Yves Saint Laurent, 71
Posted: Sunday, June 1st, 2008 8:04 pmYves Saint Laurent, one of the top French designers of the 20th century, has died in Paris, aged 71.
The death was announced this morning by the Pierre-Berg-Saint Laurent Foundation.
The reclusive French maestro, who had retired from haute couture in 2002 after four decades at the top of his trade, had been ill for some time. He died on Sunday. …
After taking over the Christian Dior fashion house following the death of its founder in 1957, Saint Laurent founded his own company in the early 1960s.
He made his own name on the back of the rise of the youth market and pop culture, fuelled by the economic boom of that decade, when women suddenly had more economic freedom. …Read full obituary
