Yves Saint-Laurent, one of the greatest couture designers in the world, has died today at the age of 71. Born in French Algeria, Saint Laurent began his career alongside Christian Dior at the young age of 17. After the untimely death of Dior in 1957, Saint Laurent took over the fashion house at the age of 22. Unheard of in any industry, both then and now. From then, the sky was the limit. He has been an unstoppable force in fashion and solely responsible for countless trends and classic looks sense.
Remember beatniks? The whole cig and beret thing? He did that. Remember the first time anyone had seen a black model go down a major runway? His show. The first women to be thrown out of fancy restaurants and hotels for wearing pant suits in the sixties and seventies were wearing HIS pants.
He was a legend in his own right, and a hero to me.
His vision and raw talent was unparalleled and he will be missed.
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July 26th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Coming from such a bad-ass designer, grounded in solid tradition, laser-like awareness of fads, trends and their relative superficialities, who is also creative as hell, that’s high praise indeed. (Shit!! I just burned a hole in my beret!)