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Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent, better known as Yves Saint Laurent, was a French fashion designer who founded his eponymous fashion label in 1962. He was the last of the grand couturiers and is regarded as one of the foremost designers of the 20th century.
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Born 1 August 1936 · Died 1 June 2008 · Q171556
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He also created his classic day shift dress, the Mondrian, left, in the 60s, based on the Dutch artist
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“I have known fear and the terrors of solitude. I have known those fair-weather friends we call tranquillisers and drugs. I have known the prison of depression and the confinement of hospital. But one day, I was able to come through all of that, dazzled yet sober.”
“He also created his classic day shift dress, the Mondrian, left, in the 60s, based on the Dutch artist”
“Yves Saint Laurent is like a combination of all of them. He”
“But I must stress that this money should not be paid,”
“We will continue to live together in my home.”
“I am very sad to put an end to a love affair that has lasted for 40 years,”
“the end of a long love affair”
The New York Times: Yves Saint Laurent and Photography: A Hot and Heavy Romance
The "Yves Saint Laurent Aux Musées" exhibition was held simultaneously at six Parisian cultural institutions: the Centre Pompidou, the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, the Musée du Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, the Musée Natio
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The street in front of the Majorelle Garden in Marrakesh was renamed the Rue Yves Saint Laurent in his honor
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Forbes rated Saint Laurent the top-earning dead celebrity
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Died 2008-06-01.
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“I don't really like knees.”
“I have always believed that fashion was not made only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.”
Awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (2007).
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Saint Laurent was awarded the rank of Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy
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For a Matisse work and sold for 32 million euros
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Was elevated to the rank of Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur
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Saint Laurent created a foundation with Bergé in Paris to trace the history of the house of YSL, complete with 15,000 objects and 5,000 pieces of clothing
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Saint Laurent was awarded the rank of Commander of the Légion d'Honneur by French President Jacques Chirac
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Awarded CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award (1999).
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Saint Laurent received the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award at the CFDA Fashion Awards
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The Yves Saint Laurent business was sold to Sanofi
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Turned over the responsibility of the prêt-à-porter line to his assistants
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Saint Laurent was awarded an Oscar de la mode for his 'contribution to the history of fashion' at The Oscars of Fashion event in Paris
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Saint Laurent became the first living fashion designer to be honored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art with a solo exhibition
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Became the first living fashion designer to be honored with a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Saint Laurent and Bergé bought a neo-gothic villa, Château Gabriel in Benerville-sur-Mer, near Deauville, France
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Saint Laurent received the International Fashion Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America
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Warhol's partner, Jed Johnson, later decorated Bergé's New York pied-à-terre at The Pierre in 1978 and designed the Yves Saint Laurent Enterprises offices in New York in 1979.
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The prominently shoulder-padded styles that would characterize the 1980s
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And designed the Yves Saint Laurent Enterprises offices in New York in 1979
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Saint Laurent and Bergé ended their romantic relationship but remained business partners
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Villa Oasis 45 and Majorelle Garden in 1980, and Villa Mabrouka in 1997
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Accusing de Bascher and Lagerfeld of being responsible for Saint Laurent's mental health issues and his increasing interest in hard drugs and sadomasochism
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Saint Laurent began a six-month affair with Karl Lagerfeld's companion Jacques de Bascher
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“The colors are marvelous — orange, red, green, and pink.”
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Saint Laurent commissioned a portrait, and Warhol later traveled to Paris to photograph him for the work
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Posed for a natural-looking nude photograph as part of the advertising campaign for his Pour Homme men's fragrance
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Amidst heavy criticism of his 1940s-themed collection, he threatened to end his couture services entirely
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Was highlighted in the May 1972 issue of British Vogue
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She initially formed a friendship with Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé and, in 1968, became press officer for the Rive Gauche ready-to-wear line.
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Saint Laurent began a friendship with American Pop artist Andy Warhol
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Became press officer for the Rive Gauche ready-to-wear line
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After witnessing the epochal French uprisings of that year
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Éditions Tchou published a book by Saint Laurent, La Vilaine Lulu (The Villain Lulu), a collection of comic strips featuring a cruelly mischievous little girl named Lulu whom the designer had been sketching since 1956, w
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“Everything was black before Marrakech.”
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Showed A-line minidresses of transparent fabric separated by strategically placed horizontal bands of Space Age silver sequins
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Which marked the start of a lifelong passion for Moroccan culture
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They soon became a couple, and together they co-founded the Yves Saint Laurent Couture House in 1961.
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And 1958, but Saint Laurent's versions were criticized for being too short and too restrictive, and were called "hobble" skirts
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At age 21, Saint Laurent became the head designer of the House of Dior, the most influential and profitable fashion house in the world
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Age 17, Saint Laurent submitted three sketches to a contest for young fashion designers organized by the International Wool Secretariat in Paris; he won third prize in the dress category
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And 1954, inspired by fashion magazines and the models Bettina Graziani and Suzy Parker, he created 11 paper dolls and 500 garments and accessories for them
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“s books. He had always been preoccupied with fashion; as early as age three, he would become upset if he didn”
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Born 1936-08-01.
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