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Saint Laurent is a Kering-owned luxury fashion brand, founded by the designer Yves Saint Laurent in 1961.

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News & Analysis

News Bites | YSL Targets Gen-Y with Fragrance Tribute to Yves

Named Y, the new men's fragrance will be fronted by rapper Loyle Carner, sculptor David Alexander Flinn, and artificial intelligence researcher Alexandre Robicquet.

News & Analysis

News Bites | YSL Targets Gen-Y with Fragrance Tribute to Yves

Named Y, the new men's fragrance will be fronted by rapper Loyle Carner, sculptor David Alexander Flinn, and artificial intelligence researcher Alexandre Robicquet.


Fashion Week

Confusion Reigns at Paris Couture

At a disjointed couture week invaded by ready-to-wear brands, Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli delivered the most touching show of the season.

Fashion Week

Confusion Reigns at Paris Couture

At a disjointed couture week invaded by ready-to-wear brands, Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli delivered the most touching show of the season.


Fashion Week

A Personal Quest

In its single-mindedness, Maria Grazia Chiuri's collection scarcely seemed to address her critics. But there was grandeur in her monomania.

Fashion Week

A Personal Quest

In its single-mindedness, Maria Grazia Chiuri's collection scarcely seemed to address her critics. But there was grandeur in her monomania.


News & Analysis

Tomes of the Times: Summer Reading 2017

Colin McDowell shares his essential summer fashion reading list, featuring books on Rei Kawakubo, Irving Penn, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent’s Dior years and more.

News & Analysis

Tomes of the Times: Summer Reading 2017

Colin McDowell shares his essential summer fashion reading list, featuring books on Rei Kawakubo, Irving Penn, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent’s Dior years and more.


Luxury

YSL Seeks to Almost Double Sales in Next Three Years

YSL plans to open 20 stores a year and ramp up in-house production as part of a bid to almost double sales in as little as three years.

Luxury

YSL Seeks to Almost Double Sales in Next Three Years

YSL plans to open 20 stores a year and ramp up in-house production as part of a bid to almost double sales in as little as three years.


Global Markets

BoF Exclusive | Condé Nast to Launch Vogue Poland

The Polish edition of Vogue will debut next year with the aim of generating ad revenue from brands tapping the country's $584 million luxury goods market.

Global Markets

BoF Exclusive | Condé Nast to Launch Vogue Poland

The Polish edition of Vogue will debut next year with the aim of generating ad revenue from brands tapping the country's $584 million luxury goods market.


News & Analysis

Luxury Brands Are Snapping Up Farms to Control their Supply Chains

From Hermès to Gucci, brands are using vertical integration to safeguard the supply of expensive materials by acquiring farms of Merino sheep, crocodile, alligator and python.

News & Analysis

Luxury Brands Are Snapping Up Farms to Control their Supply Chains

From Hermès to Gucci, brands are using vertical integration to safeguard the supply of expensive materials by acquiring farms of Merino sheep, crocodile, alligator and python.


News & Analysis

Mark Cross: The American Luxury Brand Revival That Almost Wasn’t

How chief executive Neal J. Fox took a 165-year-old leather goods brand and turned it into a 21st century street style favourite by not being afraid to pivot — or take a gamble.

News & Analysis

Mark Cross: The American Luxury Brand Revival That Almost Wasn’t

How chief executive Neal J. Fox took a 165-year-old leather goods brand and turned it into a 21st century street style favourite by not being afraid to pivot — or take a gamble.


News & Analysis

Yoox Net-a-Porter Targeted by Short Sellers

Almost 17 percent of the Milan-listed online retailer’s shares are out on loan, indicating they’ve been borrowed by short sellers betting against the stock.

News & Analysis

Yoox Net-a-Porter Targeted by Short Sellers

Almost 17 percent of the Milan-listed online retailer’s shares are out on loan, indicating they’ve been borrowed by short sellers betting against the stock.


News & Analysis

How Hip-Hop Conquered High Fashion

In the age of A$AP Rocky x Dior and Gucci's Alessandro Michele referencing Dapper Dan, it’s easy to forget how long it took for high fashion to embrace the cultural power of American hip-hop.

News & Analysis

How Hip-Hop Conquered High Fashion

In the age of A$AP Rocky x Dior and Gucci's Alessandro Michele referencing Dapper Dan, it’s easy to forget how long it took for high fashion to embrace the cultural power of American hip-hop.