A Night at the “Living Museum of Fashion” With Olivier Saillard

The same goes for fashion moments. Tonight, March 13, Saillard will relive the historic event Track n°1: Yves Saint Laurent 1971, The Scandal CollectiStarring Paloma Picasso, whose personal style inspired the show.

“When she first told me about it, I felt like I was almost reliving that moment,” Selard said. “I thought, this is a collection inspired by war, and the name Paloma symbolizes peace. It all makes me very happy.”

Speaking in Switzerland, Picasso declined to reveal details about her appearance but shared some thoughts on her style then and now. One, scandal The backlash caught her completely off guard.

“There was so much negative coverage in the media and I couldn’t understand why things were so terrible,” she said. I have not experienced war myself, but I have witnessed it [pictures and films of] All these gorgeous creatures – glamor maxed out – I guess that’s what I want to emulate. I think it’s positive that French women use clothing as an act of resistance, a reaction to dressing as beautifully as possible. “

She also shared that her signature red lipstick actually dates back to her first day of preschool. “When I was three years old, my mother said, OK, now you’re dressed and you can go to school,” Picasso recalled. “I said, ‘But you’re not putting lipstick on me. When you go out, you’re going to put on lipstick, so I have to put on lipstick—I’m going out.’ And I had a fit, crying, and said, ‘Well, if I don’t put on lipstick, I’m going to be ridiculous.'” Gamely, her mother, Françoise Gilot, complied and never asked how her outfit looked at school.

On Yves Saint Laurent choosing her as his muse: “You don’t decide someone is your muse just because of who they are,” Picasso said. “It’s because they do something different, because they evoke something special in you.” When she started getting serious about designing jewelry, her style shifted again, marked by red lips and, most often, black. “I found that I didn’t want clothes to take away my jewelry,” she said. “I managed to change people’s perception of me through something I created. I think that’s my great victory.”