Pre-owned Yves Saint Laurent shoes

Q: Do Yves Saint Laurent shoes run small or large?

The official house guide is clear: Saint Laurent sizing is both French, Italian, German, and Spanish — the engraved number reads as is, without conversion. However, Saint Laurent runs small by half a size to a full size, with a narrow toe: this is the clearest consensus across the entire catalog. Take one size up, except for sneakers, which are true to size. Patent leather particularly constricts the toes.

4 pairs available · Sizes 38 to 39 · from €150 to €200

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Vintage Slingback Pumps

Yves Saint Laurent · Size 39

£229.00 £949.00

Black Leather and Suede Sandals

Yves Saint Laurent · Size 39

£259.00 £949.00

Red YSL Mules size 38

Yves Saint Laurent · Size 38

£239.00 £869.00

Escarpins Yves Saint Laurent moutarde T38

Yves Saint Laurent mustard pumps size 38

Yves Saint Laurent · Size 38

£219.00 £909.00

Our Yves Saint Laurent selections

Yves Saint Laurent size guide: which size should you choose?

✦ Size French / EU the number indicated on our product sheets
✦ Fit Fits small, narrow toe take half a size up from your usual
✦ Half sizes Yes, from 34 to 42.5 Yves Saint Laurent official women's range

Do Yves Saint Laurent shoes run small or large?

The official house guide is clear: Saint Laurent sizing is both French, Italian, German, and Spanish — the engraved number reads as is, without conversion. However, Saint Laurent runs small by half a size to a full size, with a narrow toe: this is the clearest consensus across the entire catalog. Take one size up, except for sneakers, which are true to size. Patent leather particularly constricts the toes.

Yves Saint Laurent size chart (FR, UK, US)

Size FR	UK	US	In stock
34	1	4	—
34.5	1.5	4.5	—
35	2	5	—
35.5	2.5	5.5	—
36	3	6	—
36.5	3.5	6.5	—
37	4	7	—
37.5	4.5	7.5	—
38	5	8	2 pairs
38.5	5.5	8.5	—
39	6	9	2 pairs
39.5	6.5	9.5	—
40	7	10	—
40.5	7.5	10.5	—
41	8	11	—
41.5	8.5	11.5	—
42	9	12	—
42.5	9.5	12.5	—

Yves Saint Laurent does not publish foot length; useful reference: a size 37 corresponds to a foot of approximately 24 cm. Yves Saint Laurent confirms it in its own guide: this size is also the French size, with no discrepancy.

Our advice by model

+½ / +1 Opyum — runs small and narrow retailers and wearers
+½ Jamie, Anja — retailers
+½ / +1 Lou, Niki (boots) — wearers
= Court Classic, SL-01 (sneakers) — true to size retailers
= Loulou (sandals), Betty — true to size retailers
± Tribute, Nu Pieds — conflicting opinions depending on sources retailers and wearers
= Cassandra — narrow rather than small wearers

Sources: guide des tailles officiel Saint Laurent (document Kering), Farfetch, Bloomingdale's, retours de porteuses (PurseForum). Updated on 8/28/26.

Yves Saint Laurent vintage: archive models and how to recognize them

This is the house in our catalog with the strongest vintage collection: the monogram was designed by Cassandre in 1961, Roger Vivier designed the haute couture thigh-high boots in 1963, and the Rive Gauche boutique in 1966 included shoes from the very beginning. A note on vocabulary, because almost the entire web gets it wrong: "stamped Yves Saint Laurent" does not mean "vintage"—it simply means "pre-2012," nothing more.

Yves Saint Laurent1961-2002
Tom Ford2000-2004
Stefano Pilati2004-2012

Yves Saint Laurent archive models

Roger Vivier Thigh-High Boots 1963 collector's item

thigh-high, low heel, cut so close to the leg they were nicknamed "stockings"
Tom Ford's Final Collection Pump 2004 discontinued

inspired by the 1977 Chinese collection — the peak of the market for this house
Tribute still produced

interwoven leather straps fanned out over the front of the foot, 105mm heel, thick platform
Tribtoo late 2000s discontinued

the closed-toe version of the Tribute: concealed platform, almond toe
Opyum 2017 still produced

the heel is the YSL monogram itself, sculpted in metal

Recognizing and dating a pair of Yves Saint Laurent

The best textual indicator of the house is on the insole.
Before 2012-2013: "Yves Saint Laurent", sometimes "Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche". From Spring-Summer 2013 season: "SAINT LAURENT PARIS", then "SAINT LAURENT".
Two decisive nuances: only ready-to-wear was renamed — the company name remains Yves Saint Laurent — and the Cassandre monogram never disappeared. The 2017 Opyum is precisely a heel in the shape of the logo: it is the stamped text that dates, not the monogram.
The silhouette confirms: platform, patent leather and 105 to 110 mm heel for 2008-2012; very pointed toe, black, rock minimalism for 2012-2016; logo-sculpted heel for 2016 and after.
A box marked "Saint Laurent Paris" is necessarily post-2012.

What to look for before buying

The main flaw of the house is the platform covering. Tribute, Tribtoo, and Janis models feature a leather or patent leather covered platform, which takes all the wear: it tears at the tip and on the edge, where the shoe scrapes the ground. We re-cover it, but color matching on patent leather is delicate: this is the point we systematically photograph.
Cracked accordion patent leather cannot be re-colored.
Intertwined straps stretch and buckle holes become oval: restitching is clean and barely visible.
On pairs from 2008-2012, the glue has dried: we check for heel detachment from the upper, and we re-glue and restitch.
On the Opyum, the lacquered metallic heel cannot be properly repaired — but it also does not deform, it is a very solid heel.

What makes a pair valuable

Tom Ford's signature, and especially his final collection: this is the most sought-after segment of the house.
A true model name — Tribute, Opyum — rather than an anonymous pump.
The condition of the platform and the wrapping.
A common size, the original box and dust bag.

Sources: Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris (logotype de Cassandre, ouverture de Rive Gauche), Victoria & Albert Museum (Tribute, T.92:1,2-2014), Drouot (modèle Janis), presse mode de 2012 sur le changement de nom, Vogue (premier défilé d'Anthony Vaccarello), 1stDibs. Updated on 8/31/26.

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Brand creation

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How to find Yves Saint Laurent shoes at a low price?

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How to find pre-owned Yves Saint Laurent shoes for women?

A few pairs of Yves Saint Laurent, or YSL, shoes are resold on the second-hand market. Their price generally remains high, but there are some great opportunities. You can find them on our website My Pretty French Shoes, or you can find them elsewhere on second-hand sites. In this case, call upon a (very) good cobbler to restore them to a near-new condition.

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