LCD Soundsystem x YSL
James Mercer Murphy composed a new piece for Yves Saint Laurent and performed it at the house’s fall winter 2010 fashion presentation last night in Paris. It’s a moody instrumental piece with some distorted keyboard stabs that lend it a futuristic slant.
I think this collection is Stefano Pilati’s most Saint Laurent moment. It mixes a sort of French subversion with French chic with the modern, wearable approach Yves himself would take. In this collection, Pilati juxtaposed monastic elements with sheer fabrics and a feminine yet architectural fit. He used some vivid colors against a mostly black palette and accessorized with long gold chain necklaces bearing huge medallions of women’s silhouettes and YSL logos.
There’s a wave of modesty in fashion now: long sleeves on evening looks, dropping hemlines, oversized volumes. Maybe this collection parodies this trend by relating it to religious observance, or maybe this trend allows fashion to go into religious themes without resorting to the usual sex and drug references.
Photos via style.com and NY Mag
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