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(1936-2008)

Who Was Yves Saint Laurent?

As a teen, Yves Saint Laurent left Algeria for Paris to work for designer Christian Dior and gained acclaim for his dress designs.

In 1966, he launched his own fashion labels, where his adaptations of tuxedos for women garnered him fame.

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He was the first living designer to receive a solo exhibition in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1983.

Early Years

Yves Henri Donat Matthieu Saint Laurent was born on August 1, 1936, in Oran, Algeria, to Charles and Lucienne Andrée Mathieu-Saint-Laurent.

He grew up in a villa by the Mediterranean with his two younger sisters, Michelle and Brigitte. While his family was relatively well off — his father was a lawyer and insurance broker who owned a chain of cinemas — childhood for the future fashion icon was not easy.

Saint Laurent was not popular in school, and was often bullied by schoolmates for appearing to be homosexual. As a consequence, Saint Laurent was a nervous chi