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“Filled with books, photos, fabric swatches, and a wandering French bulldog, Yves Saint Laurent’s studio was a wonderfully chaotic and creative space. Fashion historian Jéromine Savignon’s new book opens the door into this magical world.” –W Magazine

The name of Yves Saint Laurent, one of the great fashion designers of the twentieth century, evokes the now-iconic looks he helped popularize as part of the modern woman's wardrobe: the Le Smoking tuxedo jacket, the pea coat, the Mondrian dress, the jumpsuit. But seven years after Saint Laurent's death, the man himself remains an enigma and a source of fascination (two Yves Saint Laurent biopics were released in 2014). In Yves Saint Laurent's Studio: Mirror and Secrets, the first book to be published by the Fondation Pierre Bergé with Yves Saint Laurent, fashion historian Jérômine Savignon invites the reader into the designer's studio, revealing Saint Laurent's approach to fashion and design. Illustrated with more than 40 previously unpublished photographs, this volume offers a fresh, behind-the-scenes glimpse at the work of this iconic fashion designer.

A precocious talent, Yves Saint Laurent (1936–2008) started work at the venerable fashion house of Christian Dior at the age of 18. He started his own design house in 1961 with his partner Pierre Bergé. Saint Laurent was one of the first designers to hire nonwhite models, and the first to lend his name to a ready-to-wear line while maintaining his haute couture business. He became the first designer to be honored with a Costume Institute retrospective at The Metropolitan Museum of Art during his lifetime, with a 1983 show organized by Diana Vreeland, who called him the "Pied Piper of fashion," because "whatever he does, women of all ages, from all over the world, follow."

Historienne de la mode, Jéromine Savignon est l'auteur de divers articles et de nombreux ouvrages, parmi lesquels Faiseur de rêves, en collaboration avec Gilles de Bure (Assouline, 2013), Azzaro (Assouline, 2011), Saint Laurent, Rive Gauche. La révolution de la mode (La Martinière, 2011), Michael Jackson par Arno Bani (Le Chêne, 2010).