Article: Fashion Icon Yves Saint Laurent Dies

RENEE MONTAGNE
NPR Morning Edition
06-02-2008
Fashion Icon Yves Saint Laurent Dies

Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time 11:00-12:00 PM


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RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

The French haut couture designer who revolutionized how ordinary women dressed - he gave them the pantsuit - has died. Yves Saint Laurent was 71 when he passed away last night at his home in Paris. He was an icon of the fashion world and is considered one of the most influential designers of our time. Eleanor Beardsley sends this report.

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ELEANOR BEARDSLEY: Shortly after the news of Yves Saint Laurent's death broke, tributes began pouring in on French television and radio. A towering figure of ...

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