Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent (1936–2008) was a French fashion designer who founded the Yves Saint Laurent fashion house and helped popularize modern women’s trouser suits.

Yves Saint Laurent (fashion house): A French luxury fashion house founded by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in 1961. The company gave his designs an enduring identity beyond his work as an individual couturier.
Christian Dior: A French fashion designer whose couture house became a leading force in postwar fashion. Dior hired Saint Laurent and later named him successor as artistic director.
Loulou de la Falaise: A French fashion muse and jewelry designer closely associated with Yves Saint Laurent. Her jewelry and personal style contributed to the look of his collections.
Power dressing: A style of clothing that uses tailored, authoritative silhouettes to express professional status and confidence. The trouser suit became a lasting model for women’s public and professional dress.
Coco Chanel: A French fashion designer who reshaped women’s clothing with practical, understated designs in the twentieth century. Chanel and Saint Laurent offered distinct, influential routes to modern women’s clothing.
Le Smoking: A women’s evening suit introduced by Yves Saint Laurent in 1966, adapted from the tuxedo. This design became his best-known challenge to conventions of women’s formal dress.
House of Dior: The Paris fashion house established by Christian Dior in 1946. Saint Laurent first gained international attention while designing for Dior.
Betty Catroux: A French fashion model and muse known for her close association with Yves Saint Laurent. Saint Laurent drew on her androgynous style when imagining modern women’s clothing.
Women’s trousers: Trousers designed and worn as clothing for women. Saint Laurent helped make tailored trousers and suits acceptable for women in formal settings.
Christian Dior’s New Look: A postwar fashion silhouette introduced by Christian Dior in 1947, emphasizing a narrow waist and full skirt. Its ornamental femininity contrasts with Saint Laurent’s adoption of trousers and masculine tailoring.

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