AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Swann song; Yves Saint Laurent bids adieu.(fashion designer retires)

The New Yorker

| March 18, 2002 | Thurman, Judith | COPYRIGHT 2002 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Of all the garments I have loved and lost, there is one whose perfection gave me such happiness that I've spent decades hoping it will surface in some thrift shop, and when I'm in Paris I never fail to check at the Pere Lachaise of couture, Didier Ludot's grimly glamorous little resale boutique in the Palais Royal. This first deluxe, not to say decent, piece of clothing that I ever owned was a sable-brown Cossack-style maxiskirt by Yves Saint Laurent that zipped up both sides like a sleeping bag. It was made of thick alpaca blanket wool, lined in black silk, and ingeniously constructed without darts so that, despite its weight, it had no bulk at the hips or waist. I bought ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
YSL Rive Gauche: who dropped who? (Barneys New York and Bloomingdale's no...
Magazine article from: WWD Born, Pete October 7, 1987 700+ words
YSL RIVE GAUCHE: WHO DROPPED...dropped Yves Saint Laurent, YSL did not...Tuesday that the Rive Gauche boutique in...Bloomingdale's and Saint Laurent is going to...years. The Saint Laurent-Rive Gauche boutique in...
I. Magnin launches YSL Rive Gauche boutique. (Yves Saint Laurent)
Magazine article from: WWD Ginsberg, Steve December 27, 1988 700+ words
I. MAGNIN LAUNCHES YSL RIVE GAUCHE BOUTIQUE BEVERLY HILLS -- The Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche boutique at I. Magnin here...marketing and sales for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche. "We feel the business...
YSL CONFIRMS ELBAZ TO DESIGN RIVE GAUCHE.(Yves Saint Laurent contract with...
Magazine article from: WWD Raper, Sarah June 8, 1998 700+ words
...will be presented on Oct. 15. His first Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche collection will be presented in March 1999. "The next Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche collection to be shown in October 1998 will be...
YSL Rive Gauche aims to expand in Japan. (Yves Saint Laurent to open more Rive...
Magazine article from: WWD September 11, 1990 700+ words
YSL RIVE GAUCHE AIMS TO EXPAND IN JAPAN PARIS - Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche has announced plans to open four additional sales...number to 22 there. Maurice Cau, director of YSL Rive Gauche, the house's main ready-to-wear fashion...
Rive Gauche taps Hoffman as U.S. marketing head. (Yves Saint Laurent-Rive...
Magazine article from: WWD April 12, 1988 700+ words
...the United States for Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, the ready-to-wear...and retail operations of Saint Laurent Rive Gauche in the U.S. Hoffman...freestanding boutiques for Saint Laurent Rive Gauche in the U.S. He will...
The shirt at the season, nine ways: Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche poet-sleeve...
Magazine article from: Harper's Bazaar Sindi, Rena September 1, 2002 700+ words
...975, Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche. Select Neiman Marcus...495, Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche); Vanessa Beecroft...1195, Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche); Ryan Haddon (pumps...
Saint Laurent sells to Barneys, bumped by BG. (Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche...
Magazine article from: WWD October 14, 1993 700+ words
...booted out Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, after the fashion...enough effort for Rive Gauche." "They treated Saint Laurent just like any...will give to Rive Gauche, but promised...Barneys and very Saint Laurent." "We are...
Rive Gauche Dallas unit is closed. (Saint Laurent-Rive Gauche)
Magazine article from: WWD August 4, 1987 700+ words
...closed DALLAS -- The Saint Laurent-Rive Gauche boutique at the Galleria...apparently sent to the Saint Laurent-Rive Gauche stores in Boston and...the second closing of Saint Laurent-Rive Gauche stores here in two years...
For more facts and information, see all results
©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA