Minimalist Glamour Reigns Supreme: Saint Laurent’s Paris Fashion Week Show
By Alice Almeida
Saint Laurent is known for its sharp tailoring and bold accents. Its fashion shows reign Paris Fashion Week. How did it get to the top? Yves Saint Laurent changed women's fashion and challenged societal norms through innovative designs. Saint Laurent wanted to empower women from the start of his career. He achieved this through "Le Smoking", a tuxedo jacket for women that challenged gender norms thus becoming a symbol of female empowerment. Today's creative director, Anthony Vaccarello, follows Saint Laurent's steps by pushing boundaries in contemporary fashion.
The collection responds to the growing popularity of minimalism, Vaccarello stated, "I wanted to do almost nothing," reflecting a deliberate move towards minimalism. The color scheme also focused primarily on beige, black, and other neutral tones.
All in all, Saint Laurent SS25 represented the perfect blend of its historical elements with a contemporary minimalist approach. Vaccarello understands Yves Saint Laurent's approach and developed it by implementing simplistic high fashion. Vaccarello as a creative director is able to balance the tradition of the house but innovate to match today's fashion needs and wants. In the coming months, we will see how menswear will be shown more frequently in womenswear collections and the influence it will have on our society. Vaccarello affirmed Saint Laurent's position in today's fashion market by bringing nostalgia into the present.