i used to be a flamingo: Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective [Madrid]

Fundación Mapfre, in collaboration with the Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent, presented last October an exhibition that lasted until January called "Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective". This major exhibition, which was shown at the Petit Palais in Paris in 2010 offered a fascinating insight into a career that spanned forty years of creativity.

The exhibition was organised thematically into eleven sections and featured approximately 150 examples of haute couture and prêt-à-porter, as well as more than 80 drawings, photographs and films.

The exhibition reviewed the life and work of this designer, starting with the famous "Trapeze Line" collection created for Dior and concluding with his magnificent evening gowns and the explosion of colour that situates his work in the present day.

Years Dior

The Gender Revolution

Studio Real/Mental

YSL and Women

Worn by (from left to right): Nan Kempner, Lauren Bacall, Paloma Picasso, Loulou de Falaise, Betty Catroux

Worn by Grace Kelly

Worn by (from right to left): Patricia López-Willshaw, Diana Vreeland, Marie-Hélène de Tothschild, Windsor Duchess

Catherine Deneuve: An Encounter

Collection 40: The Scandal

The Shock of Transparency

Imaginary Journeys

"I use my imagination on countries I don't know," Saint Laurent once said. "I hate travelling. If I read a book about India, with photos, or Egypt, where I've never been, my imagination runs away with me. That's how I make my most marvelous voyages."

India