Just in: French Chic and YSL

One of my favorite new pieces for RARE vintage is a little black skirt fully scattered with black sequins  with a black silk ribbon around the waist and it is the epitome of French chic by the Master of French chic: Yves Saint Laurent.

Just in:

1990s Yves Saint Laurent rive gauche black sequin and silk skirt,
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To wear right now: a pair of sheer black stockings and a bitchy stiletto.  Very Carine Roitfeld:

Carine Roitfeld perfect in sheer black stockings

or to wear for the summer: a little tank and a flat sandal.

C'est parfait!

love, bizous and vintage, Juliana

RARE vintage for Resort: YSL's Plumes and Peplum

Yves Saint Laurent transforms a whimsical feather print and a peplumed top into a Forties-style ensemble for the modern girl.

Yves Saint Laurent. A Collection.

RARE vintage feels like the Yves Saint Laurent rive gauche boutique on 21, rue de Tournon.  We have so much YSL rive gauche and even YSL hangers that I definitely have the feeling:  Honey, we're not in New York anymore but Paris.  Paris in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Interior photo of RARE vintage.  Oops I mean interior photo of YSL rive gauche 21, rue de Tournon:

Photo of me* at work in front of the Eduardo Arroya portrait of Saint Laurent.  Don't you just love my pantsuit:

We literally have about this many belts:

Mr B (as he is affectionately known amongst the employees) and I* at work:

Photos courtesy of Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves saint Laurent

*Okay.  Well, none of those photos are of me but you know what I mean...

You can see some of our previously posted YSL collection here and here and here.

This evening gown is a classic from Saint Laurent.  In a beautiful shade of teal with a draped neckline and what you can not really see in this photo is that the bodice and sleeves are sheer - which is so wonderful and typical of Saint Laurent.  There is a separate belt in the same fabric for the waist.  Classic.  Timeless.  YSL.

more to come!

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1970s Yves Saint Laurent rive gauche

Sometimes it is hard not to play favorites with the dresses that come into RARE vintage - after all, I don't want to offend any of my babies, I love all my children!  But then a dress comes in and I can't help it: we have to immediately take whatever happen to be on our Schleppi mannequin and replace it with my new favorite.  

This rust colored silk jersey dress from Yves Saint Laurent rive gauche with gold leather straps and a back that plunges down to there is my new favorite...

It is slightly Grecian in feeling but all 1970s Parisian.  Think Betty Catroux, Loulou de la Falaise, Marina Schiano... you know, all of the slinky IT girls that were drawn to Saint Laurent like a group of glittering butterflies to YSL's incredible flame.

Red hot and smoking!  1970s YSL rive gauche dress with gold straps.  Size 2/4 (and that boys and girls is the only reason this baby is not hanging in my closet right now!)

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