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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Morwenna Ferrier

Hugs all round as Saint Laurent hoodie dress returns in Paris show

A model walks the runway during the Saint Laurent womenswear spring-summer 2023 show in Paris on Tuesday.
A model walks the runway during the Saint Laurent womenswear spring-summer 2023 show in Paris on Tuesday. Photograph: Stéphane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images

Under the twinkling lights of the Eiffel Tower, Saint Laurent reinvented the hoodie. Or rather it reinvented Yves Saint Laurent’s hooded dress, also known as the capuche.

First shown in 1969, it was a gown with such longevity that the designer wheeled it back out in 1985 and then again in 2002 in the final couture show before his death in 2008.

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