Sheer: Yves Saint Laurent author-wendy-walsh with many images being published

with many images being published for the first time

Trained in every manner of combat

erotic incidents and surreal catastrophes

' From his earliest photographs taken as an amateur in the 1930s to his late portraits and studies of the female body

and in recent years he has drawn attention for such large-scale projects as the City of Arts and Sciences in his birth town

Sheer: Yves Saint Laurent author-wendy-walsh with many images being publishedThrough archival drawings and photographs, and newly shot sheer silhouettes designed by Yves Saint Laurent from the collections of the Muse Yves Saint Laurent Paris and the Museum for Lace and Fashion, Calais, Sheer: The Diaphanous Creations of Yves Saint Laurent highlights the couturiers pioneering work in lace and other sheer fabrics, uncovering how he was able to overturn codes of unveiling the body to present a new, powerful and sensual feminine