Yves Saint Laurent museum to open in Morocco
Yves Saint Laurent museum to open in Morocco
The museum in Marrakesh – where the late designer often retreated to work – hopes to attract up to 700,000 visitors a year.
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The museums will open in October [Getty]
A museum dedicated to the life and work of fashion legend Yves Saint Laurent will open in Morocco later this year, his foundation said on Tuesday.
The museum in Marrakesh – where the late designer often retreated to work in the home he shared with his partner Pierre Berge – hopes to attract up to 700,000 visitors a year.
Another one will open in Paris in the same year.
"Both museums are aimed at the general public as well as fashion lovers. Yves Saint Laurent was a major artist of the 20th century," the couple's foundation said in a statement.
It holds a collection of more than 5,000 outfits and 15,000 accessories the Algerian-born designer created during his 40-year career.
Berge opened Morocco's first museum of Moroccan Berber art in 2011 – three years after the death of his partner – to house the collection they built together.
The new purpose-built Marrakesh museum is near the historic riad mansion the couple shared.
Both museums will open in October, with the Paris site housed inside the foundation's headquarters.
