Saint Laurent Autumn/Winter 2017 - Now Online

Shearling Collar Leather Jacket | Bad Lieutenant Crew Knit | Slim Fit Denim Jean

Raf Simons' short tenure at the helm of Dior is testament that Creative Directorship is a position of supreme fragility, the success of which relies on creating a perfect blend of the right people at the right time for the right house.

Succeed in synthesizing these crucial elements, and the recipe to brew a successful chapter in a label's legacy is written. Get it wrong and the house is left adrift once more, lacking direction and vision until a replacement is found.

Assuming this level of responsibility is weighty at the best of times, but the pressure was intensified for new Saint Laurent Creative Director, Anthony Vaccarello, as he had the legacy of YSL himself imbued with the iconic tenure of his predecessor  - Hedi Slimane - to contend with.

Rising to the challenge for AW17, Vaccarello made a clear cut statement about his vision for Saint Laurent moving forward.

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Playing with bold textures and severe cuts, Vaccarello's collection blended aviator-come-steam-punk details with classic menswear silhouettes.

Focusing on lavish and well-conceived outerwear, Saint Laurent's Autumn/Winter 2017 collection began a new chapter for the label as Vaccarello establishes an aesthetic which places one foot in the future and one foot in the past.

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