Yves Saint Laurent

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Pierre Niney in Yves Saint Laurent (2014)

A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.

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A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint-Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Bergé.A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint-Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Bergé.A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint-Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Bergé.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

13K

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Awards
- 2 wins & 9 nominations total

Yves Saint Laurent
(as Pierre Niney de la Comédie-Française)

Guillaume Gallienne

Pierre Bergé
(as Guillaume Gallienne de la Comédie Française)

Charlotte Le Bon

Victoire Doutreleau

Laura Smet

Loulou de la Falaise

Marie de Villepin

Betty Catroux

Nikolai Kinski

Karl Lagerfeld

Ruben Alves

Fernando Sanchez

Astrid Whettnall

Yvonne de Peyerimhoff

Marianne Basler

Lucienne Saint-Laurent

Jean-Édouard Bodziak

Bernard Buffet

Adeline D'Hermy

Anne-Marie Munoz
(as Adeline D'Hermy de la Comédie-Française)

Xavier Lafitte

Jacques de Bascher

Alexandre Steiger

Jean-Pierre Debord

Philippe Morier-Genoud

Jean Cocteau

Anne Alvaro

Marie-Louise Bousquet

Patrice Thibaud

Christian Dior

Gérard Lartigau

M. Boussac

Michèle Garcia

Raymonde Zehnacker

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Trivia
The Yves Saint-Laurent foundation lent the filmmakers 77 actual pieces from their archive for use in the film. The actors and models who wear these authentic Yves Saint Laurent clothes had to wear special underwear underneath the outfits, so that the clothes never touched their skin. Conservators from the foundation were present to make sure the historic, irreplaceable garments were correctly handled and stored.

Goofs
YSL's black leather Beat collection is shown as having been created in 1964 in the film, suggesting YSL was a leader of the Mod look of the mid 1960s, but in fact his Beat collection was done in 1960 and was too youthful for Dior clientele at the time and the main reason YSL was fired from Dior.

Quotes
Yves Saint Laurent: I don't fear critics.

Connections
Referenced in The White Crow EPK (2019)

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Featured review

7/10

A fitting tribute to the great man of fashion

The young up and coming executive of a fashion house who became an industry icon himself.

In this biopic, we are treated to a rather different angle of the legendary designer. We follow his early steps in the world of fashion and how his vision guided him and his unremittingly uncompromising personality made him a stand out. Like all 'celebrities' it was rather sad to see him fall into the alcohol and drugs trap but it was the love of someone else that kept him steady, possible saving from altogether destruction.

Being so open about his homosexuality in such puritanical times was also refreshing to see.

Overall, whilst it might not be a masterpiece of a movie, but still it has style, class and panache to make it a memorable experience even a fitting tribute to this great man of fashion.