Yves Saint Laurent Maison Gripoix Chinese Opium Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Rare Yves Saint Laurent by Maison Gripoix, Haute Couture, Fall Winter 1977 Chinese Opium Collection.
Bronze, Gilt Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Opium Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage OPIUM medallion pendant necklace.
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Opium Inro Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage OPIUM inro pendant necklace.
Yves Saint Laurent "Opium Collection" Burnt Red & Black Clip-On Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves Saint Laurent large burnt red & black set in gilded gold hardware clip-on earrings from his "Opium Collection" measures 1 6/8" x 1 1/2".
Yves Saint Laurent Signature"Opium" Perfume Holder Necklace with Silk Tassle
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves Saint Laurent signature "Opium" collection perfume holder pendant with adjustable black silk cord necklace and black silk tassel detailed with gilded gold accen...
YVES SAINT LAURENT OPIUM Perfumed Pendant Necklace Tassel W/Box C.1977
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in London, GB
A stunning 1977 vintage collector YVES SAINT LAURENT "Opium" perfumed pendant. The Opium perfume and accessories were launch at a party in Avenue Marceau Paris 12, in October 1977.
1978 SAINT LAURENT abstract printed silk quilted OPIUM collection RUNWAY jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Very rare quilted silk jacket from Yves Saint Laurent’s Spring 1978 “Opium” collection.
Yves Saint Laurent Large Deep Amber Hue pour glass & Black Enamel Brooch
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
From his "Opium Collection", Yves Saint Laurent wonderfully elegant deep amber hue pour glass brooch with black enamel as well as detailed gold twisted rope is set i...
c 1980s-90sVintage Yves Saint Laurent 'Opium' Perfume Bottle Brooch Pendant
Located in Honolulu, HI
A quintessential, highly collectible piece from the house of Yves Saint Laurent. This exquisite dual-function accessory is meticulously designed to replicate YSL's iconic 'Opium' per...
Gold Plate
Yves Saint Laurent VINTAGE Opium Charm Rope Necklace with Tassle 1980’s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Saint Laurent, iconic, Opium perfume, pendent. Miniature, Opium perfume, flask, is made of an imitation Cinnebar, strung onto a black cord with a black tassel mixed with gold thread....
Yves Saint Laurent YSL "Opium" Gold Metal Tassel Minaudière Box Bag 1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Munich, DE
Iconic 1980s "Opium" Yves Saint Laurent gold metal minaudière box bag with silk cord shoulder strap and tassel detailing.
Yves Saint Laurent minaudiere bag 'Opium' by Yves Saint Laurent circa 1980
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT - A ready-to-wear Collection circa 1980 under the artitic direction of Yves Saint Laurent. Golden plexiglas minaudiere bag with a notched effect, centered with th...
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Opium Perfume Tassel Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Opium Perfume Tassel Necklace OPIUM perfume was first released in 1977.
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Opium Perfume Tassle Necklace - '80s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Milano, Lombardia
This Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Opium Perfume Tassle Necklace is a collectible piece from the '80s.
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Opium Pendant & Gold Bead Black Tassel Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This Vintage YSL Opium Tassel Necklace is beautiful and collectible. Opium perfume was first released in 1977, and the opium necklaces have been discontinued since the mid-1980's. ...
Yves Saint Laurent Opium Tassel Pendant necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in University City, MO
Yves Saint Laurent Opium tassel pendant necklace The unique necklace is designed with a cinnabar lucite replica of Saint Laurent's Opium fragrance bottle The sleek polished lucite...
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Opium Perfume Tassel Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Opium Perfume Tassel Necklace OPIUM perfume was first released in 1977.
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Opium Inro Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage OPIUM inro pendant necklace.
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Opium perfume pendant necklace, 1970s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent necklace featuring a pendant with a bottle that used to contain Opium perfume.
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Opium Inro Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage OPIUM inro pendant necklace.
1970s Yves Saint Laurent "Opium" Pendent Necklace with Tassel
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
This Vintage YSL Opium Tassel Necklace is beautiful and collectable. Opium perfume was first released in 1977 and since the mid 80's these necklaces have been discontinued. This isn'...
Yves Saint Laurent Signature "Opium" Collection Perfume Necklace & Silk Tassels
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves Saint Laurent famed Signature "Opium" Collection "1st Edition" perfume necklace accented with black silk tassels and micro gold hardware hangs gently on a black silk-cord ne...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Opium Inro Style Pendant Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage Opium inro style pendant necklace.
Yves Saint Laurent Iconic "Opium Collection" Deep Plum Velvet & Ruffed Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves Saint Laurent wonderful iconic "Opium Collection" deep plum velvet evening jacket is detailed with black silk taffeta with silk-cord piping accenting the black taffeta al...
Sold
H 4.25 in W 4 in D 1.5 in
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Opium Parfum Made in France Collectible Bottle 1980's
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Opium Parfum made in France Collectible Bottle 1980's This is vintage, hard to find, discontinued, collectible perfume bottle : Yves Saint Laurent Opium P...
Bakelite
Asian Inspired Red Flower Black Swag Belt, C.1980
Located in Atlanta, GA
The aesthetic is reminiscent of Yves Saint Laurent's Opium designs ... stylish exoticism!
Rare Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Opium Parfumerie Tassel / Collectable
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in VERGT, FR
Collectable and Sublime Vintage necklace YSL Opium Necklace gold and black Inside the disc is solid perfume. Measurements approx : Length: 19" Opium pendant: 2" diameter tassel: 2....
Yves Saint Laurent Gilt Fretwork Earrings
By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Dramatic Yves Saint Laurent Gilt Fretwork Earrings with clip back fittings accented with pink and crystal accents. Long striking size. 1990's France. 3.5" x 1.4"
Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent Jeweled Cuff Bracelet
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves Saint Laurent ornately jeweled cuff bracelet. Of vari cut fuschia and faux amythest glass stones with center focal oval cabochon of faux lapis pate de verre. Set in black japane...
Crystal, Bronze, Other
$1,625
H 4.5 in W 2.25 in D 0.25 in Dm 2.25 in L 4.5 in
Vintage Yves Saint Lauren YSL Couture Gold Tone with Blue Crystals Circa 1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Yves Saint Lauren YSL Couture Gold Tone with Large Blue Crystals. These are spectacular. The Couture pieces are not signed. If you remind me, I will send Velcro dots, ...
Mixed Metal
Gold Plated Serpentine Chain Tassel Necklace circa 1980s
Located in London, GB
Gold plated serpentine chain necklace, featuring a lovely five strand tassel. Measuring length 47.8 cm / 18.8 inches. The tassel is length 11.4 cm / 4.48 inches. The necklace is in v...
Gold Plate
$941
W 0.87 in L 14.97 in
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Iconic Jewelled Gold Toned Curb Chain Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage iconic gold toned curb chain necklace embellished with three ruby red crystals. Hook clasp closure. Embossed YSL Made in France. Indicative measurements...
Gilt Metal
Vintage Cartier Amber Cabochon Collar Necklace 18 Karat Yellow Gold
By Cartier
Located in San Diego, CA
Cartier Vintage Signed Jewelry Style: Tubugas Yellow Gold Collar Necklace with Amber Cabochon Serial Number: 745623 Metal: 18k Yellow Gold Size: 14 Inches Dimensions: 14 - 15 ...
Amber, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent lucite evening bag, 2003
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Very rare clear lucite evening bag with rhinestones lined in black satin with black velvet strap designed by Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent dating to Fall 2003. Bag measures just ov...
$12,920
H 12 in W 16 in D 3 in
Chanel 2004 Rare Vintage Bible Book CC Limited Edition Minaudière Clutch Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel 2004 Rare Vintage Bible Book CC Limited Edition Minaudière Clutch Bag Year: Fall 2004 Gold accent Black suede book motif Diamond quilted Signature CC patch Tassel detail In...
F/W 2002 Gucci by Tom Ford Runway Carved Wood Runway Mini Evening Bag
By Tom Ford for Gucci, Gucci
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an incredible brown carved wood Gucci bag, designed by Tom Ford. From the Fall/Winter 2002 collection, this gothic and punk-rock-inspired bag debuted on the season's runwa...
Yves Saint Laurent Turquoise Bead Gilt Nautilus Shell Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in New York, NY
Yves Saint Laurent Turquoise Gilt Nautilus Shell Tassel Necklace for YSL Rive Gauche. Natural turquoise beads hand knotted onto a hammered gilt bronze shell pendant with celadon sil...
Turquoise, Gold Plate, Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Gilt Metal
SALVADOR DALI Parfums Vintage Mouth and Nose Pendant Necklace
Located in Nice, FR
SALVADOR DALI Parfums vintage gold tone pendant necklace featuring the iconic mouth and nose after Aphrodite of Cnidus. Promotional necklace. Reference : Bijoux Promotionnels de Pa...
Gilt Metal
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Gold Tone Lava Textured Wide Cuff Bracelet
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone lava textured wide cuff bracelet. Embossed YSL Made in France. Indicative measurements : inner measurements approx. max. 6 cm x max. 4.8 cm (2....
Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Tassel Earrings
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Massive Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Tassel Earrings of ruby pastes, faux amber, faceted jet caps with ruby silk tassels. Clip back fittings. 1970's Haute Couture unsigned. YSL C...
Gilt Metal
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1970s Ball Necklace
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT early necklace featuring faux amber and faux horn graduated resin ball beads. Created by the French parurier ROGER SCEMEMA in the 1970s. S hook closure. Embosse...
$3,324Sale Price / item|20% Off
6.53 Carat Emerald Sapphire and Diamond Statement Cocktail Ring 14K Yellow Gold
By VR Jewels
Located in New York, NY
This statement ring features 6.53 Carat of vivid emerald cut emerald at the center, secured in a four prong 14k yellow gold setting. The emerald is framed by a halo of 0.31 carat rou...
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early Elsa Peretti Rock Crystal Bean Pendant
By Elsa Peretti for Halston
Located in New York, NY
Early, Rare Elsa Peretti Rock Crystal Bean Pendant from the 1970's. Large rock crystal "bean" set in a hand made silk net with tassel made by Japanese artisans. Unsigned early Perett...
Rock Crystal
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.
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