The sexy English model Kate Moss is the icon for Yves Saint Laurent’s new fragrance Parisienne.
The commercial in black and white was just introduced in France by the famous maison and the claim, “living and loving, in the moment!”, reflects the romance and carpe diem spirit of Paris.
Kate Moss was the perfect muse to illustrate the message of the fragrance.
A second group of artworks from the collection of the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge is expected to fetch up to 4 million euros ($5.7 million) when it appears for sale in November.
Christie’s International’s YSL Part II sale, held in collaboration with Pierre Berge, will take place at its Paris auction rooms on November 17, 18 and 19.
Almost 1,200 pieces will be offered, about half of them from the couple’s coastal retreat, Chateau Gabriel, at Benerville near Deauville in Normandy.
This season in Milan, Yves Saint Laurent creative director Stefano Pilati debuted a short film before his Spring 2010 men’s collection went down the runway.
Directed by Samuel Benchetrit and starring Benchetrit’s 11 year-old son, Jules, the film depicts the mischievous happenings of a young boy left alone for the afternoon.
A small brown leather armchair once owned by Yves Saint Laurent has reportedly sold for £19.4 million (nearly $28 million), making it the most expensive piece of 20th-century design to ever be auctioned.
The armchair, by Irish designer Eileen Gray was only expected to reach around £3 mllion at Christie’s in Paris. It was bought by specialist Paris art gallery Robert and Cheska Vallois.
The unique piece - known as the “dragons’ armchair because of the ornate sculptures on its sweeping armrests - was created between 1917 and 1919 by Miss Gray.
The newly remodeled Grand Palais hosts “Le Grand Monde d’Andy Warhol”.
The exhibition consists of almost 150 works, some of them coming out of private collections for the first time, by pop art legend Andy Warhol.
“Warhol wanted to produce portraits that showed not just people, but a society, a whole wide world,” said Alain Cueff, curator of the show.
Cai Mingchao, a Chinese antique collector and an adviser to the National Treasures Fund, said he placed the winning bid for the two Qing bronzes auctioned in Paris last week and won’t be paying.
The National Treasures Fund is a group backed by the Chinese Ministry of Culture that pools donations to retrieve relics abroad.
Christie’s had proceeded with the sale of the Qing bronzes, severed from a water clock by marauding British and French troops from the Summer Palace in 1860, despite protests from China’s art advocacy groups, patriots and the foreign ministry.
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