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1982
India Collection

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For his Spring-Summer 1982 collection, Yves Saint Laurent designed a few looks inspired by India.  

I am very much alone. I use my imagination to conjure up countries I don’t know. I hate to travel. For example, if I read a book about the Indies with photos or about Egypt, where I’ve never been, my imagination takes me there. That’s where I take the best trips.

Yves Saint Laurent, interview with Catherine Deneuve, Globe, May 1, 1986.

Galerie

Original sketch of an Indian-inspired long evening ensemble. Spring-summer 1982 haute couture collection., © Yves Saint Laurent
Original sketch of an Indian-inspired long evening ensemble. Spring-summer 1982 haute couture collection.
© Yves Saint Laurent
Indian-inspired evening ensemble worn by Amalia Vairelli during the fashion show for the spring-summer 1982 haute couture collection, Salon impérial of the Hôtel Inter-Continental, Paris, January 1982., © Droits Réservés
Indian-inspired evening ensemble worn by Amalia Vairelli during the fashion show for the spring-summer 1982 haute couture collection, Salon impérial of the Hôtel Inter-Continental, Paris, January 1982.
© Droits Réservés
Indian-inspired evening ensemble worn by Dothi Dumonteil during the fashion show for the spring-summer 1982 haute couture collection, Salon impérial of the Hôtel Inter-Continental, Paris, January 1982., © Droits Réservés
Indian-inspired evening ensemble worn by Dothi Dumonteil during the fashion show for the spring-summer 1982 haute couture collection, Salon impérial of the Hôtel Inter-Continental, Paris, January 1982.
© Droits Réservés
Indian-inspired evening ensemble worn by Mounia Orosemane during the fashion show for the spring-summer 1982 haute couture collection, Salon impérial of the Hôtel Inter-Continental, Paris, January 1982., © Droits Réservés
Indian-inspired evening ensemble worn by Mounia Orosemane during the fashion show for the spring-summer 1982 haute couture collection, Salon impérial of the Hôtel Inter-Continental, Paris, January 1982.
© Droits Réservés