Yves Saint Laurent  Top #2

Yves Henri-Donat Mathieu-Saint Laurent was born in August 1, 1935 in Oran, Algeria. At the age of 18 after winning third price in an International Wool Secretariat, Yves went to Paris, France. In Paris he was introduced to designer Christian Dior, by the editor of French Vogue Michel De Brunoff. After the death of Christian Dior In 1957 Yves Laurent became Dior’s Houte Couture designer. At the age of 21, Yves launched a spring collection for Dior where he got awarded as the head designer for the House of Dior. In 1962 after a tremendous breakdown, and leaving the House of Dior, Yves started his own label called YSL. In 1966 he launched a boutique for woman’s called The Rive Gauche, followed by men’s boutique in 1970. In 1971 Yves launched his first men’s fragrance “Pour Homme” with him posting nude on the cover. In 1983 Yves became the first designer in the fashion industry to give a solo exhibit at a Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1998 Yves was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the council of fashion designers of America. Sadly in June 2008 Yves died from brain cancer at the age of 71 in Paris.

Today Yves Saint Laurent is ranking number 2 in the fashion industry. There’s more in the market today than just perfume and YSL clothing. There’s YSL makeup, perfume, shoes, bags, accessories, clothing, jewellery, and suits for both men and women. Yves made an impact on the fashion industry through his bold statements of art in design and presentation. One of Yve’s noted accomplishment was being asked by Farah Diba to design her wedding dress when she was marrying the Shah (King) of Iran.

“I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.”
“Fashions fade, style is eternal.”
-Yves Saint Laurent

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