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A photo posted by Lucia Pieroni (@lucia_pieroni) on Mar 5, 2015 at 11:01am PST When pearls, diamonds and gold come to mind, we immediately think of luxury. But more than just your favourite jewellery pieces, these days beauty brands are tapping into the precious mineral market, infusing super luxe ingredients into products like serums, moisturizers […]

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Yves Saint Laurent found beauty and inspiration in Morocco, and now its natural bounty has yielded a precious skin-preserving ingredient known as red gold: saffron.

A young Yves Saint Laurent, looking relaxed and casual in a white open-necked shirt and white flares, strolls through Marrakech’s Djemaa El Fna square, chatting to a Marrakchi woman with a basket atop her head. It’s one of many personal snapshots from the book Yves Saint Laurent: Une Passion Marocaine, handwritten in French by his partner in business and life, Pierre Bergé. Saint Laurent was fascinated by the goings on in the square, often walking there to watch the acrobats, snake charmers and gnawa dancers who still bring life, music and art to the city today.