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Article: Fashion great Yves Saint Laurent expected to announce retirement
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- January 7, 2002
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Dateline: PARIS
Yves Saint Laurent, the legendary fashion designer who popularized
pantsuits for women and introduced the daring see-through blouse,
was expected to announce his retirement from the world of haute couture
on Monday, newspaper reports said.
Saint Laurent, 65, called a news conference for Monday, and there
was wide speculation in the French media that the reclusive designer
would use the occasion to say good-bye.
"Tomorrow, at noon, a living legend will take his leave," Le Journal
du Dimanche newspaper reported Sunday.
A man who answered the phone Sunday at Saint Laurent's Paris office
refused to confirm the reports.
Saint Laurent's early ...