YSL Men's Boutique

A profuse amount of mournful and celebratory writing and reviewing has appeared on the subject of YSL since he died in May 2008. Lots of Post-mortem Hommages are being created and published.

They write about ‘The Yves Saint Laurent Revolution’, where feminized versions of men’s attire rub shoulders with seductive apparel; ‘The Palette’, is often mentioned, which shows how traditional rules of color harmony were reversed in new contrasts inspired by cross-fertilization; and they cry about the ‘Lyrical Sources’, which tells about the historical, literary (Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, Louis Aragon, Jean Cocteau…) and artistic influences that were interpreted and translated by this genius of couture.

Throughout his career, Yves Saint Laurent examined the work of the great artists of our day, expressing his personal tastes and the paintings he admired by transforming painting into fabric. Some of his creations reflect the visual sensations of Impressionism, while others liberate the expressive power of some of the great names and movements of modern art: Mondrian and Poliakoff in 1965, the ‘Pop Art’ dresses in 1966, Picasso in 1979 and Braque in 1988.

Gentleman, get your own interpretation of visual impressionistic sensations. In the very sleek, shiny flagship store which totally matches YSL’s forward-thinking fashions.