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SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE / INDIGO LEWIN

Rive Droite is launching FANZINE, a magazine but more concretely a platform through which thought provoking and up-and-coming creatives can express their work and talent.

The first FANZINE guest editor is the English artist and photographer Indigo Lewin, who has curated the first issue with an exclusive selection of images from her archive.

Born and raised in London, Indigo Lewin’s body of work is an honest depiction of the world she sees around her. Her curiosity and fascination with intimacy, the body, youth, and friendship, are what guide her work. What emanates from Indigo’s photographs are touching revelations of the incredible beauty behind shared moments between people. By using her intimate circle of friends as the subjects in her photographs, Indigo is able to explore this concept in a way that feels natural and authentic. She reminds us of the fragility behind these deeply personal and treasurable moments in life that are so fleeting.

In FANZINE’s first issue, Indigo’s images sit alongside her writing and personal notes. It’s a spontaneous invitation from the artist for us to connect with her, as if we were reading intimate entries from her private diary. Indigo offers us a rare glimpse into her world, full of tenderness and humanity.

An exhibition of Indigo’s work will be on display for a limited time in the Saint Laurent Rive Droite Paris and Los Angeles stores from September 16.

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SAINT LAURENT / PURIENNE

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Saint Laurent Rive Droite / Purienne SLRD Editions

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Anthony Vaccarello and photographer Henrik Purienne collaborate exclusively for Saint Laurent Rive Droite.

As part of the Saint Laurent Rive Droite editions, books produced and published for Rive Droite only, Anthony Vaccarello invited Purienne to express his vision through a series of black & white images featuring models wearing Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello collections.

The photos, captured in Paris, are faithful to Purienne’s erotic, playful and sensual aesthetic.

This is the fourth book of the Rive Droite editions, following the exclusive books on Daido Moriyama, Betty Catroux and Gray Sorrenti.

Saint Laurent Rive Droite editions also published their first fanzine with Derek Ridgers in February 2021.

The book is exclusively available at Saint Laurent Rive Droite Paris and Los Angeles stores and on YSL.COM/RIVEDROITE.

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#YSL37 BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO

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WOMEN’S SPRING 21
MEN’S SPRING SUMMER 21
#YSL37 BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO

#YSL #SaintLaurent #YvesSaintLaurent @anthonyvaccarello @davidsimsofficial

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HELMUT LANG X ANTHONY VACCARELLO

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HELMUT LANG X ANTHONY VACCARELLO

SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE

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As part of the Saint Laurent Rive Droite project, Anthony Vaccarello has decided to give his creations to artist Helmut Lang to exert as raw materials for a set of unique sculptures.

In his quest for new partnerships and ideas to expand the identity of Saint Laurent, Anthony
Vaccarello has handpicked Helmut Lang, whose body of work in fashion reflect a strict construction that can be seen as an underground influence upon Anthony’s vision.
He has always admired and respected Helmut Lang, who made a name for himself from the late 80s and on by inventing a brand new design language that is still the ultimate embodiment of minimalism, modernity and restrained opulence.
Helmut has been part of Anthony Vaccarello’s inspiration as a designer but also as a person who always made the right choice. Also concerned with modern issues like sustainability, durability, lasting power of the ever-shifting nature of fashion collections and cycles, Anthony Vaccarello has found the perfect interlocutor for a project that is also a dialogue.

Helmut Lang questioned the very definition of luxury and the meaning of the clothes’ function.
He initiated with close artists, Louise Bourgeois and Jenny Holzer, which turned into a habit in the 21st century: a collaboration between an artist and a fashion designer. These close links put new interrogations at the forefront of the ever-evolving fashion industry: fashion a form of applied art, the time-frame of fashion creations, its more or less perennial impact on global culture are probably the only two who are still at the heart of today’s discussions.

With that background and creative philosophy, it seemed natural for the designer to turn to art full-time in 2005. His unique ability to turn items, either raw or discarded, into pieces of art, made him the perfect partner for this project.

Anthony Vaccarello invited him to work with past collections he made for Saint Laurent, thus contributing, in a selfless gesture, to the transmutation of his creations for the house into another form of art.

Clothing and accessory prototypes, garments and jewels left unfinished and deserted, remaining testimonies of Anthony Vaccarello’s creativity has been morphed into a new life.

Shredded, mixed with a pigmented resin then molded in aluminum, these former fashion objects will become primal totems with unique textures reminiscing both, a precious past and a promising future.

The sculptures will be displayed at Rive Droite, first in Paris, then in Los Angeles and will be available for sale.

SAINT LAURENT WINTER 20 #YSL34

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WOMEN WINTER 20
#YSL34 BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO

Featuring Laetitia Casta & Freja Beha Erichsen captured by Juergen Teller

NO MATTER HOW LONG THE NIGHT IS

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MEN’S SPRING SUMMER 21 BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO

Breathing, reaching the horizon, looking at the future, no matter how long the night is.
Over the skies and the architectures of Paris, New York, and Beijing, a constant attraction redefies gravity.

The video unveils Anthony Vaccarello’s collection, the inspirations, materials, forms, bright and dark colors, naturally blending different worlds.

The Saint Laurent Men’s Spring Summer 2021 Project curated by Anthony Vaccarello, is a unique virtual and physical experience, bringing together videos, augmented reality, 3D lenticular imagery, music playlist, street posters, hidden stickers, photo walls, flags, and more; all connecting the places from around the world, digitally to physically.

A perpetual and simultaneous game of echoes creates an impossible dialogue between imagination and reality. An unconscious desire.


Art Direction Anthony Vaccarello

Video Director Nathalie Canguilhem

Soundtrack SebastiAn

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DAWN PATROL

Dawn Patrol is an exclusive project conceived by Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent Rive Droite that will take place from September 4th to September 6th 2020, on the beach of Les Estagnots in Seignosse. This lifestyle project is designed to promote the surf culture by offering a range of products exclusively available. This collaboration carries onto the restaurant La Cabane des Estagnots.

A beach cleaning operation will also be organized with local associations in partnership with Ocean52.

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SAINT LAURENT FALL 20 #YSL33

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Art Direction by Anthony Vaccarello

Director Juergen Teller

Featuring Grace Hartzel

#YSL #SaintLaurent #YvesSaintLaurent

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SAINT LAURENT Men's SS20

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Last June, Anthony Vaccarello chose Los Angeles to present his new Saint Laurent menswear collection, envisioning the city as the latest Marrakesh. Walking on a sandy beach in Malibu, the Saint Laurent man exudes the free spirit inspired by the irreverent allure of Mick Jagger and the Parisian nonchalance of Serge Gainsbourg.


Details and colors captured from the mythic 1975 concert tour of the Stones build the ultimate, timeless bohemian attitude.

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‘It started after meeting Mick Jagger for his upcoming tour, he showed me his wardrobe and I was particularly attracted by the details, the colors, the attitude.’

Anthony Vaccarello

Images Courtesy of Saint Laurent

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EZRA X Saint Laurent SS20

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EZRA MILLER - SPRING SUMMER 20 #YSL30 by ANTHONY VACCARELLO

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LOVE with Saint Laurent Rive Droite

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Saint Laurent Rive Droite celebrates Valentine’s Day by proposing flower bouquets wrapped in Saint LaurentJe t’aime paper, available in stores. To honor this occasion, Saint Laurent’s love patterned condoms are going to be gifted with the purchase of a bouquet.

Sex games, vibrator Saint Laurent x Crave, will also be presented together with a larger selection of items such as lighters, tote bags and padlocks with heart-shape patterns.

A LOVE Yves Saint Laurent collection with posters and t-shirts will also be available for sale.

All exclusively available at Saint Laurent Rive Droite Paris and Los Angeles.

SAINT LAURENT SS 20 #YSL30 – RAMI MALEK

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SAINT LAURENT SUMMER 20 LE SMOKING

Kate Moss, Freja Beha Erichsen, Stella Tennant, Liya Kebede, Mica Argañaraz, Anja Rubik and Naomi Campbell captured by Juergen Teller.

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SAINT LAURENT SELF 05 BY WONG KAR WAI

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Saint Laurent SELF 05, ‘A night in Shanghai’, curated by Chinese artist Wong Kar Wai and directed by Wing Shya, marks the fifth chapter of the project, following Daido Moriyama, Vanessa Beecroft, Bret Easton Ellis and Gaspar Noé. The intention of the project is to capture different aspects of the Saint Laurent personality, underlining the complexity of various individuals through the eyes of artists selected by Anthony Vaccarello, Saint Laurent creative director. SELF represents the self-expression and conveys many different facets of the Saint Laurent attitude.

‘A night in Shanghai’ is a story about the introspective research of our-self, which starts from breaking the balance. Ju Xiaowen is walking on the wire, trying to find the balance in real life by comparing the past and the present, sharply contrasting. Looking for who she is and moved by the desire to express herself.

‘Saint Laurent is unique, distinctive among high fashion. Anthony loves art and his designs worn gorgeously, and stays independent. Saint Laurent is always about ‘breaking the balance’ in this era, like no one else, the brand is brave in expressing itself.’ Wong Kar Wai

‘Wong Kar Wai envisions individual feelings; his art is like a vivid dream projected into real life, which emphasizes the contrast between the fragile aspect of humanity and reality. It was a very instinctive process based on mutual respect and admiration, in the movie you can find and feel the Saint Laurent fantasy taking shape as natural consequence.’
Anthony Vaccarello

The traditional feeling of Shanghai meets the contemporary Saint Laurent, creating a subtle chemistry, as much as the modern skyline of the city blends with the iconic spirit of the brand.

The short movie will be exclusively presented in an immersive screen-installation at Yuz Museum in Shanghai art district, accessible to public from the 22nd until the 24th of November.

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SAINT LAURENT X GOOGLE

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Saint Laurent and JacquardTM by Google announce the Cit-e Backpack.

Jacquard developed a platform that consists of intelligent yarns integrated into the Saint Laurent backpack’s fabric—creating an interactive touch area that allows for gestures. A Jacquard Tag provides connectivity from the interactive panel to a mobile phone.
Saint Laurent and Google Jacquard weave intelligence into the everyday Cit-e Backpack that allows it to control music, drop pins on the go, and take pictures with a simple gesture. The experience is optimized for both iOS and Android. The app allows you to configure Abilities to gestures and alerts and revisit activities with the Cit-e Backpack.

Jacquard is an advanced technology that allows users to interact seamlessly with digital services in their daily activities, to improve their daily lives. This new experience developed by Saint Laurent & Jacquard aims to explore the future of fashion, made possible by technological advances.

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Available exclusively at Saint Laurent Rive Droite

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// RIVE DROITE //

SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE, a creative and cultural destination curated by Anthony Vaccarello, is opening in rue saint Honoré, Paris the 8th of June.

Named « RIVE DROITE », as a nod to SAINT LAURENT rive gauche line, that helped democratizing fashion and luxury in the sixties, the space introduces a brand new retail destination for expression, exchange and lifestyle, conceptualized by Creative Director Anthony Vaccarello.

SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE will showcase a wide range of products including exclusive pieces, limited editions, library, vintage, music, photography combined with art, performances, exhibitions, events and cultural exchanges.

Through an extensive and diversified offer from different creative and design fields, Anthony Vaccarello imagines and embraces new ways of enlarging the universe and DNA of Saint Laurent.

Located in 213, rue saint Honoré 75001 Paris, and extended at 469 Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles, SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE represents an amusing and chic version of today’s Saint Laurent universe.

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// ROCK’N’ROLL HEDONISM AT SAINT LAURENT - Men's SS20 //

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Anthony Vaccarello was in a sensual and seductive mood with the menswear show he unveiled in Los Angeles last night for the iconic House of Saint Laurent.

There are, in fact, several connections between the brand, Vaccarello himself and the city’s spirit, which brings bohemian nonchalance to mind. The Belgian has been traveling to California on many occasions since his teenage years, and he used a striking beach backdrop to showcase his precise vision of the Saint Laurent man.

Referencing Mick Jagger’s androgynous silhouette and his provocative style in the early 70s, the collection focused on glamorous tailoring, which was sharp but often embellished to give it a fresh and precious feel. While black dominated the color palette, shine and transparency were key within the show, keeping the simplest looks enticing. A double-breasted glitter pinstripe suit looked chic and effortless, while sheer caftans, harem pants and burnoose capes recalled Saint Laurent’s heady Marrakesh period, which was filled with laughter, parties and sumptuous decadence.

The strength of Vaccarello is to take that vision and bring it into modernity. Jackets were paired with tight, cut-off denim shorts, while bombers were covered in sequins, but worn with simple sneakers. A black shrunken waistcoat -embroidered with black beads- was styled over a crystal embellished satin shirt and paired with black skinny jeans. Mingling with the press after the show, Vaccarello confessed he had tried every single piece on and that he couldn’t wait to wear most of it. Now, that’s always a good sign.

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/ Words by Philippe Pourhashemi /

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