Your Friday French Fashion Report: YSL Spring/Summer 2011

Sensual, feminine, wearable, and collectable; the Yves Saint-Laurent ready-to-wear collection for Spring/Summer 2011 is all that and more! Designer Stefano Pilati pays homage to the master with a delicate touch, bringing a new twist to classics like the peasant skirt and creating jumpsuits one would actually want to wear. Shades of the 70's evoke fond memories of over-the- top diagonally ruffled skirts, which somehow seem to work under the watchful eye of Pilati. The fabrics are soft, and flow with the movement of a woman's body effortlessly. The silhouettes are timeless designs that one builds her wardrobe with, and can be counted on to make one feel chic at a moments notice! (My favorite piece is the pencil skirt with the thigh high slit, accented by a cockeyed pocket. Fabulous!) A picture being worth a thousand words, I offer without further ado; the Yves Saint-Laurent Spring/Summer Pret à Porter Collection for 2011: