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Yves Saint Laurent Fall 2011 RTW

this has to be Stefano Pilati's strongest collection yet. this may poopoo rumors that he's possibly in the outs of house of YSL. i'm really diggin the two-toned plaid. especially with that accent of gold. what really blew me away was not the signature black power suit, but that it reincarnated into white. hmm, so i guess post-labor day rule of thumb is thrown out the window completely, because YSL's white numbers are much too sexy to ignore.

Stunning Miss Belle

Camilla Belle in Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent Fall 2010 RTW

The year was 1966. Androgynous attire was v. unpopular and it was rare for women to wear pantsuits. Yves Saint Laurent made it happen when she introduced the Le Smoking Tuxedo Suit, the three-piece mannish suit made for women who loved to slick back their hair and seductively smoke cigars in the open light. Since then on, the woman's power suit was born. For this collection, it wouldn't be YSL without a reproduction of the Le Smoking, now would it?

Suit Up

My attraction to a v. sexy suit is undeniable. The idea that I can wear the same thing as a man while knowing that there's something totally different going on underneath is kind of sexy. Back in the 1960s, Yves Saint Laurent crossed over and designed what we now call the Tuxedo Jacket, but is also known as "Le Smoking" Jacket. As the roll of a woman transformed through the decades, the woman's power suit became all the more popular and in demand. Although I don't own as many suits as I would like to, I am most comfortable in my trousers and jacket. If you haven't tried on a pair of loose, wide-legged trousers you're definitely missing out. The way I see it, you can wear a suit two ways: 1) Tight and form-fitting or, 2) Loose and casual but professional. I favor the latter.