Yves Saint Laurent
In 1985, Caroline Rennolds Milbank wrote, "The most consistently celebrated and influential
designer of the past twenty-five years, Yves Saint Laurent can be credited with both spurring
the couture's rise from its sixties ashes and with finally rendering ready-to-wear reputable".
designer of the past twenty-five years, Yves Saint Laurent can be credited with both spurring
the couture's rise from its sixties ashes and with finally rendering ready-to-wear reputable".
Yves entered 3 sketches into the International Wool Secretariat competition at age of 18 (1953) and won, beating
out his friend Fernando Sanchez and a young German student named Karl Lagerfeld. Shortly after his win, he
brought a number of sketches to de Brunhoff who recognized in them close similarities to sketches he had been
shown that morning by Christian Dior, a leading haute couturier. Knowing that Dior had created the sketches that
morning and that the young man could not have seen them, de Brunhoff sent him to Dior, who hired him on the
spot.
Alice Rawsthorn. Yves Saint Laurent: A Biography. New York: Nan A. Talese, 1996.
out his friend Fernando Sanchez and a young German student named Karl Lagerfeld. Shortly after his win, he
brought a number of sketches to de Brunhoff who recognized in them close similarities to sketches he had been
shown that morning by Christian Dior, a leading haute couturier. Knowing that Dior had created the sketches that
morning and that the young man could not have seen them, de Brunhoff sent him to Dior, who hired him on the
spot.
Alice Rawsthorn. Yves Saint Laurent: A Biography. New York: Nan A. Talese, 1996.
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