Jerry Hall poised to step out on the catwalk in 1995, Catherine Deneuve captured during a glamorous front row moment in 1988 and a dapper Yves Saint Laurent in a dicky bow surrounded by an array of striking models. These are just a few of the dazzling images in a new book about the legendary Yves Saint Laurent. The book is packed with photographs of the famous designer and his world of fashion, shot by New York-based fashion photographer Roxanne Lowit, a pioneer of backstage fashion photography. The designer, pictured above at a party for his Opium fragrance in 1978, made a lasting impression on the world of fashion and the people within it - not least photographer Roxanne Lowit
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The book is a collection of images shot by New York-based fashion photographer Roxanne Lowit
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YSL’s muses and admirers including Jerry Hall, Grace Jones, Paloma Picasso and Catherine Deneuve have written personal tributes
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Jerry Hall writes: 'Yves was a darling, gentle man, who always wanted everyone around him to be happy!'
@placeholder's book 'Yves Saint Laurent' is a personal photographic history of the legend from 1978, the year Lowit first met him, to the last show he gave in 2002.