Black and white are colors that subtract more than they add; that clarify more than they embellish. The porcelain jars are by the Japanese potter Taizo Kuroda, a ceramicist of Brancusi-like spareness and refinement.
The jackets are by Yves St. Laurent, part of his revolutionary 'Le Smoking" series of jackets for women, created over many years. Many are on view in a black, cavernous chamber in a not-to-be-missed retrospective of the designer's work at the Petit Palais in Paris. Black, in this case, not only rings in the sharper, leaner cut of the clothing, but adds a cue to its outré nature as demi-monde attire.
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