Yves Saint Laurent, 71; icon of French fashion design
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When Pilati assumed the role of creative director at Yves Saint Laurent in 2004, he stepped into a quagmire. (article 4)
Established in 1961, the French fashion house boasts an extensive archive and is credited with popularizing garments such as safari jackets and women's tuxedos known as le smoking which are now part of the basic vocabulary of design. (article 4)
If one wants to debate which purse is the most emblematically French, the award would go to Hermes for its iconic Birkin and Kelly bags. (article 5)
As designers debut their fall 2007 collections here, only Chanel and YSL exist as clothing brands that self-consciously hold on to their past as a base from which to move into the future. (article 5)
At Chanel, where Karl Lagerfeld has been the designer for 24 years, each season revolves around the little tweed suit that Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel created and that epitomizes the house. (article 5)
The camellia details, the little black dresses and the quilted handbags which also came from the imagination of the house's founder, who died in 1971 continue to be nurtured and reinvented by Lagerfeld. (article 5)
In this respect, Yves Saint Laurent, who died at his home in Paris on Sunday after a long illness, was a revolutionary. (article 1)
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Laurent, Saint, fashion, Pilati, YSL |
Source articles
- Yves Saint Laurent reinvented the clothing we live in (L.A. Times, 06/03/2008, 929 words)
- Yves Saint Laurent, 71; icon of French fashion design (L.A. Times, 06/02/2008, 751 words)
- Yves Saint Laurent, at 71; legendary fashion designer (boston.com, 06/02/2008, 446 words)
- Back in Fashion (Washington Post, 06/04/2008, 570 words)
- Yves Saint Laurent And Chanel, Looking Back and Moving Forward (Washington Post, 06/04/2008, 836 words)
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