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Article: YVES SAINT LAURENT
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 3, 2008
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Paris couturier who was revered as a genius but considered
himself a 'crazy mixed-up man'
Revered internationally as the most important couturier of modern
times, Yves Saint Laurent was a master of feminine tailoring who
rewrote the rule book on the way women dress. His style, although
occasionally outrageous and often androgynous, never crossed the
line between wearable fashion and fancy dress. He was also the first
to recognise the importance of branding, with his initials, YSL,
becoming a shorthand for French elegance and Parisian chic.
From its inception, the Yves Saint Laurent look was glossy,
sharp, extravagant and assured. His most famous muse, and the
embodiment of Saint Laurent ...