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Yves Saint Laurent
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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 , 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
Early Years
Yves Henri Donat Matthieu Saint Laurent was born on August 1, , 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 child, and sick nearly eve