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Little Book of Yves Saint Laurent: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House by Emma Baxter-Wright
papercrowns's review
informative
fast-paced
3.0
The writing is purely functional and there's not enough pictures to be a really fleshed out retrospective, but the man himself was so interesting and it was a pleasant enough read for a little book that's intended more as decor item or tiny coffee table book. I enjoyed it as a stepping stone to perhaps reading more about YSL.
stephszeto's review
3.0
I wanted to better understand the history behind some of these famous fashion brands and where they came from - I’ve always been curious about YSL (the name itself just seemed so sophisticated) and picked this up.
The book itself did provide some backstory on how Yves began his career, how he started at Dior, and quickly soon started his own line after and touched on some of his major fashion moments and contributions, but I generally found it extremely high level and summary-like, while I wished the content to be more specific, analytical and insightful (perhaps also technical) into why his work was such a big deal.
The book itself did provide some backstory on how Yves began his career, how he started at Dior, and quickly soon started his own line after and touched on some of his major fashion moments and contributions, but I generally found it extremely high level and summary-like, while I wished the content to be more specific, analytical and insightful (perhaps also technical) into why his work was such a big deal.
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