Posts with tag YSL

Ever since the death of the legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent, we have seen a resurgence of his iconic Le Smoking Jacket. It is an essential for every stylish woman's closet. Check out our favorite stars wearing their Le Smoking jackets. Pick the star closest to your personal style to find the best Le Smoking for you.

A mighty shift has taken place in the fashion industry: 90s supermodels are taking away all of the major high paying jobs from the new blood. All of them.

Jumpsuits and rompers are going to the "big" trend come spring – fact. And no one did them better for spring than Yves Saint Laurent.

Unless you live under a rock, you have seen the black lipstick trends that started at YSL last season. We've seen a lot of crazy trends come across our desk but this one really threw us for a loop. How does one pull of black lipstick in reality?

So we have all been hearing much about the legendary Yves Saint Laurent. But what do you really know about him? Here is one of the most influential fashion designers of all time, in a nutshell.

Lindsay Lohan has been seen around town paying "Tribute" to the late Yves Saint Laurent. We thinks Lindsay Lohan has the YSL Tribute's in every style and color matey! She was just spotted in a gold strappy pair and here she is again in a black peep toe version.

We're liking it. In combination with that random hat, just liking. Don't get too crazy now.

• YSL Tribute sandals, Bluefly, $528

Gallery: Lilo in YSL

Fall is a great time to try out darker shades of nail polish, eyeshadow, and lip color. But how dark is too dark? Yves Saint Laurent sent black-as-night lips down the runway during its fall fashion show, and the company will offer the signature shade for sale next month. (You can pre-order a tube of "Pur Black" here for $28.)

But though it may come as a surprise, you don't have to be an avant-garde fashionista to work this look. Even mainstream cosmetic companies, like Lancome, are in on the trend. Lancome's ink-black "Piha" gloss will go on sale, as part of a set, in November. Unlike the YSL version, Lancome's is glittery, and meant to be layered over the red lipstick that it is sold with.

So while matte, black lipstick is still a fashion miss, these high-shine black glosses don't have to be. Aaron May, Lancôme's new artistic director, even suggests using "Piha" as a vampy liquid eyeshadow, which seems like a winning way to make this trend more glam than goth.

One of the most influential fashion designers of our time has passed away. Yves Saint Laurent died today in Paris at the age of 71. No cause of death has yet been released.

Saint Laurent is probably the main force behind women wearing pants on a daily basis. When he suggested pants for women, it was considered highly controversial, but he said that his job was "to make clothes that reflect our times. I'm convinced women want to wear pants." Obviously, he was right.

Want to get your hands on a piece of discount fashion and music memorabilia? Supermodel and actress Jerry Hall is auctioning off the dress she wore when she and Mick Jagger to their vows in Bali. Apparently, she's cleaning house and wants to unload about 70 items from her somewhat charmed fashion career. Supposedly, the dress is going to sell for somewhere between $600-$1000. That's not a typo. The proceeds are going to charity, and the prices are 'pre-specified' -- because Jerry wants them to be affordable.

Seriously, if it's for charity, why price it so low? That's less than lots of brides pay for their normal wedding dresses, much less a dress that a supermodel and a Rolling Stone did God knows what in. As you might imagine, most of the stuff that Jerry's getting rid of is high-end designer clothing, so almost everything in the auction is going to be a huge bargain. If we bought something, we'd totally flip it on Ebay.

[via Jezebel]

Back in February, we told you that super-hot Naomi Campbell might have an infectious disease, now it seems that she's trying to spread it to one of London's finest. Allegedly, the 37 year-old supermodel got into it with a cop at Heathrow Airport and decided to vent her frustrations by hocking a loogey on the officer. We can't find any details about where the spit landed, but knowing Naomi's anger issues, we image that it splattered in the cop's face.

Last season, designer Stefano Pilati snagged everybody's favorite beautiful mess Kate Moss to front his star-infused spring ad campaign.

Well, if all the rumors are true, he's enlisted the help of another notoriously bad girl for fall.

WWD reports, supermodel Naomi Campbell has been chosen for Yves Saint Laurent's fall ad campaign. The 37-year-old London babe apparently shot the campaign recently in Paris with the killer photography duo Ines van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.

Naomi has always been one of my favorite models, so I'm happy to see her still getting those coveted bookings in the fashion industry. In addition, her chiseled body will compliment YSL's austere futuristic pieces nicely.

Plus, Naomi was the first person to rock the Ike Turner-esque bowled haircut that every model wore on YSL's runway this season. In fact, she sported the hairstyle during her short stint of community service back in 2006.

The fashion industry is obsessed with youth, which is why it's not uncommon to see girls as young as 14 modeling for Dior, YSL, and other major brands -- but it's not often that the industry uses underage boys.

That's why Tuki Brando, the new face of Versace, is such a surprise. At 16-years-old, the high school student will soon be a fashion icon. While he's certainly no stranger to the fashion world and entertainment industry -- he's the grandson of Marlon Brando, and son of a former model -- he's still really young.

Style blog Fashionista thinks he's an attractive choice, but asks: "...will he entice grown men to buy into the Versace brand?" And they have a point. For better or for worse, youth, femininity, and beauty are often synonymous in women's fashion -- but the same doesn't necessarily hold true for men. I certainly wouldn't be interested in clothing that's trying to make me look like an effeminate teenager, and I'd be surprised if other men didn't feel the same.

Fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent reportedly collapsed while walking along a street in Paris yesterday. Rumors started to fly that Saint Laurent had suffered a heart attack, but a spokesman for his foundation insisted that Yves was in stable health. Instead, she attributed his collapse not to a heart attack but to run-of-the-mill clumsiness. While trying to get into his car, she claimed, Saint Laurent missed the curb and slumped into his automobile where he remained motionless for a few minutes. The Parisian Emergency services have refused to comment, but Saint Laurent's spokesperson insists that the reclusive designer is just fine. I'm pleased to hear that Yves is okay, but I'm sure that Karl Lagerfeld feels a tinge of disappointment.