1936 Yves Saint Laurent was born in a wealthy aristocratic family in Algiers, Oran. The mother encourages the son of a propensity for drawing and design, and after Ive graduated from the school, the family moved to Paris. 1953 17-year-old Yves participates in the competition of young designers. In the nomination "evening dress," he divides the first prize with a young Karl Lagerfeld. And yet in the contest Saint Laurent turns ahead. In his sketches, draws the attention of Michel de Brunoff, chief of the French edition of Vogue. As a result, the journal publishes several drawings that becomes an excellent reference for the novice designer. Shortly after the publication of sketches Saint Laurent met with great couturier Christian Dior.
1955 Saint Laurent became the assistant to the head of the famous French House Dior.
1957 Dior suddenly dies. Investors made a daring decision, offering Saint Laurent to become the successor proslavlennogo wizard.
1958 The first collection of Saint Laurent "a-Line" brings Home Dior resounding success. In anticipation of the show, everyone had assumed that the new Chapter will inherit the style of its predecessor, creating a feminine collection with a tight curvy silhouettes. But short trapeze dress, which was presented to the public Yves Saint Laurent, was in a completely different direction in fashion. Still Dior collection differed smooth, rounded contours and were addressed to women with already formed, Mature beauty. In the defile of the same Saint Laurent, on the contrary, � clearly felt the spirit of youth, his articles were filled with sharp lines, unusual proportions.
1960 Saint Laurent creates a new collection "Hipster" (Beatnik), presenting it cropped motorcycle jackets and suits, under which, instead of shirts worn turtlenecks. The ideas of the young couturier seem investors� The house is too avant-garde and, using as a pretext call Saint Laurent in the army, they have reorganized the House and invited for the post of head of other talented designer - Mark Boana. To cope with a nervous breakdown, aggravated by military service, and to improve their business Saint Laurent helps his friend and business partner Pierre Berge. Against investors sued for premature termination of the contract.
1962 Money received as compensation, Saint Laurent and Berge opened his own fashion House Yves Saint Laurent, the logo of which were three gilt letters YSL. The first collection from Yves Saint Laurent shows in that year, creates Saint Laurent reputation anarchist fashion. Designer prints on the catwalk model in a double-breasted suit, which until then was considered a privilege of masculinity. Saint Laurent is the first woman in cropped coat-trench coat, as well as in transparent blouses.
1966 Saint Laurent invents female tuxedo, showing which produces a sensation in the fashion world and when life makes Maestro legend.
1968 In the midst of the Vietnam war Saint Laurent creates a collection made in camouflage style and named by experts as "sensational". Almost every catwalk couturier is different from the outrageous, marked by its extraordinary vision� fashion. Maestro draws inspiration from the works of Picasso, van Gogh, Warhol himself capable of szdavat the surrounding atmosphere provocation and outrageous. So, in 1971 couturier becomes a model for advertising of men's perfume Yves Saint Laurent Pour Homme, which poses completely naked.
1993 Saint Laurent sell your House pharmaceutical giant Sanofi for $ 600 million. Stock crisis Yves Saint Laurent loses many investors and decides to stop the production of ready-made collections, doing only high fashion. Haute couture collection he created until 2002.
1998 In October, the Maestro has spent the last show prêt-a-porte, who for 30 years was known under the label Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche.
1999 Fashion house Yves Saint Laurent sold the Gucci group, and its creative Director appointed American designer Tom Ford, who succeeded to the post of fashion designer Alber Elbaz. Mark took a quick start, taking a privileged position among the brands with high reputation. Under logoteam YSL produces perfumes and ready line of men's and women's clothing.
2002� Yves Saint Laurent announces retirement. His farewell show was a retrospective fashion show at the Centre Pompidou. The finale of the show was the appearance on the podium longtime Muse couturier Catherine Deneuve, who performed a song for him. Maestro, came with her to the last time to bow to the audience, unable to hold back tears. Six months later after the show, Yves Saint Laurent is selling his fashion House, but the brand continues to exist.
2004 The new head of YSL becomes Stefano Pilates. Unlike left high post Tom Ford, between him and couturiers quickly develop a good relationship. Pilates is not trying to copy what you did in the Maestro, but retains a commitment to a culture of Yves Saint Laurent, proclaiming the luxury of an integral part of life.
His last days Yves Saint Laurent lived in seclusion at the Villa Majorelle in Marrakech. His health, undermined in previous years, nervous stress and drugs, deteriorated, and in 2008 the wizard was forced to return to Paris to undergo treatment in a clinic.
1 June 2008 Yves Saint Laurent died before reaching the age of 72 years. His remains, according to the will, was scattered over the garden of the Villa Majorelle, who he loved very much.
Author:
Borisova O.
Source:
Vogue
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