Fashion career profile

Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent was a French couturier who lived from 1936 to 2008. After leading Christian Dior at a young age, he founded his own house with Pierre Bergé in 1961 and reshaped modern fashion through designs including Le Smoking and the Rive Gauche ready-to

Role

Founder, Yves Saint Laurent

Nationality

French

Age

71

Career appointments

2

Fashion houses

2