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Yves Saint Laurent

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Yves Saint Laurent

1936–2008

French fashion designer (1936–2008)

Interwar & WWII

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Biography

Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent, better known as Yves Saint Laurent or YSL, was a French fashion designer who, in 1962, founded his eponymous fashion label. He is regarded as being among the foremost fashion designers of the twentieth century.

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Timeline

1936
Birth

Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent (d. 2008)

August 1 →
1962
Event

le Français Yves Saint Laurent présente sa première collection de haute couture.

January 29 →
1993
Event

Sanofi annonce racheter Yves Saint Laurent.

January 19 →
2002
Event

le couturier français Yves Saint Laurent annonce son départ de la maison de couture qu'il a fondée quarante années plus tôt avec son compagnon Pierre Bergé.

January 7 →
2002
Event

les ateliers de haute-couture d'Yves Saint Laurent ferment définitivement leurs portes, après 40 années d'existence.

October 31 →
2008
Death

French fashion designer, founded Saint Laurent Paris (b. 1936)

June 1 →

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