One of the most influential fashion designers of the world - Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent or YSL – luxury fashion house founded by Yves Saint Laurent (Yves Saint Laurent) and his partner, Pierre Bergé. Today, the top designer fashion houses is Stefano Pilati. Founder Mark died. Yves Henri Donat Mathieu Saint-Laurent (Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent), one of the greatest and most famous French designer, was born August 1, 1936 and died June 1, 2008.During the 1960′s and 1970′s, Yves Saint Lauren popularized fashion trends such as the beatnik look, safari jackets for men and women, difficult and high pants, thigh-high boots. Also YSL fashion house has created one of the most famous classic suits – tuxedo for women. Some of his most memorable collections include Pop Art, Ballet Russes, Picasso and Chinese ones. He owns the idea of wearing silhouettes from the 1920′s, 30th and 40th. He was the first in 1966 in an attempt to democratize fashion used black models on their fashion shows. Laurent Muses were Loulou de La Falaise, Betty Catroux, Talitha Pol-Getty, and Catherine Deneuve. In 1993, Laurent Laurent fashion house was sold to pharmaceutical Sanofi. In 1999, Gucci bought the YSL.He asked that Tom Ford designed the ready-to-wear collection, instead of haute couture collections. In 2002, Laurent closed the famed house couture YSL. While the house no longer exists, the brand still exists as part of Gucci Group.Tom Ford left the brand in 2004. Today the line prêt-à-porter YSL is still produced under the direction of Stefano Pilati.