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Article: Stefano Pilati: Yves Saint Laurent's death last summer ended an extraordinary era in fashion but Yves Saint Laurent the brand lives on splendidly, thanks to creative director Stefano Pilati, whose brilliant eye is unerringly tuned to the future. In the new world off YSL, beauty still intoxicates, but you'll respect her in the morning.(Interview)
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- September 1, 2008
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Almost one year ago, Italian model Mariacarla Boscono stalked out alone into the clean, well-lit space of Paris's Grand Palais to open the Spring/Summer 2008 collection for YSL. The slender beauty--wearing a plain, boldly cut ensemble part Brooks Brothers and part Metropolis, and high heels whose vamp carried the distinctive YSL logo--would be the harbinger of change, signaling an end to the specter of Yves Saint Laurent and a vivid new assertiveness for Stefano Pilati. Now into his fifth year and second phase as creative director of YSL, and with the death of his legendary predecessor just behind him, the 42-year-old designer is hitting ...