GOGH, ANDY WARHOL
ZOE KRAVITZ
AMERICAN ACTRESS, SINGER AND MODEL AND DAUGHTER OF MUSICIAN LENNY KRAVITZ AND ACTRESS LISA BONET
MICK & BIANCA JAGGER
MICK JAGGER OF THE HALL OF FAME ROCK BAND, ROLLING STONES, WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF MR SAINT LAURENT. OFTEN VISITING HIM WITH BIANCA AT MR SAINT LAURENT AND PIERE BERGES VILLA IN MARRAKECH
BIANCA JAGGER, FAMOUSLY WORE A VINTAGE BLANC LE SMOKING OUTFIT TO HER WEDDING TO MICK JAGGER
55 RUE DE BABYLONE
LOCATED IN THE RIVE GAUCHE SIDE OF PARIS, 55 RUE DE BABYLONE, WAS THE PARIS HOME TO MR SAINT LAURENT AND PIERE BERGE
MANY BOOKS HAVE FEATURED THE ART ON DISPLAY AT 55 RUE DE BABYLONE
LA SAHARIENNE
ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR PARIS VOGUE IN 1968 AS A ONE-OFF PIECE QUICKLY BECAME IN DEMAND AND EVENTUALLY WAS PRODUCED FOR THE RIVE GAUCHE LINE IN 1969 FOR MEN AND WOMEN
THE HEART
A HOUSE FOUNDED OUT OF LOVE - WITH LIFE PARTNER AND BUSINESS PARTNER PIERE BERGE
THE PRESS WOULD OFTEN SAY, MR SAINT LAURENT HAD A LOVE AFFAIR WITH EACH OF HIS MUSES
THE 1962 COUER FETICHE NECKLACE FAMOUSLY WORN BY HIS FAVORITE LOOK OR MODEL DURING EACH COUTURE SHOW
ROSE PARK
K-POP SINGER FROM THE BAND BLACKPINK
HAS BEEN THE FACE OF MANY OF OUR CAMPAIGNS STARTING BACK IN 2020
DEBUT ALBUM RELEASING SOON FEATURING THE LEAD SINGLE APT FEATURING BRUNO MARS
PALOMA PICASSO
PALOMA PICASSO WAS THE MAIN INSPIRATION OF ANTHONY VACCARELLO'S SUMMER 22 COLLECTION
NEW YORK CITY
THE CITY WHERE THE FIRST U.S SAINT LAURENT OPENED
SERVED AS THE BACKDROP TO ANTHONY VACCARELLO'S DEBUT MEN'S 2018 SPRING/SUMMER COLLECTION
LE CABAN
THE VERY FIRST PIECE TO WALK THE RUNWAY IN MR SAINT LAURENT'S 1962 HAUTE COUTURE SHOW
THE NEW SAINT LAURENT SIGNATURE
INTRODUCED ON THE #YSL46 CAMPAIGN FOR THE WOMEN’S WINTER 22 COLLECTION, A NEW “HERITAGE SAINT LAURENT SIGNATURE” IS MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE COMMUNICATION OF OUR MAISON.
A COMBINATION OF THE YVES SAINT LAURENT SIGNATURE RESERVERD FOR COUTURE MIXED WITH THE SAINT LAURENT LOGO FOR RTW
KATE MOSS
KATE HANDBAG IS NAMED AFTER MODEL KATE MOSS
FACE OF OUR SUMMER AND WINTER 2018 COLLECTIONS
FRONT ROW GUEST WITH DAUGTHER, LILI MOSS, AT OUR FASHION SHOWS
NAN KEMPNER
DUBBED "THE CHICEST WOMEN IN THE WORLD" NAN KEMPNER, AMERICAN SOCIALITE, FAMOUSLY WAS TURNED AWAY AT FRENCH RESTAURANT, LE COTE BASQUE, BECAUSE SHE ARRIVED WEARING A FULL LE SMOKING OUTFIT. ASKED TO CHANGE INTO SOMETHING MORE APPROPIATE FOR A WOMEN, SHE LEAVES THE RESTURANT AND REMOVES HER PANTS AND TIES HER LE SMOKING JACKET AROUND HER WAIST TO MAKE A MAKESHIFT MINI-SKIRT AND WAS ALLOWED ENTRANCE
30 BIS RUE SPONTINI
LOCATION OF THE FIRST COUTURE STUDIO
GRAIN DE POUDRE
NAME OF THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL USED TO CREATE THE FIRST LE SMOKING FOR WOMEN IN 1966
"PEBBLE GRAIN" FABRIC FEATURES A BEADED TEXTURE OBTAINED TO A PARTICULAR WEAVING TECHNIQUE
LEOPARD
LEOPARD WAS FIRST FEATURED ON THE 1963 HAUTE COUTURE COLLECTION BY YVES SAINT LAURENT AND HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOUSE EVER SINCE. IT WAS INSPIRED BY YOUNG PARISIAN GIRLS, WHO REBELLIOUSLY STARTED TO WEAR LEOPARD TO MIMIC THE LOOK OF STREET WALKERS FROM THE PARISIAN NEIGHBORHOOD OF PIGALL
CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
ENGLISH FRENCH ACTRESS AND MODEL, RENOWED DAUGHTER OF FRENCH MUSICAN SERGE GAINSBOURG AND ACTRESS JANE BIRKEN