Yves Saint Laurent: The Hamish Bowles Collection (2026): Cast

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This short documentary examines Hamish Bowles’s curation of 55 rare Yves Saint Laurent garments at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech. Featuring interviews with Bowles and other fashion figures, it considers the personal histories attached to designs spanning the 1960s through the 1990s.

Yves Saint Laurent: The Hamish Bowles Collection focuses on a carefully assembled group of 55 rare Yves Saint Laurent garments. Curated by Vogue editor-at-large Hamish Bowles, the collection is presented at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech.

Running for 14 minutes, the documentary offers a concise look at the exhibition and the personal histories connected to the clothes. Its interview subjects include Bowles, Madison Cox, Patrick Kinmonth, Zerlina Hughes and Marisa Berenson.

Yves Saint Laurent: The Hamish Bowles Collection movie details

Story without spoilers

The film explores how Hamish Bowles selected and presented 55 personal Yves Saint Laurent garments, many associated with notable fashion figures such as Nan Kempner and Betty Catroux. Rather than treating the pieces solely as examples of fashion design, the documentary emphasizes their “lived history”—the people who wore them and the stories suggested by their continued preservation.

The exhibition spans designs from the 1960s through the 1990s and is shown at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech. Interviews with Bowles and the other featured participants provide context for the collection and its connection to Saint Laurent’s enduring creative legacy.

What to expect

As a 14-minute documentary, the film is structured as a compact introduction to a fashion exhibition rather than a broad biography of Yves Saint Laurent. Viewers can expect attention to rare garments, the process of curation and the personal associations attached to individual pieces.

Its subject matter places fashion history, collecting and exhibition-making at the center. The film’s interview-led approach also brings several perspectives to the presentation, while the Marrakech museum setting provides the documentary’s main context.

Cast and creative team

David Boatman directs Yves Saint Laurent: The Hamish Bowles Collection. Hamish Bowles, Madison Cox, Patrick Kinmonth, Zerlina Hughes and Marisa Berenson appear as themselves, contributing interviews connected to the collection and exhibition. No writers are listed in the supplied credits.

• Hamish Bowles as Self
• Madison Cox as Self
• Patrick Kinmonth as Self
• Zerlina Hughes as Self
• Marisa Berenson as Self

Release and production context

Yves Saint Laurent: The Hamish Bowles Collection is a 2026 documentary with a listed release date of September 18, 2026. It has a runtime of 14 minutes, is in English and was produced by Boatman Media. The exhibition featured in the film is presented at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech.

Production companies: Boatman Media

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With its short runtime and focused subject, the documentary is centered on one exhibition and the stories embedded in its garments. It offers a concise record of Hamish Bowles’s collection of rare Yves Saint Laurent pieces and the people connected to them.

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