Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris

The Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris showcases the couturier’s oeuvre in a historic building that housed the former couture house, via both a retrospective display of his fashion work and temporary exhibitions

On 3 October 2017, more than fifteen years after the closing of the couture house, the Musée Yves Saint Laurent opened in Paris. It is located in the historic hôtel particulier at 5 Avenue Marceau where for nearly thirty years – from 1974 until 2002 – the couture house was headquartered. A 450 m² space is the setting for a retrospective display of Yves Saint Laurent’s work, alternating with theme-based temporary exhibitions; both will offer the public a view of the unique heritage conserved by the Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent.

While visitors to the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris will better understand the couturier’s creative genius and the process involved in launching his haute couture collections, the institution is more than a monographic museum. It shows Yves Saint Laurent’s work as an essential component of the history of the 20th century, and offers a glimpse of the haute couture world that was very much part of a lifestyle that no longer exists.

The museum scenographer Nathalie Crinière and the interior decorator Jacques Grange, who have worked on numerous projects for the foundation, were responsible for designing the exhibition rooms while remaining faithful to the original ambiance of the couture house.

Dedicated to one of the twentieth century’s greatest fashion designers, the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris is the first museum of this scale – and devoted to a single couturier – to open in the capital of fashion.