January 16,
2002, #3
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FASHION TRIVIA
QUESTION: When
were zippers invented?
ANSWER: With
origins dating as early as 1850,
the
"clasp-locker" made its official appearance
at the Chicago
World's Fair in 1893. Patented by
an engineer
named Whitcomb Judson, the design was
intended to
replace the hook-and-eye shoelaces so
popular in the
1800's. Later modifications
allowed the
device to be attached to clothing as
well as shoes.
In imitation of the sound it
made, the term
"zipper" was coined in 1923 by B.
F. Goodrich,
who put the apparatus on a new
product his
company developed: the rubber
overboot.
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YVES SAINT LAURENT
"I have
today decided to bid farewell to the
world of
fashion I have so loved," an emotional
Yves Saint
Laurent said at a press conference in
Paris January
6th, confirming speculation of an
upcoming
retirement. After four decades as a
pioneer in the
industry, he'd come full circle:
the first YSL
collection was shown in January,
1962.
Born in the
Algerian port of Oran in 1936, Saint
Laurent came
from a wealthy French colonial
family. In
fact, his great-great-grandfather was
the lawyer who
drew up Napoleon Bonaparte and
Josephine's
wedding contract.
In 1955, after
sharing first prize in the
prestigious
International Wool Secretariat
competition
with Karl Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent
was hired as a
design assistant by Christian
Dior.
Following Dior's sudden death in 1957,
Saint was
appointed as head designer of the House
of Dior.
His first
collection, which included the
now-famous
"trapeze" dress, was greeted with wild
enthusiasm.
Two years later, however, his "Beat"
collection,
inspired by Paris street style, was
widely panned
by the critics. Conscripted into
the French
army in September of that year, Saint
Laurent
suffered a nervous breakdown.
By 1961, Saint
Laurent was ready to return to
fashion. He
established Yves Saint Laurent
Couture with
his longtime partner, Pierre Berge,
and with
financing from American millionaire Mack
Robinson.
The Rive
Gauche boutiques for women were
established in
1966, and men's wear was added in
1974. Notable
contributions include the trouser
suit, the
safari look, "Le Smoking" tuxedo
jacket,
see-through blouses (1968), peasant
blouses,
bolero jackets, and smocks. He made the
tuxedo popular
again, and brought transparent
clothes to the runway.
The Yves Saint
Laurent Groupe has been on the
Paris Stock
Exchange since 1989. Saint Laurent
sold his
couture house to Sanofi in 1993 for $650
million.
Sanofi was then purchased by luxury
goods company
LVMH in 1999 for a reported $900
million.
Tom Ford has
been the head designer of the YSL
Ready-To-Wear
lines ever since, while Saint
Laurent has
maintained control of the couture
collections.
When Saint Laurent retires later
this year, YSL
Haute Couture will cease
operations;
the Ready-To-Wear, accessories, and
perfume lines
will remain intact.
You can visit
the Yves Saint Laurent websites at:
http://www.yvessaintlaurent.com/
http://www.ysl-rivegauche.com
http://www.ysl-hautecouture.com/
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Until Next Time,
Diana Pemberton-Sikes
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