The greatest fashion designer of the 20th century
Yves Saint Laurent (1st August 1936 – 1st June 2008) was considered by many as the greatest fashion designer of the 20th Century.
When he became the chief designer of the House of Dior at the age of 21 after the death of Christian Dior at age 52, he changed the look of the fashion industry, designing clothes that reflected women’s changing role in society: more confident personally, sexually and in the work-place: he introduced trouser suits, safari jackets and sweaters. He made “ready-to-wear” popular.
He retired in 2002, was ill for quite some time, and died of the effects of brain cancer at this residence in Paris.
He once said:”I found my style through women. That’s where its strength and vitality comes from because I draw on the body of a woman.”
French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid his tributes, saying Laurent was “the first to elevate haute couture to the rank of art and that gave him global influence. Yves Saint Laurent infused his label with his creative genius, elegant and refined personality… because he was convinced that beauty was a necessary luxury for all men and all women.”
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