Vintage Yves Saint Laurent ' Rive Gauche ' 1970s Khaki Plaid Cape Trench Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in San Diego, CA
Absolutely AMAZING Rare vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL "Rive Gauche" dark khaki cape! Trench style, with classic YSL style.
Saint Laurent Silk Metallic Dot Ruffle Cape Blouse Top Runway YSL 2018 NEW
By Saint Laurent
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A direct revival of a 1978 cape, this cape is made from a black plissé and is covered in metallic polka dots of red, gold, violet, and teal.
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Yves Saint Laurent YSL Red Wool Cape with Mink Collar & Cuffs Coat
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Lake Park, FL
This is an amazing Yves Saint Laurent red wool cape with Mink collar and cuffs.
YSL Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
YSL, mauve, wool felt,cape with "trapunto" flower appliques and metal grommet embellishment along the hem.Cape has a pinted collar,and an inner belt that ties at the waist that creat...
Yves Saint Laurent 1980s Black Wool Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Elevate your wardrobe with this amazing YSL cape! Circa 1980s, this cape is made of black wool and features a black velvet capelet.
YSL Hooded Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
YSL, beige, wool, Moroccan inspired cape edged in a wool fringe with tassled hood.
YSL Moroccan Inspired Hooded Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Yves Saint Laurent, pale taupe, wool, Moroccan inspired hooded cape. Cape is trimmed in a wide black braid with passementerie closures and a large tassel. Hood has a large black tas...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Wool Cape w/Braided Silk Belt & Tassle Trim Ca. 1979
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Studio City, CA
Ca. 1979 Yves Saint Laurent black wool cape w/wool braided trim and black domed spiral cord silk buttons. Cape comes with a braided silk cord that has silk tassels at either end and ...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Purple Cape Coat Vintage
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
YSL purple cape coat. Great condition.Slightly heavy Made in France FINAL SALE.
1970s Iconic YSL Yves Saint Laurent Black Wool Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Paris, FR
Iconic 1970s YSL Yves Saint Laurent black wool cape coat featuring a front silver tone button opening, inside slits to pass arms.
1970's Yves Saint Laurent YSL Cotton Poplin Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Toronto, Ontario
1970's Yves Saint Laurent khaki cotton poplin all weather cape lined in plaid light weight fabric. The cape silhouette was brought back into mainstream fashion in the 1970's as Yves ...
1970's Rare Yves Saint Laurent YSL Green & Burgundy Wool Cape w/Woven Trim
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Studio City, CA
1970's Yves Saint Laurent YSL hunter green & burgundy wool cape with light green wool trim.
1970's Yves Saint Laurent YSL Black Wool Cape w/Ruffle Collar & Silk Cord Tie
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Studio City, CA
1970s Yves Saint Laurent black wool cape with ruffle collar and silk cord neck tie terminating in silk tassels. In excellent condition. There is no size tag - the cape most likely wi...
Yves St. Laurent Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
YSL, wool, butterscotch tone cape with collar and braiding and passementerie detail.
Yves Saint Laurent Quilted Silk Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in New Hope, PA
Goldenrod yellow silk is beautifully and elaborately quilted and lined with black silk for a nearly reversible cape from YSL. The cape closes at the neckline with a black silk frog.
Yves Saint Laurent
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in New Hope, PA
Perfect for those cool fall days this coat and cape combination from YSL Rive Gauche can also be worn over other pieces to ward off a winter chill.
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Khaki Coat Cape with Plaid Interior, 1970s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Studio City, CA
1970's Yves Saint Laurent khaki cotton cape coat with plaid interior, button closure down center front and side vents at hem. In excellent condition with a very small dark mark at fr...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Rive Gauche Cape with Hood, 1970s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Dramatic Yves Saint Laurent YSL Cape with Hood
Yves Saint Laurent Wool Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Geneva, CH
A wonderful alternative to a winter coat, this 70’s YSL cape is a practical yet chic piece. Made of lilac wool, it has no fastenings and needs only to be placed on the shoulders.
Wool Melton Cape, Attrib. YSL
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Half circle black wool melton cape with frog closure at neck. Large monks hood, completely edged in signature YSL soutache.
YSL 1970s Cape, Moroccan Collection
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Alford, MA
Yves Saint Laurent hard-to-find vintage 1979s cape from the designer’s Moroccan collection. Crafted of black wool, the simply cut long cape features a pointed hood and burgundy braid...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Grey Wool Cape W/Black Trim
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Studio City, CA
Yves Saint Laurent grey wool cape with black trim and front buttons. Oversized collar can be worn multiple ways. In excellent condition. Size EU 36. MEASUREMENTS: Length - 42"
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1970s YSL Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Long Black Heavy Wool Cape Coat
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Sparks, NV
Completely amazing vintage heavy black wool cape coat by Yves Saint Laurent from the 1970s. The cape features two layers with giant bat wing sleeves and front button closure. Long ma...
1970s YSL Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Vintage Black Heavy Wool Cape Coat
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Sparks, NV
Stunning vintage 1970s vintage black wool cape coat by Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche. Unlined with front hook closure. Free size. Total length 51.5". Excellent vintage condition wit...
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Yves Saint Laurent Cashmere Wool Cape Poncho Fall 96 Runway YSL Rive Gauche
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Port Saint Lucie, FL
This chic cape or poncho was made by Yves Saint Laurent for the winter 1996/1997 collection. Made from camel tan cashmere, this piece is elegantly simple and can be styled in so man...
1970's Yves Saint Laurent YSL Black Wool Hooded Cape W/ Woven Clasp Detail
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Studio City, CA
1970's Yves Saint Laurent YSL black wool cape with hood, oversized braided toggle clasp and braided trim at edges.
1970's Yves Saint Laurent YSL Black Wool Hooded Cape Coat w/Fringe Trim
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Studio City, CA
1970's Yves Saint Laurent black wool cape coat with hood and wool fringe trim. Coat underneath cape has a swing silhouette, button closure down center front and hidden side pockets. ...
Yves Saint Laurent 1970s Wool Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Alford, MA
Iconic YSL 1970s Russian Collection cape in dark blue wool with black velvet yoke, collar and tie.
Yves Saint Laurent Braided Toggle Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Geneva, CH
Cut in a sweeping silhouette, this rare YSL 70's eggplant wool cape drapes effortlessly from the shoulders, while a matching color braid embellishes the neckline.
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Black Velvet Hooded Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Black Velvet Hooded Cape is a true fashion statement, blending timeless sophistication with the avant-garde spirit for which Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) ...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Caramel Brown Wool Cape Coat with Hood and Fringe
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Resurrection Vintage is excited to offer a vintage Yves Saint Laurent caramel brown wool cape coat featuring an oversized hood trimmed with navy blue cotton fringe, attached capelet,...
Yves Saint Laurent Red Voluminous Caped Blouse Red Silk Metallic Dots YSL 1978
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This is a stunning vintage Saint Laurent blouse in a glistening sheer red silk chiffon, with metallic golden, blue and purple dots. Featuring a ruffle collar and cuffs. Long re...
New Rare Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent YSL S/S 2002 Silk Poncho Cape One Size
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Conroe, TX
Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent Spring / Summer 2002 Brand New A Rare Find Size: One Size $1350 100% Silk Brown Silk Runway Cape Poncho Shown at the 2002 Spring Runway Show Length...
New Rare Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent YSL S/S 2002 Silk Poncho Cape One Size
By Yves Saint Laurent, Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Conroe, TX
Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent Spring / Summer 2002 Brand New Without Tags A Rare Find Size: One Size $1350 100% Silk Brown Silk Runway Cape Poncho Shown at the 2002 Spring Runway ...
1976 Yves Saint Laurent Black Wool 'Russian' Cloak
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vintage YSL Rive Gauche black wool cape from 1976. Lightweight black wool cape with long silky tassel ended neck ties.
YSL Hooded Wool Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hooded wool cape by Yves Saint Laurent (Rive Gauche) Red wool Green fringe Blue trim Hook and eye neck closure Blue rope neck tie Hood Draped cape no sleeves 100% wool Made ...
YSL Bottle Green Wool Cape with Velvet
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YSL evening cape. Green wool with velvet shoulders and tie.
YSL Rive Gauche Quilted Cape circa 1980s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a cape by Yves Saint Laurent circa 1980s. It is made from a yellow silk satin with a stitched quilting motif. It has two closures in front (one over the bust and one at the...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL 1970s Purple Wool Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in US
Iconic Vintage Yves Saint Laurent cape featured in purple has one button closure at the neck, 100% wool, labeled size 38, and made in France. Length measures: 45''
1970s Yves Saint Laurent YSL Rive Gauche Cape Coat
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Milan, Italy
This 1970s cape coat by YVES SAINT LAURENT has a cape over an A-line body with side vent, spread collar, two side seam pockets and buttons and fishtail keyhole closure. It is fully l...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL 1970s Wool Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in US
Iconic Vintage Yves Saint Laurent 1970s cape featured in camel color, made of 100% wool, unlined, labeled size 42, and made in France. Length measures: 51''
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Yellow Wool Cape
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Portland, OR
This is such a versatile Yves Saint Laurent vintage cape from the 1980s in a dandelion yellow wool with black lining.
YSL Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Vintage Opera Cape Hooded Black Velvet
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Portland, OR
This is a gorgeous YSL vintage black velvet, fully lined opera cape.
Yves Saint Laurent 1970s Wool Hooded Cape w/ Tassel
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in US
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Fringed Wool Cape w/ Hood and Tassel from the 1970's Yves Saint Laurent 1970's wool cape featured in a neutral beige color, 100% wool, cream knit fringe trim,...
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Purple Cape with Hood and Tassels
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Cloverdale, CA
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Purple Cape with Hood and Tassels. Of all the Capes YSL designed, this one is the best.
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Vintage Trench Coat Detachable Cape Wool YSL
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Portland, OR
This is a simply stunning, dramatic vintage YSL coat! Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche vintage black wool late 1970's trench coat that appears to have never been worn.
LOUIS VUITTON pink shawl
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Rubiera, RE
LOUIS VUITTON PARIS Pink monogram shawl 60% silk 40% wool 100% fox fur cm. 142 x cm. 142 Made in Italy Excellent condition ATTENTION: The shawl does not come with a CITES certif...
1940S Burgundy Rayon Geometric Printed Mens Robe
Located in New York, NY
1940S Burgundy Rayon Geometric Printed Mens Robe
Chanel Silk Charmeuse Ribbon Trim Cocktail Dress Circa 1990s
By Chanel
Located in University City, MO
Chanel Silk charmeuse ribbon trim cocktail dress c 1990s Size 34 The elegant Chanel black silk evening dress is designed with slit detail on both shoulders accented with black ribb...
New Versace Fur Mink Leopard Print Coat It. 38
By Versace
Located in Montgomery, TX
New Versace Real Mink Leopard Print Coat Designer size - 38 ( pls. check measurements) 100% Real Mink, Oversize Raccoon Fur Collar, 100% Silk Lining, Two Side Pockets, One Inner Pock...
Christian Dior by John Galliano Powder Blue Silk Bias-Cut Gown — SS 2004
By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in North Wales, PA
Spring/Summer 2004 An ethereal masterpiece from John Galliano’s tenure at Christian Dior, this powder baby blue silk gown exemplifies his unrivaled command of bias-cut construction ...
HERMES Marron Fonce SHINY CROC KELLY 32 SELLIER Bag GHW
By Hermès
Located in Zürich, CH
This 100% authentic Hermès Kelly 32 Sellier Bag in Marron is exquisitely crafted from shiny porosus crocodile leather, showcasing a rich, deep brown hue with a luminous finish. Const...
$1,495
Size: Size Medium
Christian Dior by John Galliano Navy Rubberised Knit Cardigan Runway S/S 1999
By Christian Dior
Located in London, GB
A short-sleeve open cardigan in navy lace-knit from Christian Dior by John Galliano, Spring Summer 1999. The open pointelle weave carries a rubberised lacquer coating — a signature o...
1940s Demi Couture Navy Blue + Pale Pink Short Sleeve 40s Vintage Gown / Dress
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage 1940s demi couture navy blue and light pink short sleeve crepe gown! Features a gathered sweetheart neckline with pale pink lace above the bust. Pale pink ruffle al...
Thierry Mugler Sculptural Black Halter Bustier Corset Top
By Thierry Mugler
Located in Concord, NC
Vintage 90’s Thierry Mugler sculptural black coated cotton bustier top with a halter neck and open back. Features Mugler's signature architectural tailoring with a dramatic design an...
1970s Moroccan Black + Gold Metal Embroidered Vintage 70s Caftan Maxi Dress
Located in San Diego, CA
Amazing 1970s black crepe Moroccan long sleeve kaftan maxi dress! Features meticulously embrodiered gold metal throughout. Chic bell /angel sleeved have just the right amount of flar...
New Yves Saint Laurent YSL 2006 Silk Culottes Skirt Pants Sz Fr36
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Conroe, TX
Yves Saint Laurent New Without Tags FR36 100% Sheer Double Layered Silk Black High Waist Fit Culottes Evening Skirt Pants 3 Button Closure Hidden Zipper Two Hidden Side Pockets Wais...
Vintage Oscar de la Renta Size 10 Lipstick Red Avant Garde Silk 3/4 Sleeve Dress
By Oscar De La Renta
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous vintage late 1980s / 80s OSCAR DE LA RENTA lipstick red 3/4 sleeve silk bow dress! Features a sweetheart neckline, with an oversized Avant Garde red bow attached at the bust...
Azzedine Alaia c. 1993 Vintage Semi-Sheer Crochet Knit Bodycon Dress
By Azzedine Alaïa
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Azzedine Alaia c. 1993 Vintage Fitted Semi-Sheer Dress Size XS Beige Alaïa sleeveless bodycon mini dress with open knit paneling throughout, scoop neck featuring tonal bow accent at...
1980s Chris Kole Coral Pink Size 6 Off the Shoulder Silk Taffeta Vintage Gown
By Lillie Rubin
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful 80s CHRIS KOLE for LILLE RUBIN coral pink / salmon silk taffeta off-the-shoulder evening gown! Features a flattering ruched tailored boned bodice with elastic straps at top...
Gianni Versace New Strapless Lace Up Dress
By Gianni Versace Couture, Gianni Versace
Located in Water Mill, NY
A fabulous black silk strapless dress from Gianni Versace Couture. It is fitted with flattering seaming and center back lacing, functional on the skirt portion with fine leather lac...
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN pink LEATHER CROPPED BIKER Jacket 40
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Zürich, CH
Alexander McQueen cropped biker jacket in pale pink textured calf leather. With epaulettes, buttoned notch collar, zipper pocket on the chest, buttoned flap pocket on the front, belt...
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.
There is a stylish garment for anywhere in the universe, and on 1stDibs, finding the right vintage and designer coats and outerwear doesn’t have to feel like a journey to the ends of the earth.
Outerwear includes many types of garments aside from the standard coat. From capes, gilets, jackets and cloaks to raincoats and kimonos, fashion designers have long been preparing us for the elements, and outerwear in general has changed and evolved significantly over time.
A lot of the coat styles in our closets, such as the durable Navy-inspired peacoat, were popularized by soldiers who battled aggressive climes in their regulation field jackets and parkas — indeed, keeping troopers comfortable guided the design of the military surplus garments that have often become buzzy fashion trends. Even today, owing to the likes of Burberry, a luxury fashion house that is among the originators of the trench coat worn by British officers during World War I, the trench remains a timeless style, now available in a range of colors that can be worn throughout the year.
While women in late 1700s England donned an adaptation of a men’s jacket called a spencer — the likeness of which could be spotted in Ralph Lauren’s ready-to-wear collections hundreds of years later — designers hadn’t widely been crafting outerwear specifically for women. Generally, the outerwear of choice for the fashionable, well-heeled lady prior to the 1800s usually consisted of capes, shawls and stoles. By the mid-1800s, women were wearing overcoats with multiple layered collars popularized by men (often called a Garrick coat in England), and as women entered the workforce during the 1920s, hemlines climbed, jewelry was prominent and fashion conventions were broken across the board.
Thankfully, the 20th century’s tradition of challenging the norm continues steadfast in today’s outerwear fashions. Contemporary designers certainly find inspiration in 1960s and 1970s coats by Pierre Cardin, Yves Saint Laurent and Bonnie Cashin, but unisex options abound in modern creations that take both function and style into account. Find what inspires you in the full range of vintage and designer coats and outerwear available for sale on 1stDibs.