Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent dies

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Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent dies

Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent dies

French designer Yves Saint Laurent, shown in 1989 at the end of his fall ready-to wear show in Paris, died Sunday at 71 after a long illness.

French designer Yves Saint Laurent stands outside his first London chain of Rive Gauche ready-to-wear boutique on Bond Street on opening day wearing clothing from his safari style collection in khaki cotton in 1969.

In 2002, models present dresses inspired by painter Piet Mondrian during Yves Saint Laurent's farewell show at the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris. The Mondrian dresses were made in 1965.

Top model Naomi Campbell sports a green open coat with blue gloves during French legendary fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent's farewell in 2002 at the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris.

In 1958, French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent stands on one leg, his favorite position, as he studies a new design in his atelier in Paris. Bouts of depression marked his career. Pierre Berge, the designer's longtime business partner and former romantic partner, was quoted as saying that Saint Laurent was born with a nervous breakdown.

A model wears an African style dress embroidered with wooden beads, pearls and sequins of turquoise, pink and black, created by Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent, land American actress Shirley MacLaine enjoy a Hollywood party honoring him in 1965. From the first YSL tuxedo and his trim pantsuits to see-through blouses, safari jackets and glamorous gowns, Saint Laurent created instant classics that remain stylish decades later.

French legendary fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent acknowledges applause, accompanied by French actress Catherine Deneuve, right, and model Laetitia Casta after his farewell show at the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris in 2002.

French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent is applauded by model Claudia Schiffer after he presented his 1996/97 Fall Winter ready-to-wear collection in Paris.

French designer Yves Saint Laurent is congratulated by American actress Lauren Bacall and her daughter Leslie Bogart after the presentation of Saint Laurent's fashion collection in 1968.

A model sports a white jacket over a beige skirt and gray top designed by Yves Saint Laurent for the 1999 Spring Summer ready-to-wear collection. A towering figure of 20th century fashion, Saint Laurent was widely considered the last of a generation that included Christian Dior and Coco Chanel and made Paris the fashion capital of the world, with the Rive Gauche, or Left Bank, as its elegant headquarters.

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French designer Yves Saint Laurent, shown in 1989 at the end of his fall ready-to wear show in Paris, died Sunday at 71 after a long illness.

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