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Article: Fashion legend Yves Saint Laurent dies
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- June 2, 2008
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ELAINE GANLEY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
06-02-2008
Fashion legend Yves Saint Laurent dies
By ELAINE GANLEY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 06-02-2008, Monday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions
Biographical: YVES SAINT LAURENT
PARIS — Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent, who reworked the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant pantsuits that came to define how modern women dressed, died Sunday evening, a longtime friend and associate said. He was 71.
Pierre Berge said Saint Laurent died at his Paris home following a long illness.
A towering figure of 20th century fashion, Saint Laurent was widely considered the last of a generation that included Christian Dior ...