Exposition d'Yves Saint Laurent inspirée du Maroc.... in marrakech marrakech marrakech Travel Marrakech

For the first time the Majorelle Pierre Bergé associated Gardens Foundation will present the exceptional art of the great couturier who left us for him to pay tribute but also to pay tribute to our country and its beauty the Canadian who has been a true inspiration and magic discovery in all his work.Work that he loved so much and which through its meetings and discoveries led him to realize unique models that only he could imagine.

During this exhibition, visitors will be able to pass through the different rooms to discover designs dating from the time of his glory with still a decline of Ïil to the Morocco and clothes traditional that it is appropriate as the djellaba, jabador, the tarbouch and many other outfits.

The rooms will have themes: inspiration, colours and perfect Africa, three favourite points which have been its engines and its bases for all his creations.

Inspiration, Yves Saint Laurent has tapped it into any Moroccan decor with clothing, the caftans, the serouels, but also embroidery.

Colours, he found them here, in the nature of Marrakech and it has been a revelation and an explosion of ideas with still present colors such as pink, red, yellow... or the beige and blue marine. We can also see that he was often referring to the gardens which were more than important in his life including through embroidered capes "bougainvillea".

Africa perfect sweet dream of the creator that he achieved in settling there to use its wealth of typical materials, its wood beads, to the maximum of nica, raffia and its always surprising headgear worked as a real jewelry.

This is an additional opportunity to demonstrate to visitors the beauty of the Art of mad love artist of his land to adoption: the Morocco.

Visit the Majorelle Gardens during the exhibition "Yves Saint Laurent and the Morocco" from 27 November to March 18, 2010.

Contacts: jardinmajorelle@menara.ma or l.roux@fondation-pb-ysl.net

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