From June 17th through December 5th, the exhibition “Yves Saint Laurent: Behind the scenes of haute couture in Lyon” will be displayed at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent.
The Exhibition Curators are Esclarmonde Monteil, Director and Head Curator of the musée des Tissus de Lyon and Aurélie Samuel, Director and Head Curator of collections at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris. The exhibition is in collaboration with the musée des Tissus de Lyon and in partnership with Connaissance des Arts.
As mentioned on the Yves Saint Laurent website,
“The extraordinarily talented Yves Saint Laurent and his world are showcased among sublime fabrics from the most eminent Lyon houses. Delicate muslins, shimmering woven fabrics and exquisite velvets reveal themselves in an exhibition highlighting a close and steadfast creative collaboration that lasted over forty years. With thirty haute couture ensembles shown alongside numerous documents, the exhibition forges an original approach exploring the couturier’s creative process.”
The relationship between the brilliant couturier and one of the most renowned textile industries in the world integral to Parisian haute couture is explored. Seven Lyon based textile firms that Yves Saint Laurent relied on are featured. We are also given a better understanding of fabric making, including crepe, muslin, taffeta and velvet.
“Exploring the relationship between the couturier and these Lyon-based textile manufacturers and suppliers has allowed us to see Yves Saint Laurent’s creative genius in a new light. We show that the creative and technical aspects of haute couture are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary, they are clearly interconnected; one reinforces the other. By mounting this exhibition at 5 Avenue Marceau, where the renowned couture house was located, we not only pay a well-deserved homage to the expertise of the entire Lyonnais region, but we also provide visitors with an understanding of the couturier’s creative process from a new angle and from its epicentre: Here, in Yves Saint Laurent’s studio, these magnificent fabrics come to life before our eyes.”
— Aurélie Samuel, Co-curator of the exhibition and Director of collections at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris
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