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1988
A Collection Paying Tribute to Artists

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For his Spring-Summer 1988 collection, Yves Saint Laurent paid tribute to Vincent Van Gogh by recreating his paintings Irises and Sunflowers on jackets embroidered by the Maison Lesage. The couturier created so many nuances and details in the flowers that each jacket required over six hundred hours of work, making them some of the most expensive pieces in the world.

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Cubist evening gown, homage to Georges Braque, worn by Sonia Cole. Spring-summer 1988 haute couture collection. 5 avenue Marceau, Paris, January 1988. Personal Polaroid from the house., © Droits Réservés
Cubist evening gown, homage to Georges Braque, worn by Sonia Cole. Spring-summer 1988 haute couture collection. 5 avenue Marceau, Paris, January 1988. Personal Polaroid from the house.
© Droits Réservés
© Yves Saint Laurent
© Yves Saint Laurent
© Yves Saint Laurent
© Yves Saint Laurent
© Yves Saint Laurent
© Yves Saint Laurent
Evening ensembles, homage to Vincent van Gogh, worn by Naomi Campbell and Bess Stonehouse during the fashion show for the spring-summer 1988 haute couture collection, Salon impérial of the Hôtel Inter-Continental, Paris, January 1988. Photograph by Guy Marineau., © Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris / Guy Marineau
Evening ensembles, homage to Vincent van Gogh, worn by Naomi Campbell and Bess Stonehouse during the fashion show for the spring-summer 1988 haute couture collection, Salon impérial of the Hôtel Inter-Continental, Paris, January 1988. Photograph by Guy Marineau.
© Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris / Guy Marineau
© Yves Saint Laurent
© Yves Saint Laurent