Saint Lauren Black Leather Monogram Tablet Pouch Clutch Bag
About the Item
- Designer:
- Dimensions:Height: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Length: 13.75 in (34.93 cm)
- Period:
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Beverly Hills, CA
- Reference Number:
Saint Laurent
French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent pioneered “cross-design” in fashion, taking inspiration from street trends to modernize haute couture.
Saint Laurent was the first to launch a ready-to-wear label, YSL Rive Gauche Prêt-à-Porter. He was the first couturier to open boutiques for both men and women. Using traditional menswear fabrics and designs for women, Saint Laurent also literally cross-dressed, giving men and women alike chic pant suits, elegant tuxedo jackets and urban safari gear. By blurring gender-specific design, he empowered individual style while creating a scissor-sharp fashion aesthetic of sensual ease and beauty. Many of his designs are today considered timeless classics. Saint Laurent also consistently used Black models, like Mounia, Iman and Naomi Campbell, and he drew endless inspiration from different ethnicities and cultures, in no small part because of his Algerian roots.
Born to French parents in Oran, Algeria, in 1936, Saint Laurent went to Paris at age 17 to study fashion at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Just two years later, in 1955, his remarkable sketches were shown to Christian Dior, then the world’s reigning couturier, who hired him immediately.
Surprisingly soon thereafter, Dior publicly chose Saint Laurent as his successor, which sadly proved prescient when the fashion legend died unexpectedly, in 1957. A mere slip of a youth, the 21-year-old Saint Laurent was nevertheless up to the challenge. He shook the traditional couture clientele to its core with youthful silhouettes and styles like the A-line trapeze dress that hung with seeming effortlessness from the shoulders, the antithesis of the pinched waists and molded skirts that had been all the rage after the deprivations of World War II.
After a mandated spell in the torturous French military, Saint Laurent suffered a nervous breakdown and was dismissed by Dior in 1962. Out of the ashes rose the Age of Yves. With Pierre Bergé, his then-lover who became his lifelong business partner and friend, the designer founded Yves Saint Laurent YSL to encompass prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear. In 1966, they opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand.
His revolutionary Mondrian mini dress from 1965 is a core element of his fashion biography. It is a prime example of how Saint Laurent, an avid art lover and collector, looked to painters, from Goya to Picasso, Ingres to Matisse, for inspiration.
With its pure lines and hues, Mondrian’s ground-breaking 1935 color-block painting Composition C transmutes beautifully into a dress that is highly valued by collectors of contemporary fashion and widely copied commercially to this day. The design is the epitome of Saint Laurent’s aesthetic, requiring a meticulous hand piecing of each color block so that, despite the body’s curves, the visual plane is as flat as a canvas when the garment is worn. Mondrian’s purity met its match in Saint Laurent.
“I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style,” Saint Laurent said four years before retiring, in 2002. After a long period of ill health, he died at his home in Paris on June 1, 2008. Under creative director Hedi Slimane, the house’s ready-to-wear collection was rebranded as Saint Laurent in 2012.
Browse an extraordinary collection of vintage Saint Laurent evening dresses, shirts, handbags and other clothing and accessories today on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Beverly Hills, CA
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
- Vintage VALENTINO Garavani Black Bead Pearl Evening Mini Clutch Bag w/ ChainBy Valentino GaravaniLocated in Beverly Hills, CAVintage VALENTINO Garavani Black Bead Pearls Rhinestones Evening Mini Clutch Bag w/ Chain Product details: The purse comes with the origina...Category
Late 20th Century Evening Bags and Minaudières
- The Row Ash Grey Leather Pouch Clutch, MediumBy The RowLocated in Beverly Hills, CA- Silver tone top zip closure - Leather - Made in Italy - Comes with the original dust bagCategory
2010s American Clutches
- Vintage Brigette Romanek Red Lizard Leather Clutch Evening PurseLocated in Beverly Hills, CAProduct details: Circa 1990 Featuring red burgundy animal/ lizard leather evening clutch with interior pocket with zip closure, double silk lining Signed Made in the USACategory
1990s American Evening Bags and Minaudières
- Bottega Veneta Intrecciato Red Clutch BagBy Bottega VenetaLocated in Beverly Hills, CAThis Bottega Veneta clutch bag, crafted in the iconic Intrecciato weave, exudes sophistication in a subtle dark rosa red hue. Measuring 10 in...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Clutches
- Dior Saddle Bag Monogram Patent LeatherBy Christian DiorLocated in Beverly Hills, CADior Saddle Bag Yellow & Orange Monogram Patent Leather Velcro closure Gold-tone hardware Single compartment Inner pocket Christian Dior embossed leather logo tag Sold with dust bagCategory
21st Century and Contemporary Clutches
- CELINE Brown Crocodile Medium Phantom Luggage Tote BagBy CelineLocated in Beverly Hills, CACELINE Brown Crocodile Medium Phantom Luggage Tote Bag Product details: Brown Crocodile leather Handle drop measure 8” Made in Italy Est. Retail $38,000Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Top Handle Bags
- Chanel 2002 Vintage So Black Long Medium Shoulder Convertible Clutch Flap BagBy ChanelLocated in Miami, FLChanel Vintage So Black Long Medium Shoulder Bag Year 2002 {Vintage 22 Years} Black nylon canvas with a flap top CC turn-lock closure Leather entwined chain shoulder strap Black metal hardware Carry it as a clutch or shoulder bag Interior has a black fine textile...Category
Early 2000s Italian Structured Shoulder Bags
- Christian Dior Vintage Burgundy Leather Clutch with Bow - circa 1990'sBy Christian DiorLocated in West Palm Beach, FLChristian Dior Vintage Burgundy Leather Clutch with Bow - circa 1990's. This bag is in fair good vintage condition with some scratches in the front and back of the bag. The piece has...Category
1990s French Clutches
- Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage Black Lambskin Corset Bag ClutchBy Jean Paul GaultierLocated in Nice, FRJEAN PAUL GAULTIER vintage black lambskin soft leather bag that looks like a corset when unfolded. This bag features : - Gorgeous whalebones and s...Category
20th Century French Clutches
- Valentino Black Python Bag Or ClutchBy ValentinoLocated in North Miami, FLThis stunning and rarely used Valentino black python bag / clutch has a removable shoulder strap so becomes two kinds of handbags in one. It has his i...Category
2010s Italian Clutches
- Renaud Pellegrino Blue Evening ClutchBy Renaud PellegrinoLocated in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FRRenaud Pellegrino (Made in France) Evening clutch in dark blue satin embellished with a passementerie tassel. It can be worn as a shoulder bag thanks to its strap. Additional inform...Category
Early 2000s French Clutches
- Lanvin Green Embroidered Clutch BagBy Lanvin ParisLocated in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FRLanvin - (Made in Italy) Clutch fully embroidered with sequins and rhinestones in green tones. Additional information: Dimensions: Height: 14 cm, Width: 20 cm Condition: Very good ...Category
Early 2000s Italian Clutches
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
How to Spot a Fake YSL Bag
Counterfeiters know that savvy fashionistas cherish YSL bags. Learn how to tell if yours is the real deal. Of course, you don't have to worry about that on 1stDibs, where every seller is highly vetted.
This Golden Saint Laurent Handbag Feels Like a Disco-Era Throwback (in the Best Way Possible)
If you're looking for an accessory that brings the party, this is it.