Yves Saint Laurent Catwalk, Book

Founded by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergit was in 1961, shortly after the young couturier had left his job at Christian Dior's managementYves Saint Laurent would quickly become one of the most successful and influential haute couture houses in Paris. In 1966, when he presented Le Smoking, the first dinner jacket suit for women, Saint Laurent revolutionised fashion and went on to create iconic pieces inspired by artfrom dresses Mondrian to the precious Van Gogh embroidery and the famous Ballets Russes.

This definitive publication begins with a brief history of the housefollowed by a biographical profile concise overview of Yves Saint Laurent, before exploring the collections themselves, organised chronologically. Each collection is introduced with a short text revealing its influences and highlights, and illustrated with a gallery of carefully selected catwalk images. These show hundreds of spectacular outfits, details, accessories, beauty looks and set designs - and, of course, the main models who presented them on the catwalk.

The book concludes with a rich reference section.