Legendary Designer Yves Saint Laurent Dies at 71

[s0436]

I am not surprised, he had been ill for some time and had basically retired some years ago. I am not too sad because his legacy will always live on, far beyond his lifetime.

 

[kezme44]

n...nooooooo!!!!

 

[sandra]

RIP This is a true loss for the Fashion industry. He was a pioneer in so manay ways and was very talented.

I truly mourn. All the greats a leaving us.

 

[Rightguard]

Yves Saint Laurent Dies at 71

Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent dies at 71
PARIS (AP) — A longtime friend and associate of Yves Saint Laurent says the famed couturier has died at his Paris home at the age of 71.
Pierre Berge says that Saint Laurent died Sunday evening following a long illness. He did not give details.
The innovative designer was an institution for decades in the world of high fashion.
He was widely considered the last of a generation that included Christian Dior and Coco Chanel and made Paris the fashion capital of the world.

The Associated Press

 

[Navygreen]

F___ that's terrible.

 

[ChloeFrancoise]

R.i.p.

 

[Nemova]

No, no... this is not possible. It can't be true.

 

[Alber Elbaz]

Very sad. =(
It is a true loss for the fashion industry.

 

[TeeKay]

I just read it on the BBC, could not believe it at all....

Rest In Peace

 

[Spike413]

My eyes rarely ever bulge out of their sockets when I read a headline. This is an exception.

What an incredible loss.

 

[seanutbutter]

I am hoping it was natural causes...

From SFGate.com:

Pierre Berge did not give details but said Saint Laurent died at his Paris home following a long illness.

In any case, it's a true loss and he will most certainly be missed. Rest in peace.

 

[masquerade]

RIP Yves

 

[Caffeine]

What a loss! RIP!

 

[catherinef89]

YSL passed away. He was seventy-one.

Sources: ontd_fashinfags, CNN, and BBC

 

[zdarlightz]

He will be missed.
RIP

 

[Erin]

Such sad news.

I, too, got a CNN Alert for this.

RIP.

 

[Breathless]

Rip Ysl

 

[Hye Park Lover]

Fashion king Saint Laurent dies

Yves Saint Laurent was a major name in 20th Century fashion


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.
He retired from haute couture in 2002 and had been ill for some time.
Saint Laurent died on Sunday evening in the French capital, the Pierre-Berge-Saint Laurent Foundation announced.
Pierre Berge, a long-time friend and associate of the designer, said he had died at his home after along illness. He did not give details.
'I draw on woman'
"I found my style through women," Saint Laurent once said.
"That's where its strength and vitality comes from because I draw on the body of a woman."
He changed forever what women wear, introducing trouser suits, safari jackets and sweaters, BBC arts correspondent Razia Iqbal notes.
Saint Laurent was a great innovator, helping to revitalise haute couture while making ready-to-wear design popular.
Born in the Algerian city of Oran at a time when the North African country was still considered a part of France, he had a precocious talent.
At the age of 18 he won a dress design competition, which brought him to the notice of Christian Dior.
His first collection caused a sensation with its gently flared dresses and jackets that set the mould for 1950s fashion.
Life of ill-health
Within three years, Dior had died and Yves St Laurent had taken his place. He made clothes that were elegant and sexy, reflecting women's more confident role in society.
He took the world by storm with his trouser suits, highly coloured ethnic prints and designs inspired by the art world.
Taunted as a schoolboy because of his homosexuality, Yves St Laurent suffered mental and physical ill health for much of his life and he appeared in public only rarely. But his influence will last for years to come, our arts correspondent Razia Iqbal says. France has lost not only its greatest fashion designer but also a cultural icon, she adds.

bbc.co.uk

 

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Rip

 

[cavanaugh]