The last exhibition I went to while in Paris was a retrospective of Yes Saint Laurent at the Petit Palais. It's still going till the 29th of August, if you have the opportunity to go you really should. The exhibition represent forty years of work through three hundred pieces chosen among five thousand. In the beginning of the expo are two rooms, the first one representing his real studio and the second one representing his inspiration and thought process. He is influenced by art, movies and the big modern figures.
He revolutionized the woman's wardrobe by borrowing the men's smoking and the tailored pants. That was his way of passing power attributes from a sex to the other. Inspired by the streets he created the Scandale collection in 1971, inspired by his dialogues with Art he made dresses resembling pieces from Mondrian, Picasso and Matisse, inspired by his imaginary travels he created costumes reflecting countries such as Russia, China, India, Spain, Japan and Marocco.
Here is a small video about the designer himself and the exhibition:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcmzbi_exposition-yves-saint-laurent-au-pe_creation
Sources:
-http://www.yslretrospective.com/
-http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcmzbi_exposition-yves-saint-laurent-au-pe_creation
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