Little Book of Yves Saint Laurent

Little Book of Yves Saint Laurent is the pocket-sized and exquisitely illustrated story of 60 years of innovative fashion design. An enigmatic, daring and astonishingly creative designer, Yves Saint Laurent is credited with the elevation of haute couture to fine art, turning the fashion show into a spectacle of breathtaking proportions, and revolutionizing the gendered norms of womens wear. Describing Saint Laurent’s beginnings in Algeria as a precocious boy making miniature garments from fabric scraps, Little Book of Yves Saint Laurent depicts, in beautiful photographs and insightful text, the designer’s ascent from fashion student to the right-hand of Christian Dior. Going on to found his own fashion house in 1961, Saint Laurent created his famous ‘le smoking’ trouser suit, brought the leather jacket to the mainstream and astounded the fashion world with his blend of elegance and artistic drama. Little Book of Yves Saint Laurent is a stylish gift for any lover of fashion. Author bio: Having studied fashion at St Martins School of Art and history of art at Bristol University, Emma Baxter-Wright taught at the London College of Fashion. She has contributed to many publications, such as The Face, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire, and is the author of Duffy, a photo-book on the English fashion photographer Brian Duffy, and a contributing author of Vintage Fashion. Emma lives in Gloucestershire, England.