Las estéticas de la moda en el cine: el caso de yves Saint Laurent

Abstract

Abstract This research revolves around the reflection of the use of fashion as an aesthetic and gender discourse, it presents the act of dressing which is executed daily, but which involves sociocultural, historical and political contexts, which have influenced the modification of clothing over the years and likewise the creations of the most outstanding designers throughout history have evolved to adapt to contemporary styles. Hence, this thesis takes as its object of study the film production "Yves Saint Laurent" (2014) by Canal+, based on the life of the fashion designer of the same name, analyzing his inventions, impact and how revolutionary they were. his collections both for Haute Couture and his role in the democratization of fashion and, therefore, in consumption. Likewise, some of his iconic garments are exposed in detail, analyzing the semiotics present in fashion and non-verbal communication that is exercised within a social scenario, taking into account the power of cultural industries over the perceptions of beauty and socially accepted. This is how it is concluded in the exhibition about the controversial debate of gender and bodies around fashion, its configuration from all the facts that involve humanity and how with the passage of time the perspectives about what should be used or not were changing. progressively according to the introduction and re-signification of garments