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
