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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Orange Coral Cabochon Statement Gold Ring, Size 7
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very good condition. Vintage. 100% genuine.
Light scratches, some colour loss at back.
UK size: N/O.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in France.
_ _ _
Great for everyday wear. Come ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Renaissance Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Orange Coral Statement Enamel Chunky Gold Ring, 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very good condition. Very light scratches. Barely noticeable. 100% Genuine.
Come with original box and pouch.
Signed at the rear. Made in France. UK L/M.
_ _ _
Great for everyd...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Black Foil Statement Cabochon Chunky Ring, Size 4
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very excellent condition. Vintage. 100% genuine.
UK H.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in France.
_ _ _
Great for everyday wear. Come with velvet pouch and beautiful package.
Makes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Turquoise Cabochon Dots Chunky Gold Ring, Size 7
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Good condition. Some scratches, and colour loss at back. 100% Genuine.
Signed at the rear. Vintage. Come with original box.
UK size: N/O.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in France.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Turquoise Cabochon Enamel Chunky Gold Ring, Size 5
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very excellent condition. Vintage. 100% genuine. Come with original pouch.
UK J 1/2.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in France.
_ _ _
Great for everyday wear. Come with velvet pouch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Byzantine Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Cabochon Green Emerald Dots Chunky Gold Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Vintage Cabochon Green Emerald Dots Chunky Statement Cocktail Ring
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Icy Blue Black Cabochon Statement Ring Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Icy Blue Black Cabochon Statement Ring Size 6, Silver Tone
Very
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Silver Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Icy Blue Black Cabochon Statement Ring Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Icy Blue Black Cabochon Statement Ring Size 6, Silver Tone
Very
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Hellenistic Cocktail Rings
Materials
Silver Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Cabochon Cream Yellow Enamel Chunky Dot Ring, Size 7
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Cabochon Cream Yellow Enamel Chunky Dot Ring Size 7, Gold Tone
Very
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Red Ruby Cabochon Statement Chunky Silver Ring, US 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Red Ruby Cabochon Statement Chunky Ring, Size 6, Silver Tone
Very good
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Silver Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Icy Ruby Foil Cabochon Statement Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Icy Ruby Foil Cabochon Statement Ring, Size 6, Gold Tone
Very
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Navy Blue Dots Mosaic Statement Chunky Ring, Size 7
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Navy Blue Dots Mosaic Statement Chunky Ring, Size 7, Gold Plated
Very
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Navy Cabochon Blue Statement Chunky Gold Ring, US 7
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Unisex Arty Navy Cabochon Blue Stone Statement Chunky Ring, US 7
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Lapis Navy Statement Cabochon Chunky Gold Ring, US 4
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Lapis Navy Blue Statement Cabochon Oval Chunky Statement Ring
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Blue Navy Cabochon Statement Chunky Ring, US 8, Gold
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Blue Navy Cabochon Statement Chunky Ring, US 8, Gold Plated
Very good
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Soft Pink Cabochon Statement Gold Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Unisex Vintage Arty Clear Soft Pink Cabochon Statement Chunky Elegant Ring
Category
Early 2000s French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Cabochon Coral Orange Marble Chunky Gold Ring, US 7
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Cabochon Coral Orange Marble Oval Statement Chunky Ring, US 7
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Navy Cabochon Enamel Dots Chunky Gold Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Navy Blue Cabochon Enamel Dots Chunky Statement Modernist Ring
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Navy Blue Dots Mosaic Statement Chunky Ring, Size 7
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Navy Blue Dots Mosaic Statement Chunky Ring, Size 7, Gold Plated
Very
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Edwardian Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Cabochon Green Emerald Dots Chunky Gold Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Vintage Cabochon Green Emerald Dots Chunky Ring, Size 6, Gold Tone
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Cabochon Yellow Black White Chunky Gold Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Cabochon Yellow Black White Chunky Statement Ring, Size 6 Gold
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Navy Cabochon Enamel Dots Chunky Gold Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Navy Blue Cabochon Enamel Dots Chunky Statement Modernist Ring
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Enamel, Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Large Double Starfish Statement Navy Dot Ring, US 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Large Double Starfish Statement Navy Dot Ring, US 6, Gold Tone
Very
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Cabochon Navy Black Dot Chunky Statement Ring, US 5
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Cabochon Navy Black Dot Chunky Statement Ring, Size 5, Gold Tone
Good
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Soft Pink Cabochon Statement Gold Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Soft Pink Cabochon Statement, Ring, Size 6, Gold Plated
Very
Category
Early 2000s French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Pink Statement Enamel Chunky Gold Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Pink Statement Enamel Chunky Ring, Size 6, Gold Plated
Very
Category
Early 2000s French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Cabochon Coral Orange Marble Chunky Gold Ring, US 7
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Cabochon Coral Orange Marble Oval Statement Chunky Ring, US 7
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Red Ruby Cabochon Statement Chunky Silver Ring, US 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Red Ruby Cabochon Stone Statement Chunky Modernist Ring, Size 6
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Silver Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Large Double Starfish Statement Navy Dot Ring, US 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Large Double Starfish Statement Navy Blue Dot Cocktail Chunky
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Purple Pansy Flower Crystals Chunky Ring, US 8, Gold
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Vintage Large Purple Enamel Pansy Flower Crystals Chunky Statement Ring
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Drop Necklaces
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Large Lapis Navy Cabochon Foil Cocktail Ring, US 5
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Vintage Unisex Large Lapis Navy Blue Cabochon Foil Cocktail Chunky
Category
1990s French Art Deco Fashion Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Cabochon Navy Enamel Black Dots Statement Ring, US 5
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Vintage Unisex Cabochon Navy Blue Enamel Black Dots Statement Chunky
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Icy Ruby Foil Cabochon Statement Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Clear Icy Ruby Red Purple Foil Cabochon Statement Chunky
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Large Double Starfish Navy Dots Statement Ring, US 7
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Large Double Starfish Navy Dots Statement Ring, US 7, Gold Tone
Very
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Soft Green Statement Chunky Gold Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Vintage Clear Soft Green Statement Oval Chunky Statement Ring, Size 6
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Icy Blue Black Cabochon Statement Ring Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Clear Icy Blue Black Cabochon Statement Cocktail Monderist
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Silver Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Pink Statement Enamel Chunky Gold Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Clear Pink Statement Chunky Cocktail Ring, Size 6, Gold Plated
Category
Early 2000s French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Soft Lake Green Cabochon Statement Ring, US 5
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Clear Soft Lake Green Oval Statement Cabochon Cocktail Chunky
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Soft Clear Green Cabochon Chunky Ring Gold Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Vintage Soft Clear Green Cabochon Chunky Statement Cocktail Modernist
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Burgundy Red Enamel Cabochon Dots Chunky Ring, US 7
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Vintage Burgundy Dark Red Enamel Cabochon Dots Chunky Statement
Category
Early 2000s French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Navy Blue Black Dots Enamel Chunky Gold Ring, Size 7
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Vintage Navy Blue Black Dots Cabochon Enamel Chunky Statement Ring
Category
Early 2000s French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Soft Pink Cabochon Chunky Gold Ring, Size 8
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Good condition. Rare to find. Some light scratches on the stone, colour loss at back. Still very beautiful.
Vintage. 100% genuine.
UK size: Q.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in Fra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Baroque Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Cabochon Clear Pink Statement Chunky Gold Ring, US 5
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very good condition. Light scratches at back, barely noticeable. Vintage. Rare to find.
Come with original pouch. 100% genuine.
UK J 1/2.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in France....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Artist Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Navy Cabochon Blue Statement Chunky Ring, US 7, Gold
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very good condition. Vintage. Light scratches or colour loss at back, barely noticeable. 100% genuine.
UK size: N/O.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in France.
_ _ _
Great for ever...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Navy Blue Cabochon Statement Chunky Gold Ring, US 8
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very good condition. Rare to find.
Vintage. 100% genuine. Come with original pouch and box.
UK size: Q.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in France.
_ _ _
Great for everyday wear. Co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Victorian Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Cabochon Cream Yellow Enamel Chunky Dot Ring, Size 7
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very excellent condition. Very light colour loss on the surface, barely noticeable.
Signed at the rear. Vintage. 100% Genuine.
UK size: N/O.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in France...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Large Double Starfish Navy Dots Statement Ring, US 7
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very good condition. Signed at the rear. Vintage.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in France.
UK Size: N / O.
Size: 5.8*4.3 cm.
Weight: 25 g.
_ _ _
Great for everyday wear. Come wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Large Double Starfish Statement Navy Dot Ring, US 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very good condition. Signed at the rear. Vintage. Come with original box.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in France.
UK size: L / M.
Size: 5.8*4.3 cm.
Weight: 25 g.
_ _ _
Great fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Pink Statement Enamel Chunky Gold Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very excellent condition. Very light scratches, barely noticeable. Come with original box and pouch.
Vintage. 100% genuine.
UK size: L / M.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in France...
Category
Early 2000s French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Icy Blue Black Cabochon Statement Ring Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very good condition. Vintage. 100% genuine.
Very light scratches or colour loss. Signed on the back YSL, Made in France.
UK L/M.
_ _ _
Great for everyday wear. Come with velvet p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Hellenistic Cocktail Rings
Materials
Silver Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Cabochon White Dots Enamel Chunky Gold Ring, Size 7
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very good condition Some light scratches or colour loss, barely noticeable. 100% Genuine
Signed at the rear. Vintage.
UK size: N/O.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in France.
_ _ _
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Soft Pink Cabochon Statement Gold Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very excellent condition. Vintage. 100% genuine.
UK size: L / M.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in France.
_ _ _
Great for everyday wear. Come with velvet pouch and beautiful pack...
Category
Early 2000s French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Cluster Leaf Floral Clover Chunky Gold Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very excellent condition. Some light scratches or colour loss, barely noticeable. 100% Genuine.
Come with original box and pouch.
UK size: L / M.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Arts and Crafts Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Red Ruby Cabochon Statement Chunky Gold Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very good condition. Vintage. 100% genuine.
Very light scratches or colour loss at back. Signed on the back YSL, Made in France.
UK L/M.
_ _ _
Great for everyday wear. Come with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Soft Clear Pink Cabochon Chunky Cocktail Ring, US 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very excellent condition. Vintage. Come with original box, pouch and certificate. 100% genuine.
UK size: L / M.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in France.
_ _ _
Great for everyday ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Holbeinesque Fashion Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Clear Soft Green Statement Chunky Gold Ring, Size 6
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very good condition. Light scratches on front side, some colour loss at back and side.
Vintage. 100% genuine. Rare to find. Come with original pouch.
UK size: L / M.
Signed on the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Pre-Raphaelite Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Arty Navy Cabochon Blue Statement Chunky Ring, US 7, Gold
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Wokingham, England
Very good condition. Vintage. Light scratches or colour loss at back, barely noticeable. 100% genuine.
UK size: N/O.
Signed on the back YSL, Made in France.
_ _ _
Great for ever...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Materials
Gold Plate
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Saint Laurent Arty For Sale on 1stDibs
You are likely to find exactly the saint laurent arty you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. Frequently made of gold plate, gold and enamel, this item was constructed with great care. You can easily find a 1 antique edition and 9 modern creations to choose from as well. Making the right choice when shopping for a saint laurent arty may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century, both of which have proven very popular over the years. Most of our saint laurent arty for sale are for women, but there are 8 pieces available to browse for men.
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On average, a saint laurent arty at 1stDibs sells for $495, while they’re typically $408 on the low end and $1,900 for the highest priced versions of this item.
Yves Saint Laurent for sale on 1stDibs
French designer Yves Saint Laurent pioneered “cross-design” in fashion, taking inspiration from street trends to modernize haute couture.
Saint Laurent was the first to launch a ready-to-wear label, YSL Rive Gauche Prêt-à-Porter. He was the first couturier to open boutiques for both men and women. Using traditional menswear fabrics and designs for women, Saint Laurent also literally cross-dressed, giving men and women alike chic pant suits, elegant tuxedo jackets and urban safari gear.
By blurring gender-specific design, Saint Laurent empowered individual style while creating a scissor-sharp fashion aesthetic of sensual ease and beauty. Many of his designs are today considered timeless classics. Saint Laurent also consistently used Black models, like Mounia, Iman and Naomi Campbell, and he drew endless inspiration from different ethnicities and cultures, in no small part because of his Algerian roots.
Born to French parents in Oran, Algeria, in 1936, Saint Laurent went to Paris at age 17 to study fashion at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Just two years later, in 1955, his remarkable sketches were shown to Christian Dior, then the world’s reigning couturier, who hired him immediately.
Surprisingly soon thereafter, Dior publicly chose Saint Laurent as his successor, which sadly proved prescient when the fashion legend died unexpectedly, in 1957. A mere slip of a youth, the 21-year-old Saint Laurent was nevertheless up to the challenge. He shook the traditional couture clientele to its core with youthful silhouettes and styles like the A-line trapeze dress that hung with seeming effortlessness from the shoulders, the antithesis of the pinched waists and molded skirts that had been all the rage after the deprivations of World War II.
After a mandated spell in the torturous French military, Saint Laurent suffered a nervous breakdown and was dismissed by Dior in 1962. Out of the ashes rose the Age of Yves. With Pierre Bergé, his then-lover who became his lifelong business partner and friend, the designer founded Yves Saint Laurent YSL to encompass prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear. In 1966, they opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand.
His revolutionary Mondrian mini dress from 1965 is a core element of his fashion biography. It is a prime example of how Saint Laurent, an avid art lover and collector, looked to painters, from Goya to Picasso, Ingres to Matisse, for inspiration.
With its pure lines and hues, Mondrian’s ground-breaking 1935 color-block painting Composition C transmutes beautifully into a dress that is highly valued by collectors of contemporary fashion and widely copied commercially to this day. The design is the epitome of Saint Laurent’s aesthetic, requiring a meticulous hand-piecing of each color block so that, despite the body’s curves, the visual plane is as flat as a canvas when the garment is worn. Mondrian’s purity met its match in Saint Laurent.
“I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style,” Saint Laurent said four years before retiring, in 2002. After a long period of ill health, he died at his home in Paris on June 1, 2008.
Browse an extraordinary collection of vintage Yves Saint Laurent evening dresses, shirts, handbags and other clothing and accessories today on 1stDibs.
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