The Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent and Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Paris, present the first retrospective on the work of Yves Saint Laurent.
307 “haute couture” and “ready-to-wear” models presentations since the beginning of the couturier at Dior in 1958, with the famous collection "Trapeze," until the splendor of the evening dresses of his last parade in 2002.

Many photographs and films illustrate the historical context, the construction style of Yves Saint Laurent and the foundations of his work.

In 40 years of creation, the spirit of what was fashionable Yves Saint Laurent revolutionized the wardrobe of the woman by borrowing on menswear tuxedo, the pantsuit and the Sahara to clothe the women he so transferred attributes of power from one sex to another.

Inspired by the street (Vintage scandal in 1971), his imaginary travels (Russia, China, India, Spain, Japan, Africa and Morocco) and its dialogue with art (Mondrian, Picasso, Matisse, Van Gogh) Yves Saint Laurent has left "to fashion a feast.
  
Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Paris - Avenue Winston Churchill - 75008 Paris - Subway: Champs-Elysees-Clemenceau (line 1 or 13) or Concorde (line 1, 8 or 12)
From March 11 to August 29, 2010 - Closed on Mondays. Price 11 €