Yves Saint Laurent: Style

If you love vintage YSL you will love this. I do.

Love the bright pink color, looks great on my coffee table!

Item was just as described and in great conditions. Great Seller. Very Please. Thank you.

It's been years since I've written a review on Amazon, but the reviews I've seen for this book have compelled me to write again. The strengths - and weaknesses - of YSL Style become more apparent when compared to the other recent YSL book from the same publisher ( Yves Saint Laurent ), which has received more positive reviews. From this point on, I will refer to the two books as "YSL Style" (pink book) and "YSL" (black book). The quality of the printing and paper for YSL Style is good but not as luxurious as YSL. If your sole criterion for deciding whether to purchase a book is based on its status as an object and collectible, then YSL is the clear choice over YSL Style. If you are more interested in the content, then read on, because the two books serve different purposes. YSL Style contains a generous number of the designer's drawings, far more than I've seen in any other fashion book. It provides great insight into the creative process and the evolution of ideas not just of Saint Laurent himself but also more generally in the arts and design. In this regard, YSL Style is distinct from most fashion retrospectives, more introverted; the reader peeks into Saint Laurent's sketchbook. The view is of Saint Laurent as an artist, like a painter in working in a studio rather than a figure in the glamorous world of celebrity and commerce. In many other ways, YSL Style likely falls short of YSL. The latter book shows much more final work, more photographs than drawings. It also better conveys the ways in which Saint Laurent's designs were received, in terms of fashion shows, media coverage, and how people wore his clothes. As a retrospective, YSL provides a 360-degree view, while YSL Style is more focused. Some readers may view this as a limitation of YSL Style. I found the proximity to the very spark of creativity to be exhilarating.

Expected more content and better photos, but I live the color of the cover

This book fantastic! Beautiful pictures and drawings of the masterpieces the best coutourier of the 20th century made. Such an inspirational source, both for the images and the texts. If you love fashion, you got have it!

This book is big and beautiful!

Great coffee table book. Very chic!

Se você quer comprá-lo com o intúito de decorar, recomendo: é lindo, grande e pink. Caso queira comprá-lo pelo conteúdo do livro em si, também recomendo, pois contem fotos, quotes e textos bem legais.

Offre una panoramica sui bozzetti creati da Yves Saint Laurent nel corso della sua vita lavorativa ottimo per trovare spunti e realizzare creazioni personalizzate.

What I loved most about this book were the loose illustrations by Yves. I love the effortless style in its contents

Es un Gran libro.Lo recomiendo 100%. Lo que echo más en falta es una tapa dura.Es ideal para decoración. f

Buon libro, in versione compatta, sinceramente mi aspettavo di più. Peccato anche perchè disponibile nella sola versione di lingua inglese.