Yves st laurent biography

In Saint Laurent won first prize in a competition sponsored by the International Wool Secretariat for a black cocktail dress. Encouraging his aspirations, Saint Laurent travelled to Paris in , enrolling in a professional cutting school for three months.

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In Christian Dior unexpectedly died of a stroke. His sudden death left Saint Laurent named as head designer of the house of Dior. Saint Laurent presented his first collection in January In Saint Laurent was conscripted into the army. After only two months he was discharged due to ill health. The following year the house of Dior refused to reinstate Saint Laurent as head designer.

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Saint Laurent sued the label, eventually winning a share of the profits for the period during which he designed. Saint Laurent presented his first collection in In Diana Vreeland of American Vogue praised his collections, hailing it beautiful and charming. Throughout the following years Saint Laurent created pivotal trends and styles including the Le Smoking jacket from , which heralded the arrival of androgynous elegance and the safari look in , featuring the shirt dress and safari jacket.

In Saint Laurent celebrated the 20 th anniversary of the house of Saint Laurent. The exhibition marked Saint Laurent as the first living designer to be honoured by the museum. Saint Laurent was again honoured with another retrospective, put on by the Musee des Arts de la Mode, in