YVES SAINT LAURENT PHOTOGRAPHS BOOK

Yves Saint Laurent is synonymous with style, elegance and haute couture. When he stepped into the scene at Dior and created his own line, he quickly changed the way people saw haute couture and the world of fashion itself. He revolutionised women's eveningwear with the introduction of Le Smoking, a women's tuxedo, and made haute couture accessible to a young generation.
Yves Saint Laurent is Roxanne Lowit’s personal photographic history of Saint Laurent, the man and fashion, from 1978, the year she first met him, to his final show in 2002. With contributions from YSL muses and admirers, including Catherine Deneuve, Betty Catroux, Lucie de la Falaise, Pat Cleveland, and Valerie Steele, this small-format hardcover book captures the backstage experience of YSL shows as Lowit saw it herself. Whether surrounded by beautiful models or gazing down the runway from backstage, every moment was a magnificent photographic opportunity. Lowit shares YSL’s magical moments—intimate, social, absorbed in fashion—with the world, creating a unique portrait of this towering figure of post-war haute couture.