They dress up as every culture but their own .. But I digress this here post is about Yves Saint Laurent , his come up and these illustrations.
The late Baron de Redé, the noted French( Everything ? lol ) aesthete, host, and financier, might be better known for his 1969 Oriental Ball, he is almost as famous for an earlier fête: his “Bal des Têtes”, which was held in 1956 at Hôtel Lambert, Redé’s Paris residence. The ball’s theme was headdresses, with guests encouraged to wear fanciful creations.
According to Redé’s memoirs, Yves Saint Laurent, then an assistant at Dior, was hired to design the ball. We don’t know the extent of Saint Laurent’s contributions, but we do know that he designed a number of headdresses for some of the lucky female guests. You can see sketches of his headdress designs below. He also illustrated a rendering which depicted the theme of the party
“Untitled VHS Still (Proof of that Time We Discovered An Eyes Wide Shut Party in the Glitch Woods)” Acrylic, Spray Paint, Holographic Film & Collage on Synthetic Paper 36"x54" 2017
There was a nervous clearing of the throat and the assembled guests turned to see the semi shy figure perched on the stairwell.
“L-ladies and gentlemen,” he began nervously, “your host for the evening invites you to the upper levels for a uh… specialpresentation… if you’ll follow me this way please…”
Having made it through his little speech the boy turned sharply and began acending back the way he came, all to aware of every pair of eyes drawn to his form… and dutifully following him as instructed…
Was this what it felt like to have the obedience that he himself offered to the host? There was no time to really contemplate this thought for very long… after all, he ha to remember his next lot of lines for that presentationhe was about to give…
