On Valentine's Day, LouloudelaFalaise, a close friend of Yves Saint Laurent and his muse for nearly 30 years, opened her own two-floor boutique at 7 rue de Bourgogne.
DelaFalaise has stocked every floor with cardigans, chalk-stripe pantsuits and suede miniskirts, as well as one beautiful gauzy kimono-bolero jacket, ablaze with embroidery from the famous Paris firm Francois Lesage—perfect to go over everything from a long white evening column to a bikini.
One of the best-dressed women in the world, delaFalaise has taken all the loves of her personal and professional lives and planted them in a shop as vibrant and surprising as a sudden rainbow at the end of a spring shower.
dela Renta has been a presence in New York for more than 40 years, he said he did not take the idea of a storefront seriously until Alexander Bolen, who is married to his stepdaughter Eliza, joined the business as chief executive.
delaFalaise is about to expand her business; she is opening a second boutique in Paris, on the Rue Cambon.
delaFalaise, who was dressed in a long pleated skirt with a chic suede jacket and many bangles, smiled.
The DelaFalaise family are the French aristocrats of style in the 20th century.
Loulou was the muse and great woman friend of Yves St. Laurent, alluring, international, articulate and the opposite of the reclusive shy fragile personality of St. Laurent.
His daughter is Lucille (Lucie) delaFalaise born in 1971, who in 1990 had just turned 19 when Yves St. Laurent was searching for a new face for his cosmetics and perfume empire.
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Yves Saint Laurent once described LouloudelaFalaise as "charm, poetry, excess, extravagance, and elegance, all in one blow." Right now the embodiment of that potent mix is on the second floor of her Paris boutique, fussing with the sleeves of a bomber jacket made from fl tulle and trimmed in thin velvet ribbon.
DelaFalaise's signature is everywhere in this her first store, which opened last February on Rue de Bourgogne, a stylish little street in the heart of the Left Bank.
DelaFalaise's cashmere sweaters come in hot pink, deep purple, green, and blue, as well as a few slightly more subdued browns and grays (from $460).
LouloudelaFalaise: "It's a bit Gothic, with dark and muted colors," explained LouloudelaFalaise as she presented her fall collection in her Left Bank boutique.
Falaise is at ease mixing color, texture and eccentric tailoring.
She elaborated on these hallmarks in a striped wool and chiffon hooded dress, velvet bubble skirts, an aqua silk faille dress draped with mauve mousseline and a great short coat in beaver lined in fl damask.
This never-before-seen footage is enhanced by interviews with the few rare people who can intervene in Laurent’s ballet without disturbing his vision, including Anne-Marie Munoz, his friend since his early days at Dior; LouloudeFalaise, his muse; Pierre Berge and the heads of his workshop.
WITH: Yves Saint Laurent, Lucienne Mathieu Saint Laurent, Pierre Bergé, Edmonde Charles-Roux, LouloudelaFalaise and Betty Catroux.
WITH: Yves Saint Laurent, Anne-Marie Munoz, LouloudelaFalaise and Pierre Bergé.
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He became stylist, under the direction of LouloudelaFalaise for the lign YSL Rive Gauche and Assistant of Mr St Laurent for the Haute Couture.
Après avoir étudier à la fashion Institute of Tecnology de New York, Jean Paul Knott rejoint "Yves St Laurent " en 1988.
Il devient styliste sous la direction deLouloudelaFalaise pour la ligne YSL Rive Gauche et devient l'assistant de Monsieur Yves St Laurent pour la Haute Couture.
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The Mail on Sunday (London, England): LOULOU'S BACK IN TOWN; LouloudelaFalaise was muse to Yves Saint Laurent for three decades.
LOULOU'S BACK IN TOWN; LouloudelaFalaise was muse to Yves Saint Laurent for three decades.
DelaFalaise is one of those rare style icons whose eccentric ways have won the fashion world's respect.
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LouloudelaFalaise shares her tips from YSL himself (Beauty tips)
British Vogue - HIS muse since they met in Paris in 1968, LouloudelaFalaise can’t remember what she and Yves St Laurent talked about when they first met.
LouloudelaFalaise: “Romantic tomboy,” is how LouloudelaFalaise characterized her great collection of satin blouses, tweed jackets, kangaroo coats and high-waisted skirts.
Masculine inspirations took on a feminine allure: an oilskin coat had a frilly lining and a little jacket in English herringbone was embroidered with flower appliqués.
Ribbons dangled from the sleeves of blouses, and delaFalaise also twisted the military style by adding ribbon closures to a jacket.
Model and designer LouloudeFalaise is pictured here from 196x.
Loulou was a very popular figure in the late sixties New York social scene and went on to be an important member in the design house of Yves St Laurent.
She has often been described as St Laurent's muse.
Fortuantely for Owens, animal rights activists who object to the use of fur in the fashion industry and have disrupted catwalk shows in the past were nowhere to be seen.
PARIS: LouloudelaFalaise, former muse of Yves Saint Laurent and onetime director of YSL's accessories and jewelry line, this week unveiled her first ready-to-wear collection for autumn-winter 2003-04 at her Paris boutique.
Result: elegant and brightly colored separates made in luxurious fabrics with "couture" detailing, like Scottish tartan trousers under a fox cape.
Andre Leon Talley and Robert Burke hosted a reception at La Caravelle in honor of LouloudelaFalaise and her Spring 2004 Ready-to-Wear and Jewelry Collections available exclusively at Bergdorf Goodman
to r.: Constance White and Teri Agins; Kenneth Jay Lane, LouloudelaFalaise, and Nan Kempner; Julia Reed.
Model in LouloudelaFalaise Ready-to-Wear, Andre Leon Tally, and Suzy Menkes
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Director of Photography: Philippe Pavans Petit de Ceccatty & Hélène Louvart.
With: Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Bergé, Betty Catroux & LouloudelaFalaise.
With: Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Bergé, LouloudelaFalaise & Catherine Deneuve.
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CLOTHING Yves Saint Laurent's former muse LouloudelaFalaise has thrown open the doors to her very own atelier and shop (7 Rue de Bourgogne, Seventh Arr.; 33-1/45-51-42-22).
Though his cloven-toed boots may not work for the office, his knits and jeans translate anywhere.
FRAGRANCE JAR Parfums (14 Rue de Castiglione, First Arr.; 33-1/40-20-47-20) gives fans of Joel Rosenthal another chance to own something by the ultra-stylish jewelry designer behind JAR, off the Place Vendôme. His scents are sold exclusively in this tiny, refined shop.
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In these days of flagship stores and architectural retail temples, few couture salons remain, let alone emerge brand new.
Yuta Powell, who formerly ran the Givenchy and Carolina Herrera boutiques on Madison Avenue, has opened an old-style showroom in New York's Hôtel Plaza Athénée, selling the designs of LouloudelaFalaise.
Though she's not offering couture—she calls the collection demi-couture to suggest its bespoke quality—you wouldn't know it from the 100 or so ladies she receives in her suite of yellow rooms.