Drop Dead Elegance: YSL Menswear AW23

Drop dead elegance: YSL AW23 is a collection to savour

Sheer shirting, sharp shoulders and lashings of black. Saint Laurent's Autumn/Winter 2023 collection is the pinnacle of esoteric cool.

By Josh Bozin

Published: Oct 9, 2023

YSL — Coat $9,155; jumper $2,145; pants $2,145; belt $820; sunglasses: $660 and shoes $1,910, by Saint Laurent.

ANTHONY VACCARELLO rarely does things in dribs and drabs, as expressed by his Saint Laurent ready-to-wear Autumn/Winter 2023 collection. This all-encompassing exhibition of men’s winter wear was dominated by broad-shouldered jackets, pencil skirts, excessive black and prominent tailoring silhouettes.

Above all else, fluidity remained at the heart of the collection, where sharp men’s tailoring and elegant womenswear coexist, harmoniously.

Dubbed “a sequel to proceeding seasons”, the collection was an interpretation of the designer’s approach to elegance.