The Flowers of Yves Saint Laurent

An unprecedented collaboration between the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech and the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris

“The Flowers of Yves Saint Laurent”, exhibition designed by curators Olivier Saillard and Gaël Mamine, follows an opening exhibition on view at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech from March 2, 2024 through January 5, 2025. For the first time, the two museums have joined forces to mount a joint exhibition devoted to a major theme in the designer’s work.

Yves Saint Laurent was daily surrounded by flowers and gardens — in his apartments, his secondary residences, or his fashion house. A lover of flora, he found an endless source of inspiration in them.

This admiration for nature, Yves Saint Laurent shared with many artists and writers, especially with Marcel Proust, one of his favorite authors. The writer’s world is reflected in the designer’s interiors as much as in his fashion shows. While the former delights in describing women as flowers, the latter covers them in floral designs to pay tribute.

Presented in the exhibition, about thirty textile silhouettes and drawings highlight this symbiosis between the work of Yves Saint Laurent, nature, and literature.

General curator

Olivier Saillard nd Gaël Mamine

Advisory curator

Serena Bucalo-Mussely, curator, head of collections at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris