Who is Yves Saint Laurent?

Yves Saint Laurent is French fashion designer.

How did Yves Saint Laurent die?

Yves Saint Laurent passed away in 2008 (brain tumor).

Yves Saint Laurent

Q: What is Yves Saint Laurent known for?

Yves Saint Laurent is primarily known as a(n) art collector, grand couturier, painter, fashion designer, personal stylist, costume designer, businessperson, jewelry designer.

French fashion designer

Born:August 1, 1936

Died:June 1, 2008

Age at death:71

Manner of death:Natural Causes

Cause of death:Brain Tumor

Zodiac Sign:Leo

Born in:Oran, Algeria

Buried in:Morocco

Languages:French

Art Collector Grand Couturier Painter Fashion Designer Personal Stylist Costume Designer Businessperson Jewelry Designer

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Famous For

Notable Work

Saint Laurent ParisLe Smoking

Movies & TV

L'Amour fouFashion!

Awards

Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (2007)CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award (1999)

Yves Saint Laurent

French fashion designer

Biography

Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent (1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008), better known as Yves Saint Laurent (, also UK: , US: ; French: [iv sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃] ), was a French fashion designer who founded his eponymous fashion label in 1962. He was the last of the grand couturiers and is regarded as one of the foremost designers of the 20th century. Saint Laurent received numerous distinctions for his work, including the International Fashion Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 1982. In 1983, he became the first living fashion designer to be honored with a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2007, he was elevated to the rank of Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur.

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Quotes

“I have always believed that fashion was not made only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.”

— As quoted in "50 Days of Everyday Fashion" in Yours magazine.

“Quoted in The Observer, 3 August 1958.”

“I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.”

— New York Magazine (November 28, 1983), p. 53.

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Photos

Yves Saint-Laurent at his old studio of the same name, Paris, 1961

Entrada del Jardín Majorelle, sobre la calle Yves Saint Laurent de la ciudad de Marrakech, Marruecos.

28 januari 2016 / Amsterdam, January 28th 2016. Presidency Conference on the Multiannual Financial Framewerk. Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva and Dutch minister Bert Koenders of Foreign Affairs (R) Foto: Rijksoverheid/Martijn Beekman – Photograph: Dutch Government/Martijn Beekman

Yves Saint-Laurent at his old studio of the same name, Paris, 1961

Plaque en hommage à Yves-Saint-Laurent, 55 rue de Babylone (Paris, 7e).

YSL silk tie

Memorial del diseñador francés Yves Saint Laurent al interior del Jardín Majorelle, espacio adquirido y rescatado por Saint Laurent y su pareja Pierre Bergé en 1980.