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Article: He Put a Swagger In Women's Steps; Yves Saint Laurent Threaded His Designs With an Empowering Aesthetic [Correction 6/11/08]
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- The Washington Post
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- June 2, 2008
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Often, when a fashion designer dies and his life's work is
assessed, some insistent hyperbole is necessary before the death
matters to anyone beyond his loyal band of ladies who spend their
time dashing between luncheons and charity balls. Most modern women
are not going to weep at the passing of a fashion designer whose
heyday was some 30 years ago.
But this time, it's Yves Saint Laurent who has died. He passed
away yesterday evening, at age 71, at his Paris home. And no
exaggeration is required to explain the impact he has had on modern
fashion. In the 1960s and '70s, when he was at the height of his
influence, he brought popular culture, a mannish swagger, sexual
power and ethnic ...