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Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent is the Paris luxury house founded by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in 1961. Known for Le Smoking, ready-to-wear, couture heritage, leather goods, accessories, footwear, jewellery and beauty, it joined Kering in 1999. Anthony Vaccarello is Creative Director and Cédric Charbit is CEO. The page distinguishes their current remits and preserves the prior creative eras of Yves Saint Laurent, Tom Ford, Stefano Pilati and Hedi Slimane as dated records. That makes the house’s design history readable without equating every commercial appointment with authorship. Kering’s public results reflect the parent group and should not be treated as Saint Laurent-only revenue, profit or valuation unless the reporting scope expressly identifies the maison.
- Country
- France
- Founded
- 1961
- Creative lead
- Anthony Vaccarello
- Ownership
- Kering
- Revenue scope
- Consolidated Kering
- Documented milestones
- 7
- Pierre Bergé — Co-Founder1961–2002 · house · former · Kering
- Yves Saint Laurent — Founder and Creative Director1961–2002 · all fashion · former · Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris
- Hedi Slimane — Director of Men’s Ready-to-Wear1996–2000 · menswear · former · Vogue
- Tom Ford — Creative Director2000–2004 · all fashion · former · Vogue
- Stefano Pilati — Creative Director2004–2012 · all fashion · former · Kering
- Chemena Kamali — Women’s Ready-to-Wear Design Director2016–2023 · womenswear · former · Richemont; Chloé
- Anthony Vaccarello — Creative Director2016–Present · all fashion · current · Kering
- Francesca Bellettini — President and Chief Executive Officer2013–2025 · house · former · Kering
- Cédric Charbit — Chief Executive Officer2025–Present · house · current · Kering
- 1961 — Maison foundedYves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé establish the Paris house.
- 1965 — Mondrian dressThe house presents the defining Mondrian dress.
- 1966 — Le Smoking and Rive GaucheSaint Laurent advances women’s tailoring and opens its ready-to-wear chapter.
- 1999 — House joins KeringThe group acquires Saint Laurent through Gucci Group.
- 2016 — Anthony Vaccarello appointedVaccarello becomes creative director of the maison.
- 2023 — Saint Laurent Productions launchesThe house establishes a film-production subsidiary.
- 2025 — Cédric Charbit becomes CEOCharbit takes executive leadership of Saint Laurent.