THE SAINT LAURENT COUTURE CAMPAIGN

THE SAINT LAURENT COUTURE CAMPAIGN WAS SHOT IN THE NEW COUTURE HOUSE OF YVES SAINT LAURENT

THE COUTURE HOUSE IS NAMED "HÔTEL DE SÉNECTERRE” AND WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1685 BY ARCHITECT THOMAS GOBERT, THE BUILDING PLANNER OF THE KING OF FRANCE, LOUIS XIV.

THE FIRST FLOOR HAS 4 SALONS. "LE SALON D’HONNEUR” FACES THE CLASSIC COLUMN FACADE. HEDI SLIMANE FOUND AND RESTORED A MONUMENTAL XVIII CENTURY PERIOD CRYSTAL CHANDELIER FOR THE SALON AND HISTORICAL STAIRCASE

THE FURNITURE INCLUDES BOTH THE HOUSE AND HEDI SLIMANE'S PRIVATE COLLECTION OF MODERNIST, ART DECO AND XVIII CENTURY FRENCH PIECES.

THE YVES SAINT LAURENT COUTURE HOUSE MONUMENTAL STAIRCASE WAS BUILT UNDER LOUIS XV. HEDI SLIMANE COMMISSIONED NEW YORK ARTIST GARTH WEISER TO PAINT A BLACK AND WHITE DIPTYCH FOR THE STAIRCASE. IT WAS COMPLETED IN 2014.

 THE NEW GEOMETRIC GARDEN OF THE COUTURE HOUSE HAS BEEN ENTIRELY REPLANTED FROM XVIII CENTURY ARCHIVES.