Yves Saint Laurent Men's Vintage Pin Striped Luxury Blazer

GREAT ONE of a KIND Yves Saint Laurent Men's Vintage Pin Striped Luxury Blazer Founded in 1961, YSL is one of the world’s most prominent fashion houses. It’s always been known for its modern and iconic pieces, such as tuxedo suits for women, the safari jacket, and the jumpsuit. Today Saint Laurent Paris markets a wide range of women’s and men’s ready-to-wear products, leather goods, shoes, and jewelry. They also market prestige cosmetics and fragrances through YSL Beauté Yves Henri Donat Matthieu-Saint Laurent was Born in Oran, Algeria on August 1, 1936 to Charles and Lucienne Mathieu-Saint-Laurent. He grew up in a villa by the Mediterranean with his two sisters: Michèle and Brigitte. Although his family was well-off (his father was a lawyer and insurance broker who owned a chain of cinemas) Yves was not popular in school. He was bullied constantly for being gay, hence he was a nervous child and was sick nearly every day. But young Saint Laurent found an escape in the world of fashion and occupied himself by creating intricate paper dolls and sketching dresses. By the time he was a teenager, he was designing outfits for his mother and sisters which the local seamstress “I was deeply struck by a photograph of Marlene Dietrich wearing men’s clothes,” said Yves Saint Laurent. “A tuxedo, a blazer or a naval officer’s uniform a woman dressed as a man must be at the height of femininity to fight against a costume that isn’t hers.” “Fashion dies, but style remains.” YSL PARIS 1964