Posted on 06/01/2008 4:09:48 PM PDT by Perdogg
Yves Saint Laurent, considered by many as the greatest fashion designer of the 20th Century, has died in Paris at the age of 71.
Saint Laurent changed the face of the fashion industry when he became chief designer of the House of Dior at 21.
He designed clothes that reflected women's changing role in society: more confident personally, sexually and in the work-place.
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You’re right! I got the wrong guy.
Guen, it's humid here in Arkansas too!! I might try a lighter frangrance this time of year :)
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Per Fox News he helped to make the pantsuit more fashionable. Feel free to go with this.
My first thought.
I remember seeing him as a mystery guest on “What’s My Line” on the Game Show Network. The segment looked to have been filmed in the early sixties. YSL was very young and I was struck by how extremely shy he appeared to be. I always thought he had a great name for a designer. May he RIP.
It was Yves Saint Laurent who paired women’s pantsuits with high heels, which I just love.
I used to smoke YSL cigarettes (yes, he had his brand on cigarettes) back in the late 80’s.
I was too cool for the room.
I don't yearn for early St. Laurent. I do for early Dior:
I was going to say I liked it until you pointed out - quite correctly - that it looked very Partrich Family.
I was going to say I liked it until you pointed out - quite correctly - that it looked very Partrich Family.
Early Dior is brilliant. These days, Kleibecker is pretty nifty, though he doesn’t do two lines a year. YSL’s stuff is normally very classy, though... trapeze and maternity fashions aside. :)
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