Saint Laurent introduces the SS19 denim collection
Cool, young & rock’n roll
April 2nd, 2019
Presented in preview during the Paris Fashion Week dedicated to the SS19, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower on a catwalk-pool, the Saint Laurent denim collection arrives in stores. The proposal contains a selection of the youngest, freshest and coolest pieces created by Anthony Vaccarello from skinny jeans to very short shorts with frayed hems, from the vintage mood denim vest to the black and white striped varsity jacket, from the hoodie “destroyed ”Ad hoc dirty and full of holes in the round neck sweater in jacquard knit with lurex stars. Among the garments, the tribute to the works of Monsieur Yves remains clear that the designer of Italian origin reworks in a rock, almost grunge like the blouses with the bow or the Saharan. The iconic safari jacket was worn for the first time in 1969 by model muse Betty Catroux soon became one of the symbolic items of the maison, now declined in leather and stopped at the waist by an adjustable belt. To complete each look, in addition to shoulder straps, belts and boots, there are the hats, straw or wide-brimmed, and silk scarves that tie around the neck. For the launch of the denim collection Saint Laurent entrusted the young photographer Gray Sorrenti. The 19-year-old girl, daughter of fashion photographer Mario Sorrenti (also known for some of the Calvin Klein 90s campaigns starring Kate Moss, his girlfriend at the time), made a series of shots and a black and white video where among the models it is easy to recognize Kaia Gerber.