HANDBAG

Over the course of a career that lasted fifty years, Yves Saint Laurent introduced a number of radical ideas and designs into couture. His ‘Mondrian’ dress reworked modern art into fashion; his ‘Le Smoking’ collection saw women wearing tuxedos; and he courted controversy with his ‘1940s’ collection. This small circular handbag in plaited straw with white leather piping has a single compartment with a pocket.