Yves Saint Laurent Pink Heart-Shaped Brooch

• Brand: Yves Saint Laurent
• Period: 1980s
  
• Style: Baroque-chic with a playful twist – typical of YSL’s couture jewellery of the 1980s and 1990s, when Loulou de la Falaise (Saint Laurent’s muse) designed many of the fantasy jewels.
• Materials: Gilt, 18k gold-plated metal.
• Design: Around the stone, "Yves Saint Laurent" is written in relief in a handwriting style – a playful, romantic detail that makes this piece extra personal. This is a brooch with story and character, instantly giving your outfit that signature YSL glamour.
• Clasp: safety-pin clasp (brooch fastening)
• Dimensions: Length 4.7 cm Width 4.3 cm
• Signed

This vintage Yves Saint Laurent brooch is an iconic, romantic statement piece, typical of the fashion house’s playful and expressive jewellery design of the 1980s and early 1990s. Heart-shaped brooches like this were often worn as symbols of love, strength and feminine elegance — elements YSL combined in his own inimitable way.

Yves Saint Laurent is one of the most influential fashion designers of the 20th century! His innovations and creations remain iconic and inspiring to this day.

Alongside his fashion designs, Yves Saint Laurent also began designing costume jewellery in the 1970s. These pieces became an essential part of his fashion shows and collections.

Yves Saint Laurent loved bold, dramatic jewellery. His costume pieces were often large and richly decorated, adding a sense of luxury and glamour to his fashion designs. He regularly used bright, vivid colours that made a statement.

Yves Saint Laurent’s costume jewellery remains highly sought after and loved by collectors and fashion enthusiasts.

His innovative approach and creative vision have had a lasting influence on how jewellery is designed and worn. By combining art, culture and fashion in his designs, Saint Laurent created a unique and timeless style that is still relevant today.