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Article: Yves Saint Laurent bids adieu after 40 years
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- Daily Breeze
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- January 8, 2002
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Yves Saint Laurent bids adieu after 40 years
PARIS: Highlights for the French designer included tuxedo, see-
through blouses.
PARIS -- Yves Saint Laurent, the master designer who created
undying trends such as the pantsuitand came to represent the ultimate
in elegance, announced his retirement Monday and said he would close
the legendary fashion house he started 40 years ago.
At a news conferenceat his Paris salon, Saint Laurent, 65, talked
at length about his battles with drugs, depression and loneliness,
but gave no indication those problems were the reason for his
retirement.
"I've known fear and terrible solitude," he said. "Tranquilizers
and drugs, those phony friends. The prison of ...