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Yves Saint Laurent's birth
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Join Christian Dior as a modelist assistant
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Christian Dior's death
Yves Saint Laurent only had 21 years old when he succeed to Christian Dior and presented his first collection named "Trapèze". This new collection will be a total surprise for everyone but the beginning of glory for YSL -
Foundation of Yves Saint Laurent
After leaving Christian Dior, YSL and his friend Pierre Bergé decided to create their own fashion house. It will be financially supported by the american billionaire J.Mack Robinson -
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Fashion House YSL reinventing the fashion industry in Paris
YSL will totally change the cloakroom of the modern woman : the oilskin, the trenchcoat, the first smoking in 1966, the safari jacket and the brand new pantsuit in 1967, the transparency look or the first jumpsuit in 1968... His main purpose was to use the masculine codes in the feminine industry in order to show boldness and bravery. He created outfits for theater, cinema or even ballet and dressed celebrities such as Catherine Deneuve or Isabelle Adjani -
Mondrian Dress
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YSL's opening shop on Rive Gauche
He opened his first ready-to-wear shop with his own name and paved the way to the fashion industry we all know
