'Yves Saint Laurent: Style Is Eternal’ Exhibition at The Bowes Museum, UK
Words by Yatzer
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'Yves Saint Laurent: Style Is Eternal’ Exhibition at The Bowes Museum, UK
Words by Yatzer
We love how museums around the world have turned fashion exhibitions into a trend, thus creating interesting dialogues between the garments and works of visual art. The Bowes Museum, an amazing French Chateau in Northern England, has just announced its upcoming fashion exhibition featuring the work of the great fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. A passionate art lover and collector himself, Saint Laurent was famous for merging fine art with fashion in his work — an example being his Mondrian collection, which was a tribute to the paintings of De Stijl artist Piet Mondrian.
Cocktail dress, Fall-Winter 1966, Inspired by Pop Art. Photo © Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent / Sophie Carre.
Portrait of Yves Saint Laurent in 1964. Photo © Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent / Maurice Hogenboom.
Evening outfit, Spring-Summer 1988, Tribute to George Braque. Photo © Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent / Sophie Carre.
Short cocktail dress, Fall-Winter 1965, Tribute to Piet Mondrian. Photo © Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent / Alexandre Guirkinger.
The first exhibition in the UK to present a comprehensive display of the French designer’s work and life, the Yves Saint Laurent: Style Is Eternal show will present fifty garments including iconic pieces from the Russian Collection, the aforementioned Mondrian dresses and the Tuxedo. The show will also open up a dialogue with The Bowes Museum’s fine and decorative art collection, creating a unique sense of narrative around the history of fashion in general. The exhibition which has been organised in collaboration with the Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent will take place from 11 July - 25 October 2015.
Pantsuit, Spring-Summer 1967. Photo © Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent / Alexandre Guirkinger.
Long evening ensemble, Fall-Winter 1979, Tribute to Pablo Picasso. Photo © Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent / Alexandre Guirkinger.
Short evening ensemble, Fall-Winter 1988, Tribute to Vincent van Gogh. Photo © Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent / Alexandre Guirkinger.
Long evening ensemble, Fall-Winter 1978. Photo © Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent / Alexandre Guirkinger.
Marina Schiano wearing short evening dress from Fall-Winter 1970 collection. Photo © The Estate of Jeanloup Sieff.
Wedding dress, Fall-Winter 1980, Tribute to William Shakespeare. Photo © Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent / Alexandre Guirkinger.