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Article: YSL TO GIVE UP RIVE GAUCHE
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- WWD
- Article date:
- June 5, 1998
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PARIS -- The house of Yves Saint Laurent is about to drop a bombshell: Saint Laurent is retiring from ready-to-wear, and Alber Elbaz, of Guy Laroche, has been tapped as his successor.
According to sources here, Elbaz will take over the plum Rive Gauche rtw post at the end of this year and will show his first collection for YSL in March 1999. Saint Laurent, who is celebrating his 40th year as a designer, will continue to do haute couture.
"For the moment, this is a rumor," said YSL chief Pierre Berge. "That's not to say that I have not met with Mr. Elbaz, and that's not to say that I am not looking for someone for ready-to-wear."
He was adamant that ...