Remembering Loulou de la Falaise (1948 – 2011), Outstandingly Excellent muse to Yves Saint Laurent. RIP
Outstanding: Her Excellency Loulou de la Falaise: Image via Antimonide.
Consistently Excellent: Stefano Pilati for Yves Saint Laurent
Presenting runway shots from Stefano Pilati‘s A/W 2011 collection for Yves Saint Laurent.
Images via WWD.com.
Excellently Behind-the-Scenes (Paris Report): Backstage @ YSL
Excellently behind the scenes: Baclstage at Yves Saint Laurent. Image via YSL via Twitpic.
Paris Report: Stefano Pilati’s (Excellent and Outstanding) Spring/Summer 2011 Collection for Yves Saint Laurent
Presenting looks #1 throught #6 from the Stefano Pilati‘s ‘s Excellently Outstanding Spring/Summer 2011 collection for Yves Saint Laurent. Full collection view, and review, via WWD, HERE.
The looks of nostalgic Excellence: Stefano Pilati's Spring/Summer 2011 collection for Yves Saint Laurent, perhaps his last for the brand, if increasingly persistent rumors are to be believed. Images via WWD.
Excellent Short Film: The Oustandingly Tattooed Stefano Pilati Presents Ari Marcopoulos for Yves Saint Laurent Homme, Spring/Summer 2011
Screening No Way Back, the short film, directed by Ari Marcopoulos and featuring tattoo Los Angeles-based artist Mark Mahoney, to be shown during Stefano Pilati’s Spring/Summer 2011 presentation for Yves Saint Laurent, Friday, June 25 at 13h00 in Paris.
Limited Edition Excellence: Stefano Pilati’s Muse Two “Military” Bag For Yves Saint Laurent
Presenting The Muse Two “Military,” the limited edition bag by Stefano Pilati for YSL. Pilati has customized YSL’s iconic Muse Two bag with military canvas chosen from army surplus. Fabric, color, and text are specific to each canvas, making each bag a unique piece. Available at YSL Boutiques and select retailers worldwide. Price: $2332.
The Muse Two "Military" limited edition bag designed by Stefano Pilati for Yves Saint Laurent. Image via Garance Dore for YSL via The Official YSL Fan Page on Facebook.
Remembrances of Excellency Past: The Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective at Le Petit Palais
Attending the first large retrospective exhibition dedicated to His Excellency Yves Saint-Laurent, on view from March 11 through August 29, 2010, at Le Petit Palais in Paris, featuring 307 of the late designer’s Outstandingly Excellent haute couture and prêt-à-porter looks, ranging from his beginnings at Dior in 1958, with the famous “Trapèze” collection, to his exquisite evening dresses from 2002.
A view of some of the Excellently historic looks by Yves Saint Laurent as displayed during his retrospective exhibition at the Petit Palais in Paris. Photograph: Philippe Wojaze for Reuters via the UK Guardian.
THE TEXTURED and TAILORED EXCELLENCE of ANTONIO BERARDI
Presenting a detail shot of one of the Excellent fabrics used by Antonio Berardi in his Fall/Winter 2010 collection, inspired by an old Helmut Newton photograph (and Yves Saint Laurent), featuring a belted black trench coat in shiny silk, pencil skirts and dresses, with corset inserts and ntricate paneling, exquisite furs, transparent chiffon blouses, and long, lean dresses in lace and velvet, some embellished with Swarovski 3-D embroidery. all worn with fetish-y stilettos by Christian Louboutin. Full collection slideshow at WWD.com. Show video at Swarovski.tv.
Textured Excellence: A fabric detail from Antonio Berardi's Fall//Winter collection. Image by Antonio Berardi for LondonFashionWeek.com.
