We are saddened to report that French fashion legend Yves Saint Laurent, who changed the face of 20th century women fashion, died late last night in his Paris home, aged 71.
The reclusive Saint Laurent suffered a brain tumor and is to be buried Thursday, said his long-time partner Pierre Berge.
Mentally and physically frail through most of his life, Saint Laurent sold the rights to his company to Gucci Group in 1999 and retired from haute couture in 2002 after a four decade career.
Saint Laurent founded the iconic YSL fashion house in 1961 when he was only 25, after serving as the head designer of Christian Dior.
He was the first to put women in pantsuits. The first to put them in tuxedos. The first to put them in masculine clothes. The first to employ black models. He was audacious, he revolutionized the trade. And will truly be missed.
