French Dressing: Yves Saint Laurent

① The tall, slim, bespectacled designer, who created a daring new femininity out of boyishness in the early 1960s, is to be immortalised in two new museums of his work.

② The first, in Paris, was unveiled on Thursday with a grand private reception close to where Saint Laurent and his lover and business partner, Pierre Bergé (who died on September 8th), first opened their maison de couture in 1961.

③ It will open to the public on Tuesday.

④ On October 19th a second museum will be inaugurated in Marrakech, Saint Laurent's spiritual home.

⑤ Born and brought up in Algeria, the French couturier never forgot the lemony light of his childhood.

⑥ Marrakech was where he did much of his sketching for the coloured shifts, sailors' peacoats, black-velvet tuxedos and elegant trench coats that would make their way down the catwalk twice a year, the heart of what became a billion-dollar business, and an irreplaceable signature style.

生词好句

French dressing: 法国时装；法式色拉调味料

Yves Saint Laurent: 伊夫·圣罗兰

bespectacled /bɪˈspɛktək(ə)ld/: adj. 戴眼镜的

inaugurate /ɪˈnɔ:ɡjʊreɪt/: vt. 开始；开幕 (多用于被动语态)

Marrakech /ˌmarəˈkɛʃ/: 马拉喀什

Algeria /alˈdʒɪərɪə/: 阿尔及利亚

couturier /ku:ˈtjʊərɪeɪ/: n. 女装设计师

coloured shift: n. 撞色裙 (如图—详细介绍可听 Roger Vivier Pt.2)

peacoat /ˈpiːkəʊt/: n. 水手穿的厚呢短大衣 (如图)

black-velvet tuxedo /tʌkˈsiːdəʊ/: n. 黑色天鹅绒西服 (如图)

trench /trɛn(t)ʃ/ coat: n. 军用防水短上衣 (如图)

catwalk /ˈkatwɔːk/: n. (时装秀) T型台

irreplaceable /ɪrɪˈpleɪsəb(ə)l/: adj. 不可替代的

signature style: 标志性风格

"Fashions fade, style is eternal."

Yves Saint Laurent