YSL LEXICON

Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008) revived French haute couture in the 1960s, making ready-to-wear reputable and introducing non-European cultural references. This distillation and celebration of the designer’s life reveals the inner world of a twentieth-century master. Among a kaleidoscope of images, you’ll find that C is for Costumes, as exemplified by the Russian theme of the famed 1976-77 collection; T is for Tuxedo, which the designer initially referenced with his 1965 Le Smoking; J is for Jardin Majorelle, the garden of the couturier's paradisiacal retreat in Marrakech - and much more.