Yves Saint Laurent is the new book that will be publish by Assouline on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the house of Dior. Assouline is publishing a series of books devoted to the seven designers who have headed the House.
Laurence Benaïm, the writer and journalist specialist in the couturier and also the author of his biography, examines the founder’s successor, Yves Saint Laurent, time at the house of Dior and the collections he designed there. To offer a snapshot of the inspirations that marked Dior years from 1958 to 1960 contemporary images by Laziz Hamani will mix with photographs of the time.
“I wish to pay tribute to those who have in influenced me, who have guided my actions and who have been my role models. And first and foremost to Christian Dior, who was my master and the first to reveal to me the secrets and mysteries of haute couture.” -Yves Saint Laurent
