Yesterday marked the opening of an unusual museum in Paris, one dedicated to the work of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, considered perhaps the most important designer of his generation.
The museum is housed in the Second Empire mansion that for many years housed the Saint Laurent workspace and showrooms. It's been in transformation to a museum for the past year and a half, but planning for the museum began long before his death in 2008.
Saint Laurent himself, who carefully cataloged and annotated his work, began setting pieces aside for the future museum starting in the 1980s. The collection, which spans his career from the early 1960s, includes over 5,000 garments and 15,000 accessories.
The museum is at 5 Avenue Marceau, and is open except Monday 11-6, with late hours on Friday.
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