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Contents Biography of Yves Saint Laurent Born in a French colony, the legendary" YSL "Revolutionary" haute couture " Cult spirits Drew inspiration from the ballet Nothing lasts forever Personal life of Yves Saint Laurent Love to the grave When inspiration beat over the edge
Claiming: "Style is me," the French magician regretted that he did not invent jeans.
Even a person who does not follow fashion trends knows that it was he, Yves Saint Laurent, who "invented" the legendary perfume "Opium".
The biography of the couturier, like any of us, has known light and dark stripes, a rapid rise and a long painful sunset.
And it all started with the fact that 21 one year old newcomer was invited to lead the fashion house "Dior".
Biography of Yves Saint Laurent
Born in a French colony
He was born far from the European fashion centers – in Algeria on August 1, 1936.
Later, the family moved to France, and Yves Henri Don Mathieu Saint Laurent settled in Paris from the age of 17.
He studied at the courses of fashion designers, and in 1955 he was able to get a job with Christian Dior himself, as an assistant.
He turned out to be a very capable young man, and when the master suddenly died in 1957, it was Saint Laurent who was offered the post of artistic director.
A year later, he presented his first personal collection of women's clothing to the spoiled metropolitan public.
Soon the young man was drafted into the army.
He was sent to Africa, but the military biography of Yves Saint Laurent did not work out.
Less than three weeks later, an impressionable recruit who experienced a nervous breakdown was sent home, and then treated in a psychiatric hospital.
Having secured the investments of the famous American tycoon Mark Robinson, the aspiring couturier opened his own fashion house.
He was assisted by his partner, Pierre Berger.
They came up with the "YSL" logo and, starting work in 1961, a year later they entered the world market with the first collection.
The revolutionary "haute couture"
The French genius turned out to be a true revolutionary "haute couture".
Being a homosexual, he adored androgynous images, attracted very thin, boy like models to work.
He "gave" women boots and a tuxedo, working in the "unisex" style.
And yet it was this fashion designer who decided to release dark skinned beauties on the catwalk.
A huge success was waiting for the couturier in 1965 - this year's collection was inspired by the work of the Dutchman Piet Mondrian.
The Dutchman professed the same techniques as Kandinsky and Malevich, so abstractionism reigned on the models of Yves Saint Laurent.
Cult spirits
In the early 1970s, the designer began to expand his sphere of influence and began producing perfumes under his own brand.
At first, the spirits were born, the names for which were suggested by the district of the French capital the refuge of the bohemians, "Rive Gauche".
And for the sake of advertising a men's fragrance, the fashion designer organized his own nude photo shoot.
The cult perfume "Opium" appeared in 1977 and made a real sensation.
This oriental fragrance is still popular with ladies who know their worth.
I drew inspiration from ballet
Another bright page in the biography of Yves Saint Laurent is the costumes he invented for ballet productions.
He was a big fan of the choreography of the magnificent Roland Petit, collaborated with him on the play "Notre Dame de Paris".
Maya Plisetskaya dressed in the "miracle from Saint Laurent", performing "The Death of the Rose" , and Petit's wife, the dancer Zizi Janmer, was delighted with the costumes that the master came up with for her numbers.
But the French movie star Catherine Deneuve was proud of her friendship with the master, the charming blonde inspired Saint Laurent to new finds, and he was happy to "pack" her beauty into his outfits.
Nothing lasts forever
At the peak of his fame, Yves Saint Laurent became a laureate of the International Award of the Council of Fashion Designers of the United States, an exhibition was dedicated to him at the legendary Metropolitan Museum, and then, already at home, he was awarded the Legion of Honor.
But the turbulent youth, the bohemian life were not in vain, already in his early fifties, Yves ' health was very much undermined.
He tried to be treated for addiction to alcohol and drugs, which also did not affect the business very well.
In the 1990s, the fashion house of Yves Saint Laurent was experiencing a crisis, the master himself almost retired, entrusting the collections to his successor (it was the novice couturier Alber Elbaz).
In 2002, he almost did not show himself in public – he felt very bad, and died in 2008, in the first summer.
On June 5, half of Paris came to say goodbye to the legendary fashion designer, traffic in the area of the rue Saint Honore was blocked.
Personal life of Yves Saint Laurent
Love to the grave
At the age of 22, Yves Saint Laurent met Pierre Berger.
They became both business partners and lovers.
It was Berger who got the billionaire Robinson to make huge investments in his and Saint Laurent's future brainchild a fashion House.
This romantic relationship ended in 1976.
One of the reasons is called Berge's jealousy.
Allegedly, Yves Saint Laurent destroyed his personal life himself, being carried away by Lagerfeld's boyfriend Jacques De Basher.
Pierre did not forgive the betrayal, but he kept the creative union with the fashion designer.
And almost before the death of his friend, he even agreed to marry Yves.
When inspiration was beating over the edge
The twists and turns of Yves Saint Laurent's personal life and his inspired work are shown in two biopics, almost simultaneously released (in 2014).
Both of them are of French production.
In the film "Yves Saint Laurent", shown at the Cannes Film Festival, the couturier is played by Pierre Ninet.
And in the painting "Saint Laurent.
Style is me" the role of a famous compatriot is played by the talented Gaspard Ulliel.
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