Bohemian photography

Just like Givenchy and Hepburn, Chanel and Ines, Saint Laurent has an unparalleled goddess of inspiration, and she is Loulou de la Falaise.

She is a social butterfly in Paris, a leader of Bohemian style, and has a lasting charm in Paris for 40 years. She is the woman behind Yves Saint Laurent and a lifelong confidant. In the movie The Legend of Saint Laurent, apart from telling the legendary story of Yves Saint Laurent's life, the friendship between them is vividly displayed.

▲ stills of the movie "The Legend of Saint Laurent"

Before introducing Lulu, I have to mention her mother Maxime de la Falaise, who was the most famous model in the 1950s and was called "the only truly fashionable British woman of that era".

Lulu grew up under the influence of her mother and inherited all the bright spots of her mother. Her mother Maxim was the first teacher of Lulu's fashion career, which gave her endless inspiration and development space.

▲ Lulu when she was young.

However, due to the breakdown of parents' marriage, Lulu and her younger brother were forced to move to boarding school when they were children. At that time, Lulu was rebellious and naughty. She was expelled from school for stuffing her classmates' shoes with snot and secretly raising a banned Saint Bernard dog.

In the late 1960s, Lulu came to new york with her mother and inherited the model figure perfectly. Lulu, who is passionate and bohemian, made Diana Vreeland, editor-in-chief of American Vogue magazine, shine at the moment and immediately made her a model for two fashion photographers. At that time, she was not 18 years old.

▲ Lulu as a model

But for the young Lulu, the boring posture when taking photos bored her, and she had no freedom in work and life, so she secretly ran to London, married an Irish aristocracy at the age of 18, lived in a castle built in the late 18 century, and began to live a rich life.

The passion and freshness brought by marriage are also short-lived. After getting married, Lulu found that she spent most of her time at home with her servants, which made her natural freedom unbearable. Not surprisingly, Lulu divorced soon. She said, "When I got divorced, it was 2 1. I think this is the most fascinating thing in the world. " Lulu was so frank and willful when she was young.

Lulu met Yves Saint-Laurent at a tea party after she returned to new york. When they first met, they hit it off because they had a similar sense of humor. This meeting also changed Lulu's life track.

▲ Lulu and Yves Saint Laurent

"She is beautiful, tall, slim, optimistic and full of enthusiasm. She has a unique temperament and touching power, a very light touch, and impeccable sensitivity to fashion. It is a dream that she can come to me. " Yves Saint Laurent is full of praise for Lulu, who is different from others.

So Lulu moved to Paris with the design master, became his right-hand man in his career, and started a beautiful cooperation for 30 years. Lulu, who pursues individuality, wears exotic clothes and likes to match brightly colored African ornaments. The unique hippie style always attracts people's attention, which also brings infinite creative inspiration to Yves Saint Laurent.

In her apartment, novel ornaments and decorations with different textures and patterns can be seen everywhere. Everything is casual and elegant. Lulu is like a free and unrestrained traveler. She came here to enjoy the exotic Bohemian style. She likes bright colors and exaggerated lines and never supports conservatism. She said, "I don't like black. You only wear black when you are in pain. " .

Perhaps it is because of appreciating Lulu's free and wild personality that Yves Saint Laurent was inspired by Lulu in 1966 and designed Le Smoking, a classic of Saint Laurent that shocked the fashion world.

His intention of designing smoking clothes is to let women break the boundaries and liberate themselves, instead of catering to men's aesthetic preferences everywhere. I hope more and more women can dare to be themselves and pursue individuality like Lulu.

▲ Lulu wearing a smoking suit

The birth of smoking clothes represents a kind of strength and a kind of pursuit. Nowadays, many actresses wear handsome and free smoking clothes on important occasions, and their timeless classics also affect generations of fashionable women.

African hunting clothes popular in fashion.

In addition to the enduring smoking clothes, the Safari jacket, which was once popular in the fashion world, is also the peak of fashion trend pushed by Saint Laurent.

▲? Lulu and Yves Saint Laurent are wearing hunting clothes.

Safari means hunting in Africa in English. /kloc-in the late 0/9th century, hunting clothes were designed to protect soldiers from moving in the jungle, mainly for pragmatism.

By the time of World War II, the safari suit had added epaulettes, belts and other elements, and gradually took shape.

What really made safari suit popular was Yves Saint Laurent's design, because he took women's safari suit to the extreme. safari suit is no longer exclusive to men, and women can also put on the upstream safari suit handsomely.

As an inspiration muse, the design of safari suit was also influenced by Lulu. In Yves Saint Laurent's design concept, safari suits represent women's strength and rebellion, which proves that women can be as smart as men, and Lulu represents such women.

On the show in Saint Laurent in 2002, supermodel claudia schiffer wore a beige hunting jacket, which was also her show in 1966? The coat worn in the VOGUE blockbuster is flamboyant and full of personality, which is a classic of hunting clothes.

▲ Claudia Schaefer 1966 VS? 2002

Keira knightley writes for fashion magazines? I also put on classic hunting clothes in the filming of African blockbusters.

Princess Kate, who often goes to Africa to participate in public welfare activities, is also a big fan of hunting clothes. Princess Kate's hunting clothes are elegant and fashionable, low-key and calm, but free and easy.