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4 unusual facts about Yves Saint Laurent


Cathy Horyn

She is known for her sharp, unflinchingly acerbic reviews, which got her banned from numerous designer shows, most notably Giorgio Armani, and as of 2012, Hedi Slimane's Yves Saint Laurent show in Paris.

Eger Karl Johan

They offer a range of exclusive and trendy designers such as Stella McCartney, Céline, Yves Saint Laurent and Marc Jacobs.

Gaspard Ulliel

He is scheduled to play Yves Saint Laurent in an upcoming biopic of the late designer's career.

Met Ball

1983-1984: Yves Saint Laurent: 25 Years of Design (December 1983-September 1984)


Aïshti

Opened by Tony Salamé in 1989, Aïshti has grown from a single high-end clothing store into a chain with various branches throughout Lebanon, selling luxury brands including Prada, Miu Miu, Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana, Dior, Sergio Rossi, Roberto Cavalli, Marc Jacobs, Marni, Burberry, Fendi, Chloé and others.

Alice Rawsthorn

Rawsthorn has contributed essays to several books on design and contemporary culture, including monographs of the work of the designers Hella Jongerius and the Bouroullec brothers and a biography of the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.

Anne-Catherine Lacroix

She has appeared in campaigns for big labels such as Jil Sander, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, and Louis Vuitton.

Bette Franke

Franke has been featured in print advertisements for Dolce & Gabbana, Oscar de la Renta, Celine, Yves Saint Laurent and Stella McCartney.

Caraceni

The various Caraceni "sartorias" have crafted handmade suits for various celebrities over the years, including Tyrone Power, Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Yves Saint Laurent, Gianni Agnelli, Sophia Loren and fashion designer Valentino Garavani.

Cartier Tank

The Tank has become one of the most highly-coveted and copied wristwatches of all time, and has graced the wrists of such style icons such as Jackie Kennedy, Princess Diana, Michelle Obama and Yves Saint Laurent, amongst countless others.

Cécile Pelous

Cécile Pelous is creative designer for couture houses in Paris including Dior, Lacroix, Nina Ricci, Yves Saint Laurent, and Galliano.

Chava Mond

Chava has also been on the catwalk for Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and London Fashion Week and she has appeared in the advertising campaigns of Laura Ashley, French Connection and Gina Bakoni.

François Halard

His work has been featured in advertising such as Armani, Burberry, Ralph Lauren, Yves Saint Laurent, Hugo Boss, and Ann Taylor.

Grace Woodward

Woodward has also styled Green Day for the cover of Rolling Stone, a special Yves Saint Laurent issue for GQ and the GQ Men of the Year cover and its nominees who included Jonathan Rhys Myers, Cillian Murphy and Jamie Oliver.

Kenneth Paul Block

Block’s incisive yet graceful brushstrokes captured the most important styles of the post-war era, including collections by Norman Norell, Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Coco Chanel, James Galanos, Givenchy, Pauline Trigère, Bill Blass, Halston, and Geoffrey Beene.

Kris Van Assche

He was immediately appointed at Yves Saint Laurent as Hedi Slimane’s first assistant for the Rive Gauche Homme line.

Noot Seear

She has appeared in advertising campaigns for brands such as Chanel, Giorgio Armani, Kenzo, Pantene Pro-V, Ralph Lauren Polo Jeans, Kenneth Cole, Neiman Marcus, Alberta Ferretti, Rolex and Yves Saint Laurent, where she was memorably styled as the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci for the Rive Gauche ad campaign in 1998.

Ossie Clark

Clark is compared to the 1960s fashion great Biba and influenced many other designers, including Yves Saint Laurent, Anna Sui and Tom Ford.

Robert Goossens

In his decades of creating fine jewelry, Goossens mixed the genuine stones with the fakes, a blend of the artificial gems with the semi-precious for clients including Coco Chanel, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent, Madame Gres and Christian Dior.

Sarah Murdoch

As a fashion model she appeared in campaigns for Bonds (clothing), L'Oréal, Revlon, Ralph Lauren, Yves Saint Laurent and Estée Lauder, as well as the 1999 and 2003 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues.

Simon Spurr

Upon graduation Spurr was hired to design menswear for Yves Saint Laurent, working under acclaimed designer Hedi Slimane.

Yfke Sturm

She has appeared on numerous runways around the world including: Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, DKNY, Tommy Hilfiger, Dolce & Gabbana, Dior, Versace, Chanel, Valentino, Armani, D&G, BCBG, Bill Blass, Chloe, Diane von Furstenberg, Fendi, Jil Sander, Halston, John Galliano, Marc Jacobs, Moschino, Oscar de la Renta, Verses, and Yves Saint Laurent.


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Pierre Bergé

The art collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Bergé was put up for sale by the latter in February 2009, with two of twelve bronze statue heads looted from the Old Summer Palace in China during the Second Opium War among them.