Museums in Paris: Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris (Part 1 of 3)

Paris is home to all sorts of museums.  Of course, one category is fashion museums.  

We recently visited the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris, which is housed in the former studio and home of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008).  

5 Avenue Marceau

The building is large and elegant, a wonderful setting for many fashion shows in the past.  

If you love fashion like Susan does, then the museum is a must-see.  The museum hosted a temporary exhibition, in addition to its permanent exhibition.  

The temporary exhibition celebrates Yves Saint Laurent's 1965 innovative dress design based on Piet Mondrian's geometric paintings, an important milestone in the convergence of fashion and traditional art.  

Below is an example of a Piet Mondrian painting that inspired Yves Saint Laurent's design.

Composition II in Red, Blue and Yellow, Piet Mondrian (1930)

Saint Laurent used a similar design for his costumes used in the ballet Notre-Dame de Paris ("The Hunchback of Notre Dame").

The exhibition also included a wedding dress from the same 1965 collection that included the Mondrian dresses.  Check out. 

We wonder what the groom might wear to complement the wedding dress above.

Next Up:  Let's visit the museum's permanent collection.