Black patent leather and orange suede double straps mules Yves Saint Laurent
About the Item
- Designer:
- Brand:
- Dimensions:Marked Size: 39 (EU)
- Style:Circa 2010 (Of the Period)
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Material Notes:Black patent leather and orange suede double straps mules. Heels height = 11 cm plateform = 3,5 cm SHOE SIZE = 39
- Condition:Like New.
- Seller Location:Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
- Reference Number:
Yves Saint Laurent
French designer Yves Saint Laurent pioneered “cross-design” in fashion, taking inspiration from street trends to modernize haute couture.
Saint Laurent was the first to launch a ready-to-wear label, YSL Rive Gauche Prêt-à-Porter. He was the first couturier to open boutiques for both men and women. Using traditional menswear fabrics and designs for women, Saint Laurent also literally cross-dressed, giving men and women alike chic pant suits, elegant tuxedo jackets and urban safari gear.
By blurring gender-specific design, Saint Laurent empowered individual style while creating a scissor-sharp fashion aesthetic of sensual ease and beauty. Many of his designs are today considered timeless classics. Saint Laurent also consistently used Black models, like Mounia, Iman and Naomi Campbell, and he drew endless inspiration from different ethnicities and cultures, in no small part because of his Algerian roots.
Born to French parents in Oran, Algeria, in 1936, Saint Laurent went to Paris at age 17 to study fashion at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Just two years later, in 1955, his remarkable sketches were shown to Christian Dior, then the world’s reigning couturier, who hired him immediately.
Surprisingly soon thereafter, Dior publicly chose Saint Laurent as his successor, which sadly proved prescient when the fashion legend died unexpectedly, in 1957. A mere slip of a youth, the 21-year-old Saint Laurent was nevertheless up to the challenge. He shook the traditional couture clientele to its core with youthful silhouettes and styles like the A-line trapeze dress that hung with seeming effortlessness from the shoulders, the antithesis of the pinched waists and molded skirts that had been all the rage after the deprivations of World War II.
After a mandated spell in the torturous French military, Saint Laurent suffered a nervous breakdown and was dismissed by Dior in 1962. Out of the ashes rose the Age of Yves. With Pierre Bergé, his then-lover who became his lifelong business partner and friend, the designer founded Yves Saint Laurent YSL to encompass prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear. In 1966, they opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand.
His revolutionary Mondrian mini dress from 1965 is a core element of his fashion biography. It is a prime example of how Saint Laurent, an avid art lover and collector, looked to painters, from Goya to Picasso, Ingres to Matisse, for inspiration.
With its pure lines and hues, Mondrian’s ground-breaking 1935 color-block painting Composition C transmutes beautifully into a dress that is highly valued by collectors of contemporary fashion and widely copied commercially to this day. The design is the epitome of Saint Laurent’s aesthetic, requiring a meticulous hand-piecing of each color block so that, despite the body’s curves, the visual plane is as flat as a canvas when the garment is worn. Mondrian’s purity met its match in Saint Laurent.
“I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style,” Saint Laurent said four years before retiring, in 2002. After a long period of ill health, he died at his home in Paris on June 1, 2008.
Browse an extraordinary collection of vintage Yves Saint Laurent evening dresses, shirts, handbags and other clothing and accessories today on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, France
- Return PolicyThis item cannot be returned.
- Black glitter pump Yves Saint LaurentBy Yves Saint LaurentLocated in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FRBlack glitter pump. Height of the heels = 11 cm inside platform = 3 cm Shoe size = 38 It Like newCategory
2010s Italian High Heels
- Black suede pump with "point de croix" thread embroideries Dolce & GabbanaBy Dolce & GabbanaLocated in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FRBlack suede pump with "point de croix" thread embroideries. Shoes size: 38 1/2 . Height of the heels: 12 1/2 cm. Inside platform= 3 cm Like new.Category
2010s Italian High Heels
- Black evening sandal in suede, leather and rhinestone Giancarlo Paoli NEWBy Giancarlo PaoliLocated in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FRBlack evening sandal in suede, leather and rhinestone neckless. Shoe size= 37 1/2( It) Height of the heels = 10 cm NEWCategory
2010s Italian High Heels
- Black leather and velvet high heel sandal with metallic screw heel GivenchyBy GivenchyLocated in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FRBlack leather and velvet high heel sandal with metallic screw heel. Height of the heel= 11,5 cm Inside platform = 1 cm Shoe size 39 NEWCategory
2010s French High Heels
- Golden brown pump with silver metal buckle Roger VivierBy Roger VivierLocated in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FRGolden brown pump with silver metal buckle. Shoe size 39 (It) Height of the heels= 12,5 cm Platform between 2 and 1 cmCategory
2010s Italian High Heels
- Blue, red and gold hologram fabric boots Dolce & Gabbana NEWBy Dolce & GabbanaLocated in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FRBlue, red and gold hologram fabric boots. Much brighter and colorfull in reality than on the picture. Black elastic band inside the leg. Shoe size: 38 (It) Height of the heels 11 c...Category
2010s Italian Boots
- Atelier Versace Black Satin Sling Backs, Never Worn Size 7By Atelier VersaceLocated in Buchanan, MIAtelier Versace Black Satin Sling Backs, Never Worn Size 7Category
20th Century Italian High Heels
- Margiela Tabi Boots Black 1990s Originals size 39 U.K. 6Located in Berlin, DE1990s Margiela Tabi Boots Black Leather Size EU 39 U.K. 6 Collectors, archivers and serious fashion lovers this is for you. From the fall 199...Category
1990s Boots
- Vivienne Westwood black suede round toe pumpsBy Vivienne WestwoodLocated in London, GBVivienne Westwood black suede round toe pumps with buckle closure ca. 1986-1990Category
1980s British Shoes
- Dolce & Gabbana black and gold embroidered silk velvet evening heels, ss 1998By Dolce & GabbanaLocated in London, GBDolce & Gabbana black silk evening heels with gold embroidery, silver leather and red velvet interior and buckle fastening on ankle. Spring-Summer 1998 Size: 35.5Category
1990s Italian Shoes
- Hermes Black Leather Strappy Wedge SandalsBy HermèsLocated in New York, NYProduct Details: Black leather strappy wedge sandals by Hermes. Gold-tone buckle closures at ankle straps. 1.5" platform height, 3.5" heel height. Designer Size: 40.5 US Recommended...Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Sandals
- Gina Black Satin Crystal Embellished Slingback Sandals Size 37By GinaLocated in Dubai, Al Qouz 2A diva like you deserves everything stardust just like these sandals from Gina! These black sandals are crafted from satin and feature an open toe silhouette. They flaunt a single va...Category
2010s English Sandals
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
How to Spot a Fake YSL Bag
Counterfeiters know that savvy fashionistas cherish YSL bags. Learn how to tell if yours is the real deal. Of course, you don't have to worry about that on 1stDibs, where every seller is highly vetted.
Quiet Luxury May Be Trending, but These Famous Interiors Prove That Quality and Quirk Endure
Because truly timeless design requires personal vision, transcendent taste, real fortitude and top-notch objects, even if the wider world hasn’t caught on yet.