Article: Designer who rewrote all the fashion books ; Legendary fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, who rewrote the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant trouser suits, has died at 71.

Legendary fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, who rewrote the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant trouser suits, has died at 71.

Tributes flowed for Saint Laurent, hailed as the "king of haute couture" following his death at his Paris home on Sunday night.

He died following a long illness, his long-time friend and former partner Pierre Berge said.

Saint Laurent was widely credited with rewriting the rules of fashion by designing elegant trousersuits for women, a move that came to define how modern females dressed.

French president Nicolas Sarkozy described him as "one of the greatest names in fashion" while Alexandra Shulman, the editor of British Vogue, said he helped bring ...

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