Do blondes really have more fun? In Yves Saint Laurent’s world, at least, brunettes seemed to be on par with their fair-haired counterparts. The influential designer, who was a master of both tailoring and flou, seemed to find balance in opposites: in fashion, where he popularized the pant suit, and also dreamt up romantic sartorial fantasies worthy of Proust; in decoration—his art collection included works from Old Masters and Cubists alike; and in muses. Of these there were many—from model Mounia to popstar Sylvie Vartan—but the undisputed queens of his coterie were Betty Catroux, the cool, androgynous blonde he described as his “twin”, and the impish, brown-haired, baubled bohemian Loulou de la Falaise, who worked by his side in the atelier. As his biopic, Saint Laurent (featuring Léa Seydoux as Loulou and Aymeline Valade as Betty), hits U.S. theatres tomorrow, we take a look at some of the beauties who inspired the inimitable man.
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