Saint laurent yves biography book review

"At age twenty-one, Yves entered the kingdom of the doomed, swallowing the poison that had made Dior king, offering him his greatest joys and his greatest suffering."

There's a lot to say about this biography, I'm not sure where to start. Overall, I thought it was good.

Yves Saint Laurent: A Biography by Laurence Benaïm - Goodreads

Particularly when it came to covering his early years in Oran and describing his creative processes (from sketch to toile to finished garment, you get a good sense of life inside the atelier in certain chapters). Benaïm also did a great job reviewing his work outside of haute couture for films, music hall, ballet and theatre productions. The inclusion of Yves' poetry from his youth was also quite revealing (and sweet!).

There were lots of interesting interview subjects who gave a unique (and brutally honest) perspective on Yves at times: Jeanloup Sieff, the Lalannes, Roland Petit, and Jacques Grange, not to mention Yves and Pierre Bergé themselves.

Although, I though Yves Saint Laurent : Berge, Pierre : Free Download, Borrow ... RAK