{"id":3600,"date":"2012-07-25T16:06:44","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T20:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.wordpress.com\/?p=3600"},"modified":"2015-08-24T19:42:56","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T23:42:56","slug":"ready-or-not-the-why-in-yves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/ready-or-not-the-why-in-yves\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready or Not: The &#8216;Y&#8217; in &#8216;Yves&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/saint-laurent-hedi-slimane3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3605\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/ready-or-not-the-why-in-yves\/saint-laurent-hedi-slimane\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/saint-laurent-hedi-slimane3.jpg?fit=612%2C612&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"612,612\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"saint laurent paris soho store hedi slimane\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/saint-laurent-hedi-slimane3.jpg?fit=612%2C612&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3605\" title=\"saint laurent paris soho store hedi slimane\" src=\"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/saint-laurent-hedi-slimane.jpg?resize=840%2C840\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"840\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ysl-studded-satchel3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3601\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/ready-or-not-the-why-in-yves\/ysl-studded-satchel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ysl-studded-satchel3.jpg?fit=1280%2C849&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,849\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ysl studded satchel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ysl-studded-satchel3.jpg?fit=840%2C557&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3601\" title=\"ysl studded satchel\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ysl-studded-satchel3.jpg?resize=840%2C557\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ysl-studded-satchel3.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ysl-studded-satchel3.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ysl-studded-satchel3.jpg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ysl.com\/en_US\" target=\"_blank\">Saint Laurent Paris<\/a>, opening soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">R.I.P. the\u00a0<em>Y<\/em> in Yves; it all seems surreal. <em>Impossible<\/em>, said the French way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The power of one letter, and one so rarely used.\u00a0This is the power of branding, consumer association and influence.\u00a0<em>Yves<\/em>.\u00a0Y.\u00a0<em>Yves<\/em>. Why? YSL is iconic; what of Yves, the man behind the letters?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I only wish to own one Yves Saint Laurent bag before\u00a0<em>Saint Laurent\u00a0<\/em>becomes ubiquitous. <strong>Just one bag with that freshly historical <em>Y<\/em> to remember the man behind the letters.<\/strong> Preferably the studded one above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">. \u00a0 . \u00a0 .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">x<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>{image <a href=\"http:\/\/intothegloss.com\/selects\/2012\/07\/ready-or-not-saint-laurent-paris-soho\/\" target=\"_blank\">via<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lecheapcestchic.com\/2011\/01\/the-sky-is-the-limit-and-i-just-want-to-floatfree-as-a-spirit-on-a-journey-of-hope.html\" target=\"_blank\">via<\/a>}<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saint Laurent Paris, opening soon. R.I.P. the\u00a0Y in Yves; it all seems surreal. 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Preferably the studded one above. . \u00a0 . \u00a0 . x {image via, via}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[97,676],"class_list":{"0":"post-3600","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-current-affairs","7":"category-style","8":"tag-bag-whore","9":"tag-ysl","10":"entry","11":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ready or Not: The &#039;Y&#039; in &#039;Yves&#039; \u2022 A Bit Coquettish<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yves. 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