Algerian-born French designer Yves Saint founded his namesake couture house in 1961, pioneering luxury ready-to-wear in his 1966 "Rive Gauche" collection and setting a standard of youth and freedom expressed with elegance that the designer would later carry over to menswear collections. Saint Laurent Paris, under the creative direction of Hedi Slimane since 2012, continues the house’s fusion of refinement and rebellion. Inspired by the youth subcultures of garage, grunge, and psych rock in his home base of Los Angeles, Slimane elevates staples of rock style to an unprecedented standard of luxury: leather motorcycle jackets, distressed denim and biker jeans, slim suits, leather pants, bags and accessories, and the house’s signature Wyatt boots and minimalist court sneakers.