Saint Laurent Ysl Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Paris, FR

1990s Muticolor Yves Saint Laurent YSL logo brooch featuring a blue, white and red YSL Cassandre logo, a back pin closure.

Category

1990s French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent YSL 1990 Logo Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Paris, FR

1990s Yves Saint Laurent gold-tone logo brooch featuring a decorative YSL, a back safety pin.

Category

1990s French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Tone Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Tone Brooch. This beautiful brooch is in good condition and really represent the originality and uniqueness of the brand.

Category

1990s French Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Butterfly Enamel Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Butterfly Enamel Brooch Measurements: Height: 2 inches (5.08 cm) Width: 1.75 inches (4.44 cm) Features: - 100% Authentic YVES SAINT LAURENT. - Butter...

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Vintage 1980s French Brooches

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Rhinestone Oval Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Rhinestone Oval Brooch Measurements: Height: 2.52 inches (6.4 cm) Width: 0.94 inch (2.4 cm) Features: - 100% Authentic YVES SAINT LAURENT. - Brooch w...

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20th Century French Brooches

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Sapphire Bar Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Sapphire Bar Brooch Measurements: Height: 2.44 inches (6.2 cm) Width: 0.78 inch (2 cm) Features: - 100% Authentic YVES SAINT LAURENT. - Square sapphi...

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20th Century French Brooches

YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Jewelled Heart Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone heart brooch embellished with multicolor crystals.

Category

20th Century French Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Jewelled Brooch Pendant

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone brooch/pendant embellished with multicolored resin cabochons and faux pearls.

Category

20th Century French Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Jewelled Heart Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold toned heart brooch embellished with multicolored crystals.

Category

20th Century French Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Jewelled Bow Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage bow brooch embellished with black and clear crystals.

Category

20th Century French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Jewelled Butterfly Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage textured gold toned openwork butterfly brooch embellished with ruby red glass cabochon/crystal and faux pearls.

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20th Century French Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Jeweled Bow Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold toned bow brooch embellished with pink crystals.

Category

20th Century French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Massive Diamante Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage massive gold tone diamante brooch.

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20th Century French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Distressed Leaf Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage distressed gold toned resin leaf brooch. Embossed YVES SAINT LAURENT RIVE GAUCHE Made in France. Indicative measurements : max. length approx. 10.4 cm (4...

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20th Century French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent Gold-tone “YSL” Cassandre Large Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Paris, FR

Yves Saint Laurent Large Gold-tone “YSL” Cassandre brooch featuring a YSL” Cassandre" shape, a back bar-pin closure, a logo plaque.

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Early 2000s French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent Gold-tone large YSL Cassandre Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Paris, FR

Yves Saint Laurent Gold-tone large YSL Cassandre brooch featuring a large center YSL Cassandre logo, a back safety pin pitted at back.

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Early 2000s French Brooches

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Double Triangle Textured Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Double Triangle Textured Brooch Features: - 100% Authentic YVES SAINT LAURENT. - Textured double triangle brooch. - Gold tone hardware. - Signed YSL M...

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Vintage 1980s French Brooches

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Glass Flower Stem Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Glass Flower Stem Brooch Measurements: Height: 3.07 inches (7.8cm) Width: 2.04 inches (5.2 cm) Features: - 100% Authentic YVES SAINT LAURENT. - Textu...

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20th Century French Brooches

Vintage Massive YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Jewelled Leaf Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage Massive YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Jewelled Leaf Brooch Measurements: Height: 5.70 inches (14.5 cm) Width: 1.18 inches (3 cm) Features: - 100% Authentic YVES SAINT LAURENT. - M...

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Vintage 1980s French Brooches

YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche YSL Vintage Distressed Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche vintage distressed (gold, blue and grey colours) resin brooch. Embossed YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche Made in France. Indicative measurements : max....

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20th Century French Brooches

YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Jewelled Initials Heart Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone brooch featuring YSL initials on a heart embellished with clear and red crystals.

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20th Century French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Tone Bow Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold toned bow brooch featuring hammered finish.

Category

20th Century French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Textured Heart Brooch Pendant

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage large textured heart brooch/pendant.

Category

20th Century French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Pair of Gun Brooches

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage pair of silver toned gun brooches with clear crystal embellishement.

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20th Century French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent Large Gold-tone “YSL” Cassandre pin brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Paris, FR

Yves Saint Laurent Gold-tone large “YSL” Cassandre pin brooch featuring a ”YSL Cassandre” shape, a back -pin closure.

Category

1990s French Brooches

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Heart Blue Rhinestone Silver Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Heart Blue Rhinestone Silver Brooch Features: - 100% Authentic YVES SAINT LAURENT. - Openwork heart brooch with blue rhinestones. - Silver tone hardwa...

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Vintage 1980s French Brooches

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Double Ribbon Bow Lapel Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Double Ribbon Bow Lapel Brooch Features: - 100% Authentic YVES SAINT LAURENT . - Double ribbon/ bow brooches with chain. - Gold tone hardware. - Signe...

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Vintage 1980s French Brooches

YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Jewelled Silver-Tone Arrow Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage oversized silver-tone arrow brooch embellished with clear crystals.

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20th Century French Brooches

Runway Fall 2010 YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Woman Silhouette Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Runway Fall 2010 YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Woman Silhouette Brooch As seen in Paris Street Fashion Fall 2010 Measurements: Height: 4.45 inches (11.3 cm) Width: 1.77 inches (4.5 cm) F...

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21st Century and Contemporary French Brooches

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Star Rhinestone Medallion Disc Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL by Robert Goossens Shell Enamel Coral Branch Pendant Brooch Measurements: Height: 1.77 inches (4.5 cm) Width: 1.77 inches (4.5 cm) Features: - 100% A...

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20th Century French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Goossens Gold Pearl Coral Branches Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Wokingham, England

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Robert Goossens Iconic Classic White Coquillage Shell Coral Crystals Branch Elegant Modernist Brooch, Gold Plated Very good condition.

Category

Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate

YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Gold Tone Cross Brooch Pendant

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone cross brooch/pendant.

Category

20th Century French Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Jewelled Gold Toned Nest Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold toned "nest" brooch embellished with multicolored crystals and a large irregular-shaped green resin cabochon at the center.

Category

20th Century French Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

Yves Saint Laurent Broche Cassandre 2025 Maxi Golden YSL Brooch Pristine

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in PARIS, FR

Saint Laurent Cassandre or YSL brooch, 2025 collection in progress, in raw shaped gold metal, width 3.3 cm x height 7.4 cm.

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2010s French Brooches

Materials

Base Metal

SAINT LAURENT 2022 Cassandre Opyum Snake YSL aged gold textured metal pin brooch

By Saint Laurent

Located in Hong Kong, NT

SAINT LAURENT 2022 Cassandre Opyum Snake YSL aged gold textured metal pin brooch Reference: CYVN/A00079 Brand: Saint Laurent Designer: Anthony Vaccarello Collection: Fall/Winter 2022...

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21st Century and Contemporary Brooches

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl French Bow Brooch

By Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl French Bow Brooch Measurements: Height: 1.46 inches (3.7 cm) Width: 2.99 inches (7.6 cm) Features: - 100% Authentic YVES SAINT LAURENT. - Chunky Fren...

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20th Century French Brooches

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Logo Ribbed Gold Tone Openwork Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Logo Ribbed Gold Tone Openwork Brooch Features: - 100% Authentic YVES SAINT LAURENT. - YSL logo embossed on textured and ribbed brooch. - Gold tone ha...

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Vintage 1980s French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gilded Metal and Textured Resin Donut Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Atlanta, GA

This stunning Yves Saint Laurent Paris modernist brooch features a dimensional donut shape with textured gilt metal in a checkerboard pattern, contrasted with rust resin elements wit...

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1990s French Modern Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Purple and Red Jeweled Gilded Metal Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Atlanta, GA

This stunning Yves Saint Laurent YSL Paris jeweled brooch features a gilt-metal geometric star shape, carved and see-through, adorned with purple and ruby-red crystal rhinestones.

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1990s French Modern Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Emerald Green Two Tone Bar Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Emerald Green Two Tone Bar Brooch Features: - 100% Authentic YVES SAINT LAURENT. - Rectangular bar brooch with emerald green rhinestones embellishment...

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Vintage 1980s French Brooches

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Robert Goossens Multicolour Heart Pendant Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Multicolour Resin Heart Pendant Brooch Features: - 100% Authentic YVES SAINT LAURENT by Robert Goossens. - Multicolour cabochon hea...

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Vintage 1980s French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent Broche Cassandre 2025 Medium Golden YSL Brooch Pristine

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in PARIS, FR

Saint Laurent Cassandre or YSL 2025 collection brooch in gold-tone metal sculpted with stripes, 2 cm wide x 5.5 cm high (0.8 x 2.2 inches).

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2010s French Brooches

Vintage Massive YSL Yves Saint Laurent Pearl Rhinestone Swirl Pendant Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage Massive YSL Yves Saint Laurent Pearl Rhinestone Swirl Pendant Brooch Measurements: Height: 2 5/8 inches (6.66 cm) Width: 2 5/8 inches (6.66 cm) Features: - 100% Authentic Y...

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20th Century French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Round Ruby Fuchsia Emerald Sapphire Statement Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Wokingham, England

Yves Saint Laurent YSL by Robert Goossens Haute Couture Vintage 1980s Unisex Huge Massive Large Ruby Cabochon Crystals Fuchsia Emerald Green Sapphire Navy Blue Citrine Yellow Marquis...

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Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Haute Couture Baroque Butterfly Clover Pearls Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Wokingham, England

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty 1980s Baroque Large Bow Butterfly Clover Swirl Openwork Wirework White Pearls Drop Dangle Elegant Modernist Brooch, Gold Plated Very excellent co...

Category

Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Statement Logo Plaque Shield Brooch 1980s

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Wilmslow, GB

A wonderful vintage Yves Saint Laurent shield brooch. Featuring a large target style plaque embellished with engraving depicting concentric patterned circles and the name Yves Saint ...

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Vintage 1980s French Brooches

YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Resin Cabochon Maltese Cross Brooch Pendant

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone textured Maltese cross brooch/pendant featuring a light yellowish topaz color poured resin cabochon in the center.

Category

20th Century French Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Gold Tone Textured Bird Motif Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage gold tone textured bird motif brooch.

Category

20th Century French Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Rare Oversized Purple Heart-and-Arrow Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Nice, FR

YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage rare oversized heart-and-arrow brooch featuring a purple resin heart and antiqued silver-tone arrow embellished with clear crystals.

Category

20th Century French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Iconic Large Vivid Gold Goldfish Citrine Openwork Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Wokingham, England

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1970s Unisex Large Vivid Goldfish Fish Citrine Crystals Yellow Crystals Openwork Chunky Modernist Brooch, Gold Plated Very excellent condition, maybe ...

Category

Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Haute Couture Gripoix Large Clover Orange Pendant Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Wokingham, England

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Rive Gauche Gripoix Large Clover Flower Orange Circle Cabochon Modernist Elegant Pendant Brooch, Gold Plated Very good condition.

Category

Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Haute Couture Iconic Ruby Large Heart Openwork Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Wokingham, England

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Robert Goossens Unisex Large Two 2 Ruby Red Abnormal Cabochon Stone Circle Heart Love Interlocked Openwork Brooch, Gold Plated Very good condition, only dark ...

Category

Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Iconic Unisex Sunflower Large Domed Chunky Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Wokingham, England

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1980s Arty Unisex Textured Large Sunflower Sunburst Sun Dome Dots Chunky Statement Brooch, Gold Plated Very excellent condition, maybe light scratches...

Category

Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Rare Ruby Sapphire Blue Orange Bouquet Large Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Wokingham, England

Yves Saint Laurent YSL 1980s Five Ruby Red Orange Yellow Navy Blue Enamel Emerald Sapphire Crystals Flower Floral Bouquet Elegant Brooch, Gold Plated Very good condition.

Category

Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Large Gold Purple Enamel Ripple Butterfly Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Wokingham, England

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Large Butterfly Bow Purple Enamel Ripple Elegant Modernist Brooch, Gold Plated This is much larger than others on the market.

Category

Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Rare Gripoix Amethyst Heart Starburst Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Wokingham, England

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty Unisex Gripoix Amethyst Purple Heart Star Double Layer Sunburst Starburst Openwork Elegant Brooch, Gold Plated Very excellent condition.

Category

Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate

YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Ethnic Coral Medallion Pendant Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl by Robert Goossens Ethnic Coral Stone Disc Medallion Pendant Brooch Measurements: Height: 2.40 inches (6.1 cms) Width: 2.40 inches (6.1 cms) Features...

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20th Century French Brooches

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Haute Couture Gripoix Ruby Gold Thistle Brooch Pendant

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Wokingham, England

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Arty 1980s Gripoix Ruby Red Crystals Thistle Flower Pineapple Jelly Belly Pendant Elegant Brooch, Gold Plated Very excellent condition.

Category

Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Black Velvet Burgundy Tassel Brooch Pendant

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Wokingham, England

Yves Saint Laurent YSL 1980s Vintage Arty Large Black Velvet Cross Knot Ribbon Round Circle Relief Pineapple Plant Burgundy Red Long Tassel Brooch Pendant, Gold Plated Very excellen...

Category

Vintage 1980s French Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Gold Large Camellia White Pearl Statement Brooch

By Yves Saint Laurent

Located in Wokingham, England

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage 1980s Unisex Large Camellia Flower White Circle Round Pearl Layer Chunky Elegant Modernist Brooch, Gold Tone Very excellent condition.

Category

Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate

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Saint Laurent Ysl Brooch For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the saint laurent ysl brooch you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. Each design created in this style — which was crafted with great care and often made from gilt metal, gold and gold plate — can elevate any look. In our selection of items, you can find a vintage example as well as a contemporary version. Finding the perfect saint laurent ysl brooch may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. Creating a saint laurent ysl brooch has been a part of the legacy of many jewelers, but those produced by Yves Saint Laurent, Robert Goossens for Yves Saint Laurent and Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche are consistently popular. A saint laurent ysl brooch can be a stylish choice for most occasions, but crystal rings, from our inventory of 8, can add a particularly distinctive touch to your look, day or night. Today, if you’re looking for a baguette cut version of this piece and are unable to find the perfect match, our selection also includes heart cut and round cut alternatives. There aren’t many items for men if you’re seeking a saint laurent ysl brooch, as most of the options available are for women and unisex.

How Much is a Saint Laurent Ysl Brooch?

The price for a saint laurent ysl brooch starts at $92 and tops out at $14,950 with these brooches, on average, selling for $442.

Yves Saint Laurent for sale on 1stDibs

French designer Yves Saint Laurent pioneered “cross-design” in fashion, taking inspiration from street trends to modernize haute couture.

Saint Laurent was the first to launch a ready-to-wear label, YSL Rive Gauche Prêt-à-Porter. He was the first couturier to open boutiques for both men and women. Using traditional menswear fabrics and designs for women, Saint Laurent also literally cross-dressed, giving men and women alike chic pant suits, elegant tuxedo jackets and urban safari gear.

By blurring gender-specific design, Saint Laurent empowered individual style while creating a scissor-sharp fashion aesthetic of sensual ease and beauty. Many of his designs are today considered timeless classics. Saint Laurent also consistently used Black models, like Mounia, Iman and Naomi Campbell, and he drew endless inspiration from different ethnicities and cultures, in no small part because of his Algerian roots.

Born to French parents in Oran, Algeria, in 1936, Saint Laurent went to Paris at age 17 to study fashion at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Just two years later, in 1955, his remarkable sketches were shown to Christian Dior, then the world’s reigning couturier, who hired him immediately.

Surprisingly soon thereafter, Dior publicly chose Saint Laurent as his successor, which sadly proved prescient when the fashion legend died unexpectedly, in 1957. A mere slip of a youth, the 21-year-old Saint Laurent was nevertheless up to the challenge. He shook the traditional couture clientele to its core with youthful silhouettes and styles like the A-line trapeze dress that hung with seeming effortlessness from the shoulders, the antithesis of the pinched waists and molded skirts that had been all the rage after the deprivations of World War II.

After a mandated spell in the torturous French military, Saint Laurent suffered a nervous breakdown and was dismissed by Dior in 1962. Out of the ashes rose the Age of Yves. With Pierre Bergé, his then-lover who became his lifelong business partner and friend, the designer founded Yves Saint Laurent YSL to encompass prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear. In 1966, they opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand.

His revolutionary Mondrian mini dress from 1965 is a core element of his fashion biography. It is a prime example of how Saint Laurent, an avid art lover and collector, looked to painters, from Goya to Picasso, Ingres to Matisse, for inspiration.

With its pure lines and hues, Mondrian’s ground-breaking 1935 color-block painting Composition C transmutes beautifully into a dress that is highly valued by collectors of contemporary fashion and widely copied commercially to this day. The design is the epitome of Saint Laurent’s aesthetic, requiring a meticulous hand-piecing of each color block so that, despite the body’s curves, the visual plane is as flat as a canvas when the garment is worn. Mondrian’s purity met its match in Saint Laurent.

“I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style,” Saint Laurent said four years before retiring, in 2002. After a long period of ill health, he died at his home in Paris on June 1, 2008.

Browse an extraordinary collection of vintage Yves Saint Laurent evening dresses, shirts, handbags and other clothing and accessories today on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Brooches for You

Vintage brooches, which refer to decorative jewelry traditionally pinned to garments and used to fasten pieces of clothing together where needed, have seen increasing popularity in recent years.

While jewelry trends come and go, brooches are indeed back on the radar thanks to fashion houses like Gucci, Versace, Dior and Saint Laurent, all of which feature fun pinnable designs in their current collections. Whether a dazzlingly naturalistic Art Nouveau dragonfly, a whimsical David Webb animal, a gem-studded bloom or a streamlined abstract design, these jewels add color and sparkle to your look and a spring to your step.

Given their long history, brooches have expectedly taken on a variety of different shapes and forms over time, with jewelers turning to assorted methods of ornamentation for these accessories, including enameling and the integration of pearls and gemstones. Cameo brooches that originated during the Victorian age are characterized by a shell carved in raised relief that feature portraits of a woman’s profile, while 19th-century micromosaic brooches, comprising innumerable individually placed glass fragments, sometimes feature miniature depictions of a pastoral scene in daily Roman life.

At one time, brooches were symbols of wealth, made primarily from the finest metals and showcasing exquisite precious gemstones. Today, these jewels are inclusive and universal, and you don’t have to travel very far to find an admirer of brooches. They can be richly geometric in form, such as the ornate diamond pins dating from the Art Deco era, or designer-specific, such as the celebrated naturalistic works created by Tiffany & Co., the milk glass and gold confections crafted by Trifari or handmade vintage Chanel brooches of silk or laminated sheer fabric. Chanel, of course, has never abandoned this style, producing gorgeously baroque CC examples since the 1980s.

Brooches are versatile and adaptable. These decorative accessories can be worn in your hair, on hats, scarves and on the lower point of V-neck clothing. Pin a dazzling brooch to the lapel of your blazer-and-tee combo or add a cluster of smaller pins to your overcoat. And while brooches have their place in “mourning jewelry,” in that a mourning brooch is representative of your connection to a lost loved one, they’re widely seen as romantic and symbolic of love, so much so that a hardcore brooch enthusiast might advocate for brooches to be worn over the heart.

Today, find a wide variety of antique and vintage brooches for sale on 1stDibs, including gold brooches, sapphire brooches and more.