The 80s Revival: Saint Laurent FW25 Channels Robert Mapplethorpe

How Is Saint Laurent's FW25 Collection Revolutionizing Men's Fashion? Follow me on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/fashionroadman My E-Book: https://www.thefashionarchivemag.com/shop Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fashionroadman Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/30khAeSML8vrmhrbCL86Ca Join My Fashion Discord: https://discord.gg/vW6vMz2eHq Website: https://www.thefashionarchivemag.com/ Social Media: https://linktr.ee/fashionroadman Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVmPyrwjL0wepDhmvgzlOcA/join ___________________ MORE INFO What a one for the ages movie scene this would have been: A meeting in the very early 1980s between Yves Saint Laurent, the undisputed (if oftentimes dissolute) king of Paris haute couture, and Robert Mapplethorpe, the prince of the New York art world—and its hardcore Meatpacking District sex clubs. Did this encounter ever happen? Who knows? Maybe, maybe not. But it makes for a great story: two cultural titans of different generations, locked into their own addictions and dependencies, then bringing their individual brilliance, shadowed by roiling darkness, into contact with each other. It’s this narrative which sparked Anthony Vaccarello’s quicksilver imagination for his fall 2025 Saint Laurent men’s show. “It was interesting to imagine what two favorite people of mine might have said to each other back then,” said Vaccarello. “Yves Saint Laurent was trying to hold onto his respectability while tearing it apart