“Fashion fades, style is eternal” - Yves Saint Laurent.At the end of 1961, Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé launched their rst fashion show. The French photojournalist Pierre Boulat (1924 – 1998), spent ve weeks embedded with Yves Saint Laurent as he prepared to stage this show, after three years as the head designer at Christian Dior. Through 49 black and white photographs, we experience the creativity, anxiety, and happiness of Yves Saint Laurent at work.Behind the scene of this magical preparation process, the celebrated designer is captured during drawing sessions, adjusting the nal details of his show backstage or quietly working on his own, giving us the chance to feel his excitement, as well as the quality and originality of his creative practice.Pierre Boulat maintained a very close relationship with Yves Saint Laurent throughout the years, which gave him unlimited access not only backstage, but also within the intimacy of the designer’s Paris home. In this sense, Boulat’s photos, many of which have never been displayed before, offer us a unique testimony of Saint Laurent’s life and career, making the exhibition a de nite not-to-be-missed event.
