Celebrating YSL’s fashion design in Morocco
Posted in Agenda, Art & Culture, Fashion, Riads, Shopping, Tourism & Travel on décembre 9th, 2010Fuchsia, violet, rose, marigold, pinks and cornflower blue are all in evidence in the Jardin Majorelle in Marrakesh. But while the exotic, plant-crammed garden itself is alive with colour, the dazzling hues that are attracting larger crowds than usual are in the newly restored museum.
An exhibition, Yves Saint Laurent and Morocco, traces the influence of traditional Moroccan costume on one of the most celebrated designers of the past century.
The small but stunning collection of dresses, trousers, capes and jackets, leads us on a cloud of crêpe de Chine, satin, silk chiffon and lavish embroidery through the French designer’s interpretation of the clothes he saw around him in the narrow streets of the old town of Marrakesh and in the Atlas mountains.
