YVES SAINT-LAURENT HAUTE COUTURE. The Complete Works. 1962-2002. [S.l. Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent, Éditions de La Martinière, 2010]. - 5 boxes of several hundred sheets, 270 x 385, set in 3 illustrated cardboard cases. Catalog raisonné of the work of Yves Saint Laurent, co-published by the Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent and Éditions de La Martinière on the occasion of the exhibition dedicated to the great couturier, presented in Paris at the Musée du Petit Palais in March 2010. "The 80 Haute Couture collections are presented in 1,283 plates, making up the body of Yves Saint Laurent's complete work. According to an identifiable order of passage on the boards, we can relive the great creative moments: 1962 opening of the couture house, the Mondrian dress in 1965, pop art dresses in 1966, Africa in 1967, the jumpsuit in 1968, the scandalous 40 collection in 1971, the Russian collection in 1976, the Chinese in 1977...in 1988 the tribute to Vincent Van Gogh...and January 2002 the last fashion show. This exhaustive inventory will give the public an insight into forty years of design, from 1962 to 2002. Each garment is accompanied by a sketch and a sample of the material in which it was made. Information is provided on the name of the couture atelier that produced the garment, the model wearing it, and the order in which it was worn on the catwalk. The wardrobe ranges from Day to Evening ensembles, including Cabans, Saharas, Tuxedos and wedding dresses. Over 15,000 garments are covered in this unique work. Accompanied by a variety of indexing modes, by garment typology, by proper names and by theme, the catalog is made up of 4 volumes, each containing plates from four decades. This exceptional heritage, made public two years after Yves Saint Laurent's death, is published in a reduced 37cm x 28.5cm format compared to the original 65cm x 50cm format, to facilitate distribution. The Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent wished to make this extraordinary inventory public in order to bring to life the work of this great twentieth-century artist. This is the first time that the public will have access to the complete works of a great couturier" (publisher's presentation). Very well preserved copy.