Yves Saint Laurent exhibition

  • Place : Lyon(69)
  • Client : Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs
  • Scenography  Agence NC, Nathalie Crinière
  • Exhibition  Musée des Tissus in collaboration with the Musée Yves Saint Laurent
  • Curators Esclarmonde Monteil, Textile Arts museum’s director, chief heritage curator, and Aurélie Samuel, director Yves Saint Laurent Paris Museum collections, heritage curator.
  • Photographs  © atelier documents / © musée des Tissus — Pierre Verrier
  • Manufacturers  Barem, Médicis
  • Web www.museedestissus.fr/exposition-yves-saint-laurent/

The Yves Saint Laurent exhibition presents the creative process of the designer and the strong link he had with Lyon’s textile manufacturers. Along with the silhouettes on display, the fabric manufacturing methods are detailed and displayed to the public.

The scenography designed by Nathalie Crinière divided the space in eight parts accessible by a central alley. Each space is dedicated to a specific textile manufacturer, showing textile pieces and designer creations on silhouettes. The perspective created by this scenography leads the visitor to the Shakespeare Bride dress, made up of the finest Lyon’s manufacturers textiles. Finally, a more technical room presents various samples for the visitors to appreciate the technical and plastic quality of different fabrics.

The typeface created for the museum, a light variant inspired by the Vendôme from Olive foundry, is staged throughout the stroll, supporting the purpose of the exhibition with an elegant vocabulary.

The Yves Saint Laurent exhibition presents the creative process of the designer and the strong link he had with Lyon’s textile manufacturers. Along with the silhouettes on display, the fabric manufacturing methods are detailed and displayed to the public.

The scenography designed by Nathalie Crinière divided the space in eight parts accessible by a central alley. Each space is dedicated to a specific textile manufacturer, showing textile pieces and designer creations on silhouettes. The perspective created by this scenography leads the visitor to the Shakespeare Bride dress, made up of the finest Lyon’s manufacturers textiles. Finally, a more technical room presents various samples for the visitors to appreciate the technical and plastic quality of different fabrics.

The typeface created for the museum, a light variant inspired by the Vendôme from Olive foundry, is staged throughout the stroll, supporting the purpose of the exhibition with an elegant vocabulary.