The art direction and music in the video is amazing, not to mention the clothes. Definately one of my favorite designers.
A few facts about Yves Saint Laurent, the designer and brand:
- Saint-Laurent left home at the age of 17 to work for the French designer Christian Dior.
- Yves Saint-Laurent was founded by designer Yves Saint-Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé, in 1962.
- In 1966, he popularized ready-to-wear in an attempt to democratize fashion, with Rive Gauche and the boutique of the same name.
- He was first designer to use black models in his catwalk shows.
- In 1993, the Saint-Laurent fashion house was sold to the pharmaceuticals company Sanofi for approximately $600,000,000.
- In 1983, he became the first living fashion designer to be honored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Saint-Laurent retired in 2002, the brand still survives through its parent company Gucci. Today, its chief designer is Stefano Pilati.
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