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French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent dies
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French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent dies
French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, hailed as a 20th century cultural innovator who revolutionised the way women dressed, has died at 71. The couture creations of the reclusive Saint Laurent won global fine art status and he was widely considered to be one of an elite club of designers including Christian Dior and Coco Chanel who made Paris the fashion capital of the world. The designer had been diagnosed with a brain tumour last year.
From Princess Grace of Monaco to the actress Catherine Deneuve, Saint Laurent?s creations adorned many famous women but he was also the first designer to make luxury labels accessible to a wide audience through innovative ready-to-wear collections. He made his appearance on the world stage at just 21 and built up a clothes, perfumes and accessories empire that resulted in a 1989 stock market flotation ? the first by a fashion house. But Saint Laurent also suffered from severe depression and underwent treatment for alcohol abuse and became increasingly withdrawn later in life.
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