Hedi Slimane - Yves Saint Laurent
Hedi Slimane
Career: Fashion Designer and Photographer
Website: www.ysl.com
www.hedislimane.com
Biography: 1968 - Hedi Slimane was born in Paris
1996 - Pierre Bergé appoints him Director of Mens Wear at Yves Saint
Laurent, later he becomes artistic director
Revives Yves Saint Laurent rive gauche based on the ‘Ateliers de
Couture’, transposes the spirit of Couture ‘Au Masculin’
2000 - Slimane is appointed as Christian Dior´s Creative Director of
Menswear, he creates Dior Homme
Imposes his new male silhouette - stretched
The ‘Skinny Look’ combined with the thin black tie becomes his
signature
2002 - First menswear designer to receive the CFDA Award for
International Designer
2007 - Hedi Slimane moves to Los Angeles after not renewing his
contract with Dior
2012 - Yves Saint Laurent appoints him as Creative Director
First Saint Laurent Paris Collection by Hedi Slimane
Creation of a new boutique concept in Shanghai
Publications: Surfers of Costa Caparica, 1988
Berlin, 2002
Tokyo Skate Park, 2008
Antology of a Decade, 2008
Issue, 2011
Man About Town L.A., 2011
Exhibitions: Versailles Maze, 2002
Berlin / NY / KW-PS1, 2003
Almine Rech 1, 2004
Almine Rech Paris 2, 2006
Mary Boone, 2006
Spruth Magers, 2006
Portrait of a Performer, 2006
Arndt Gallery Berlin, 2007
Ellipse Foundation, 2007
Foam Museum, 2007
Musac Museo, 2008
Almine Rech Paris 3, 2008
California Dreamin, 2011
Frangments Americana, 2011
Moca Opening, 2011
Yves Saint Laurent
Career: Fashion Designer
Biography: 1936 - Yves Mathieu-Saint-Laurent was born in Oran, Algeria
1954 - Moves to Paris and enrolls at Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de
la Haute Couture
1955 - Michel de Brunhoff, Vogue Paris Editor-in-Chief, introduces him to
Christian Dior; he hires Yves Saint Laurent as his personal assistant
1957 - After Christian Dior´s death, he takes over the Fashion House
1958 - YSL presents ‘The Trapeze Line’, his first collection
Yves Saint Laurent meets Pierre Bergé
Receives the Neiman Marcus Award
1959 - YSL´s first theater costume designs - Cyrano de Bergerac by
Roland Petit
1960 - Saint Laurent was fired by Dior fashion house
1961 - Along Pierre Bergé he opens Yves Saint Laurent fashion house
1962 - Presentation of his collection at 30, bis rue Spontini, Paris
1965 - YSL designs the Mondrian Dress, his first tribute to art
1966 - YSL designs his first tuxedo and tribute to Pop Art, Le Smoking
Opening of the first Saint Laurent rive gauche Prêt-à-Porter shop at
21, rue de Tournon
Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent purchase Dar el-Hanch, in the
Medina of Marrakech
YSL receives the Harper´s Bazaar ‘Oscar’ award
1967 - Publication of ‘La Vilaine Lulu’, a comic book
1968 - Produces his first see-through designs and first jumpsuit
1971 - YSL presents ‘Forties’ collection causing a scandal
Launch of rive gauche perfume
1973 - Costume design for La Rose malade
Costume design for La Chevauchée sur le lac de Constance
1974 - Opening of Yves Saint Laurent at 5, avenue Marceau
Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé purchase the Dar es Saada house in
Marrakech
1976 - YSL presents ‘Opera and Ballet Russes’ collection
1977 - Launch of Opium perfume
1978 - Costume and set designs for L´Aigle à deux têtes
1979 - YSL presents a tribute collection to Pablo Picasso and
Sergei Diaghilev
1980 - Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent purchase the Majorelle
Garden in Marrakech
1982 - Receives the International Fashion Award of the Council of
Fashion Designers of America, the same evening of the celebration of
the fashion house´s 20th Anniversary
1985 - Yves Saint Laurent was awarded with the rank of Chevalier de la
Légion d’Honneur
1988 - Tribute to Vincent van Gogh with the Iris and Sunflowers
ensembles
1992 - Celebration of the fashion house´s 30th Anniversary at L´Opéra
Bastille
1998 - YSL parades 300 models in Stade de France during the Soccer
World Cup
Bergé and Saint Laurent sponsor the renovation of two rooms of the
National Gallery
2002 - YSL announces his retirement
Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent is state-approved
2004 - The Foundation opens its doors to the public with the exhibition
Yves Saint Laurent, Dialogue avec L´Art
2007 - Yves Saint Laurent is elevated to the rank of Grand Officier de la
Légion d’Honneur
2008 - Yves Saint Laurent died in Paris
Saint Laurent Paris
Category: Fashion Brand
Website: www.ysl.com
Owner: PPR
Details: Yves Saint Laurent was renamed Saint Laurent Paris in 2012
Produces and distributes ready-to-wear, handbags, luggage, small
leather goods, shoes, jewelry, eyewear
Saint Laurent Paris, Shanghai
Category: Boutique
Address: 1601 West Nanjing Road
Shanghai, 200040
Tel: 21 3253 0858
Website: www.ysl.com
Owner: PPR
Architects/ Interior Design/ Artwork: Hedi Slimane
Photo Credit: Patricia Schwoerer
Details: Concept created by Hedi Slimane
Interior: Techniques and Materials of French Art Decó and Modernist
Movement of l´Union des Artistes Modernes
Interior blends black and white marbles and raw concrete
Silver and gold are a take on Saint Laurent Vermeil, the new jewelry
concept
Features silver, gold and mirror 1930s-inspired ‘vitrines’
Shelving is made out of mirror framed with nickel brass
The mirror alcove is the changing room and fitting salon for
eveningwear
Saint Laurent Paris, Paris
Address: 6 Place Saint-Sulpice
Paris, 75006
Tel: 1 43 29 43 00
Address: 9 Rue de Grenelle
Paris, 75007
Tel: 1 45 44 39 01
Address: 38 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
Paris, 75008
Tel: 1 42 65 74 59
Address: 32 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
Paris, 75008
Tel: 1 53 05 80 80
Saint Laurent Paris, New York
Address: 3 East 57th Street
New York, 10022
Tel: 212 980 2970
Saint Laurent Paris, London
Address: 171-172 Sloane Street
London, SW1X 9NE
Tel: 0 20 7235 6706
Address: 32-33 Old Bond Street
London, W1X 4HH
Tel: 0 20 7493 1800
Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent
Category: Foundation
Address: 5 Avenue Marceau
Paris, 75116
Tel: 1 44 31 64 31
Website: www.fondation-pb-ysl.net
Email: info@fondation-pb-ysl.net
Mission: Conserve haute couture garments, accessories, sketches, etc
Organise thematic exhibitions
Support cultural and educational activities
Career: Fashion Designer and Photographer
Website: www.ysl.com
www.hedislimane.com
Biography: 1968 - Hedi Slimane was born in Paris
1996 - Pierre Bergé appoints him Director of Mens Wear at Yves Saint
Laurent, later he becomes artistic director
Revives Yves Saint Laurent rive gauche based on the ‘Ateliers de
Couture’, transposes the spirit of Couture ‘Au Masculin’
2000 - Slimane is appointed as Christian Dior´s Creative Director of
Menswear, he creates Dior Homme
Imposes his new male silhouette - stretched
The ‘Skinny Look’ combined with the thin black tie becomes his
signature
2002 - First menswear designer to receive the CFDA Award for
International Designer
2007 - Hedi Slimane moves to Los Angeles after not renewing his
contract with Dior
2012 - Yves Saint Laurent appoints him as Creative Director
First Saint Laurent Paris Collection by Hedi Slimane
Creation of a new boutique concept in Shanghai
Publications: Surfers of Costa Caparica, 1988
Berlin, 2002
Tokyo Skate Park, 2008
Antology of a Decade, 2008
Issue, 2011
Man About Town L.A., 2011
Exhibitions: Versailles Maze, 2002
Berlin / NY / KW-PS1, 2003
Almine Rech 1, 2004
Almine Rech Paris 2, 2006
Mary Boone, 2006
Spruth Magers, 2006
Portrait of a Performer, 2006
Arndt Gallery Berlin, 2007
Ellipse Foundation, 2007
Foam Museum, 2007
Musac Museo, 2008
Almine Rech Paris 3, 2008
California Dreamin, 2011
Frangments Americana, 2011
Moca Opening, 2011
Yves Saint Laurent
Career: Fashion Designer
Biography: 1936 - Yves Mathieu-Saint-Laurent was born in Oran, Algeria
1954 - Moves to Paris and enrolls at Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de
la Haute Couture
1955 - Michel de Brunhoff, Vogue Paris Editor-in-Chief, introduces him to
Christian Dior; he hires Yves Saint Laurent as his personal assistant
1957 - After Christian Dior´s death, he takes over the Fashion House
1958 - YSL presents ‘The Trapeze Line’, his first collection
Yves Saint Laurent meets Pierre Bergé
Receives the Neiman Marcus Award
1959 - YSL´s first theater costume designs - Cyrano de Bergerac by
Roland Petit
1960 - Saint Laurent was fired by Dior fashion house
1961 - Along Pierre Bergé he opens Yves Saint Laurent fashion house
1962 - Presentation of his collection at 30, bis rue Spontini, Paris
1965 - YSL designs the Mondrian Dress, his first tribute to art
1966 - YSL designs his first tuxedo and tribute to Pop Art, Le Smoking
Opening of the first Saint Laurent rive gauche Prêt-à-Porter shop at
21, rue de Tournon
Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent purchase Dar el-Hanch, in the
Medina of Marrakech
YSL receives the Harper´s Bazaar ‘Oscar’ award
1967 - Publication of ‘La Vilaine Lulu’, a comic book
1968 - Produces his first see-through designs and first jumpsuit
1971 - YSL presents ‘Forties’ collection causing a scandal
Launch of rive gauche perfume
1973 - Costume design for La Rose malade
Costume design for La Chevauchée sur le lac de Constance
1974 - Opening of Yves Saint Laurent at 5, avenue Marceau
Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé purchase the Dar es Saada house in
Marrakech
1976 - YSL presents ‘Opera and Ballet Russes’ collection
1977 - Launch of Opium perfume
1978 - Costume and set designs for L´Aigle à deux têtes
1979 - YSL presents a tribute collection to Pablo Picasso and
Sergei Diaghilev
1980 - Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent purchase the Majorelle
Garden in Marrakech
1982 - Receives the International Fashion Award of the Council of
Fashion Designers of America, the same evening of the celebration of
the fashion house´s 20th Anniversary
1985 - Yves Saint Laurent was awarded with the rank of Chevalier de la
Légion d’Honneur
1988 - Tribute to Vincent van Gogh with the Iris and Sunflowers
ensembles
1992 - Celebration of the fashion house´s 30th Anniversary at L´Opéra
Bastille
1998 - YSL parades 300 models in Stade de France during the Soccer
World Cup
Bergé and Saint Laurent sponsor the renovation of two rooms of the
National Gallery
2002 - YSL announces his retirement
Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent is state-approved
2004 - The Foundation opens its doors to the public with the exhibition
Yves Saint Laurent, Dialogue avec L´Art
2007 - Yves Saint Laurent is elevated to the rank of Grand Officier de la
Légion d’Honneur
2008 - Yves Saint Laurent died in Paris
Saint Laurent Paris
Category: Fashion Brand
Website: www.ysl.com
Owner: PPR
Details: Yves Saint Laurent was renamed Saint Laurent Paris in 2012
Produces and distributes ready-to-wear, handbags, luggage, small
leather goods, shoes, jewelry, eyewear
Saint Laurent Paris, Shanghai
Category: Boutique
Address: 1601 West Nanjing Road
Shanghai, 200040
Tel: 21 3253 0858
Website: www.ysl.com
Owner: PPR
Architects/ Interior Design/ Artwork: Hedi Slimane
Photo Credit: Patricia Schwoerer
Details: Concept created by Hedi Slimane
Interior: Techniques and Materials of French Art Decó and Modernist
Movement of l´Union des Artistes Modernes
Interior blends black and white marbles and raw concrete
Silver and gold are a take on Saint Laurent Vermeil, the new jewelry
concept
Features silver, gold and mirror 1930s-inspired ‘vitrines’
Shelving is made out of mirror framed with nickel brass
The mirror alcove is the changing room and fitting salon for
eveningwear
Saint Laurent Paris, Paris
Address: 6 Place Saint-Sulpice
Paris, 75006
Tel: 1 43 29 43 00
Address: 9 Rue de Grenelle
Paris, 75007
Tel: 1 45 44 39 01
Address: 38 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
Paris, 75008
Tel: 1 42 65 74 59
Address: 32 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
Paris, 75008
Tel: 1 53 05 80 80
Saint Laurent Paris, New York
Address: 3 East 57th Street
New York, 10022
Tel: 212 980 2970
Saint Laurent Paris, London
Address: 171-172 Sloane Street
London, SW1X 9NE
Tel: 0 20 7235 6706
Address: 32-33 Old Bond Street
London, W1X 4HH
Tel: 0 20 7493 1800
Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent
Category: Foundation
Address: 5 Avenue Marceau
Paris, 75116
Tel: 1 44 31 64 31
Website: www.fondation-pb-ysl.net
Email: info@fondation-pb-ysl.net
Mission: Conserve haute couture garments, accessories, sketches, etc
Organise thematic exhibitions
Support cultural and educational activities
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