Yves Saint Laurent retrospective at the Petit Palais in Paris.

Yves Saint Laurent retrospective at the Petit Palais in Paris.

Organized by the Fondation Pierre Berger and the Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, this is the first comprehensive retrospective of Yves Saint Laurent’s work. 307 pieces taken from his haute couture and prêt-à-porter collections, ranging from his early days at Dior in 1958 to his final collection of evening gowns in 2002, will be on display. Films and photographs illustrating Yves Saint Laurent’s 40 years of creation within its historical context will complete this exhibition.

March 11 - August 29, 2010
Yves Saint Laurent at the Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
Avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris
tel: 01.53.43.40.00
Metro: Champs-Elysées - Clémenceau

Tues-Sun: 10am-6pm (Open until 10pm on Thursday)
(Ticket window closes at 5.45pm)
Closed on Monday

N.B: Tickets are €11 and can be bought online. You will have to select a day and a time slot.

Salon du Vintage in Paris: an 80’s retrospective fashion fair.

Salon du Vintage in Paris: an 80’s retrospective fashion fair.

This year, the third edition of the Salon du Vintage in Paris will focus on 80’s fashion. Clothing and accessories of the new wave era will be what this fair is all about. Symbolic 80’s pieces by Jean Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler, Azzedine Alaïa and Claude Montana, to name a few, will be for sale at this Salon du Vintage. The big names of Parisian vintage clothing merchants (Scarlett, Christian Daubanay, En Ville Vintage…) will be selling their wonders at this fair, as well as many others from all over the world.

April 4-5, 2009 from 10am-7pm
Salon du Vintage
La Cour du Marais
81 Rue des Archives
75003 Paris
Metro: Temple
Entrance fee: 5€