Fashion in Frame: Yves Saint Laurent's Designs and Photography with Raissa Bretaña

Join us at ICP for a conversation between fashion historian Raissa Bretaña and ICP Creative Director David Campany on the occasion of ICP's latest exhibition, Yves Saint Laurent and Photography. Bretaña and Campany will discuss the visual trajectory of Saint Laurent’s career, including his debut haute couture collection in 1962, his foray into film with projects such as Belle du Jour, as well as his ever-increasing presence in front of the camera.

This program is being offered both in person at ICP, located on NYC's Lower East Side, and online. Tickets to attend the conversation in person are $5 and include access to ICP’s galleries. Arrive early to see our current exhibitions Yves Saint Laurent and Photography and Photobooks USA 2000-25, on view through September 28.

Image: Vogue Paris - Sept. 1965

About the Speakers

Raissa Bretaña is a fashion historian who works as a writer, researcher, lecturer, and educator. She received a BFA in Costume Design from Boston University and a MA in Fashion and Textile Studies from the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she served as adjunct faculty in the History of Art department. She hosted a video series for Glamour magazine in which she fact-checked historical costumes in popular media, and also appeared as a guest on Follow the Thread—a programming series for Turner Classic Movies that explored the relationship between fashion and film. She currently works at the Museum at FIT and freelances as a consultant to costume designers for period film and television productions. Bretaña is the author of Shoes (2021), Moxie: The Daring Women of Classic Hollywood (2024), and the forthcoming Fashion of the Gilded Age (2026). 

David Campany is Creative Director of the International Center of Photography, New York. He has worked worldwide with institutions including MoMA New York, Tate, Whitechapel Gallery London, Centre Pompidou, Le Bal Paris, ICP New York, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Photographer’s Gallery London, ParisPhoto, PhotoLondon, The National Portrait Gallery London, Aperture, Steidl, MIT Press, Thames & Hudson, MACK and Frieze.