Yves Saint Laurent

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Yves Saint Laurent
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Alice Rawsthorn
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreFashion design and theory
Biographies and autobiography
ISBN/Barcode 9780006383963
ClassificationsDewey:746.92092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publication Date 1 September 1997
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

An in-depth analysis of the business empire set up by Yves Saint Laurent's lover Pierre Berge and an insight into the life of a tragic 20th-century genius.

Author Biography

Alice Rawsthorn was born in Manchester in 1958 and graduated in art and architectural history from Cambridge University. She has worked for the 'Financial Times' for ten years, writing about fashion, design, and latterly films, music and technology. From 1991 to 1994 she lived and worked in France as the 'FT''s Paris correspondent. She now lives in London and is a trustee of the Design Museum and a board member of the Design Council of Great Britain.