Groupe Yves Saint Laurent, has grown to become one of the world's leading labels for clothing, perfumes, accessories, makeup, and skin care products, and, of course, haute couture.
Yves Henri Donat Mathieu Saint Laurent was the founder of Yves Saint Laurent or YSL, was a French fashion designer who created one of the greatest and most well known brands in the world.
Yves Saint Laurent was credited with introducing the tuxedo suit for women and use of ethnic models in his shows and shoots.
Three Documentaries have been made on Yves Saint Laurent’s life:
• David Teboul’s “Yves Saint Laurent: His Life and Times
• “Yves Saint Laurent: 5 Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris”
• Pieere Thoretton’s “L’Amour Fou”
In 1953, Yves Saint Laurent won first place for three sketches he entered into a contest for young fashion designers. After meeting with the editor in chief of Vogue magazine, Saint Laurent was encouraged to become a fashion designer. He studied at Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture and graduated a star pupil. The same year he won the International Wool Secretarist.
Yves Saint Laurent died on the 1st of June in 2008 from brain cancer.
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