The renowned fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent first visited Marrakech in 1966. Now a museum dedicated to the fashion house is opening in the city that had such a strong influence on him. In the words of Pierre Bergé, the French fashion tycoon who co-founded the fashion house and passed away on 8 September, just a month before the opening: “It feels perfectly natural, 50 years later, to build a museum dedicated to his oeuvre, which was so inspired by this country.”

Photograph: Reginald Gray