Yves Saint Laurent RTW Spring 2012 - Paris Fashion Week, A Sixties icon

Pilati started as basically as possible: with the weather, he started thinking about wintry colors for spring, ultimately incorporating rich jewel tones into his palette, with a dark green and black swing coat, then a rich, autumnal palette spanning indigo and purple, dark blue, grey and black, interrupted by a cool mint, cream brocades, sheer white silk and some gorgeous ornate prints of pink and grey or blue and purple for wide, silky palazzo pants or one elegant all-in-one, he thus built the collection around two primary fabrics, a tonal, textured jacquard with the look of sturdy lace and a gazarlike fabric called, coincidentally, Marrakesh,
Silk blouses came backless and halterneck or with full backs and tucked into organza gym slips or silk tapered trousers, jackets that stood away from the body, dresses and tops with big sleeves, pearl embellished belts and more gold capped shoes had a glorious old Hollywood feel about them.
For evening,  sheer black cocktail dress smothered in navy chiffon flowers at the back and the two final black dresses embellished in gold were old style YSL fabulous