Born on 01 August 1936 in Oran French Algeria to a small time Insurance company manager, Yves Saint-Laurent, went on to become a living legend in the fashion industry due to his contribution and the whole world due to his exemplary designs. In fact, in 1985 book Couture: The Great Fashion Designers, the author Caroline Rennolds Milbank famously said that Yves Saint-Laurent should be credited for surging the Couture’s upward swing from the sixties debacle and also for rendering ready-to-wear designs. Popular as a French pied noir fashion designer, Yves Saint-Laurent is considered by many as one of the greatest designers of the 20th century.
The designs by Yves Saint-Laurent have been extremely popular and even the imitation pieces, designer Yves Saint-Laurent replicas and knock offs have created waves amongst the fashion circles. However, so dramatic were the events in young Yves Saint-Laurent’s life that it is hard to imagine his claim to fame arrived so soon, at the young age of 22. In fact, Yves Saint-Laurent left his home at the tender age of 17 in order to work with the great French fashion designer Christian Dior. Crafty and creative Yves Saint-Laurent caught the eyes of Dior very soon and was one of the closest students and associate of the designer till his death in 1957. Being the most talented and closest students, Yves Saint-Laurent was made to head the Dior house which was in a financial mess due to various factors. Yves Saint-Laurent took up the challenge and created history by successfully turning the tables and scripting a fortune for the Dior house thus saving it from total devastation after the death of its founder.
However, destiny had a cruel plan for Yves Saint-Laurent and soon he was conscripted for compulsory service at with the French Army during the Algerian war of Independence. The designer could not cope with the hectic lifestyle of a soldier and the constant hazing by his fellow soldiers. The fragile and creative mind lost balance and Yves Saint-Laurent suffered a breakdown after only 20 days of Military service. This led to hospitalization of Yves Saint-Laurent in a French Mental Hospital for psychiatric treatment which included shock therapy. However, it was this incident which prompted Yves Saint-Laurent to leave the Dior house in safe hands and start his own brand YSL which was financed by his sweetheart and companion, Pierre Berge.
There after started one of the most amazing rises of a fashion Mughal who scripted successive success stories to brighten the world with creative designs. The knock offs and designer replica handbags of Yves Saint-Laurent became extremely famous during this period due to the artful efforts to create exact copies of the original design and present perfect designer replicas to the fashion conscious who could not afford the original goods. The Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge pair remained financially connected though they had ended their romantic liaison. The brand YSL had touched the sky and a series of path breaking trends such as beatnik look, tight pants and tall, Le Smoking suit, classic tuxedo for women, thigh high shoes and many more brilliant creations. The knock offs and designer replicas of all these products were gleefully lapped up by the fashion conscious crowds.
Yves Saint-Laurent is credited with many firsts and making a black model walk down the ramp is one of them. Yves Saint-Laurent’s trendy and elegant Rive Gauche collection, its creatively crafted imitation pieces and designer replicas and Rive Gauche boutiques created a wave of democratization amongst the new age designers. The metropolitan Museum of Art honored Yves Saint-Laurent in 1983, the only living fashion designer to be thus honored. In 2001, the French President honored him with the rank of Commander of Légion d'Honneur. With so many achievements Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge decided to create a foundation in Paris in order to trace the history of YSL brand along with all its 15,000 objects as well as the 5,000 pieces of clothing. The creative genius decided to call it a day in 2002 after relentlessly working for over 50 years. He now spends most of his time at his home in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Pierre Bergé once said, "The most important thing for Saint Laurent is not to follow or proceed, but to always be of his time. Not in the past, not in the future, just at the right place."
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