The Style of Yves Saint Laurent

" J’essaie de montrer que la mode est un art. Pour cela, j’ai suivi les conseils de mon maître Christian Dior et les intemporelles leçons de Mademoiselle Chanel. J’ai créé pour ma génération et essayé de prévoir ce que sera demain. " - Yves Saint Laurent

“I tried to show that fashion is an art. For that, I followed the counsel of my master Christian Dior and the imperishable lesson of Mademoiselle Chanel. I created for my era and tried to forsee what tomorrow would be.” - Yves Saint Laurent

About the Guest

Amanda Garfinkel specializes in contemporary fashion. Since joining The Costume Institute in 2007, she has assisted on several exhibitions, including Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (2011), Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology (2016), Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between (2017), and In America: A Lexicon of Fashion (2021). She holds an MA in decorative arts, design, and culture from Bard Graduate Center and a BFA in crafts and art history from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Photo Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Eileen Travell

Photo credit: (Lataste, Charly/Hermis.fr)/Alamy

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Myriam Bransfield
Jean P. Elting
Susan Hillman
Elizabeth Hoffman
Libby Horn
R. Stanley Johnson*
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Suzanne C. McCormick
Janis W. Notz
Betsey N. Pinkert
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Cheryl Sandner
Laraine Spector
Liz Stiffel
Mary K. Swift
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John G. W. McCord
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