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Yves Saint Laurent moved to Paris at 17, became the head designer for Dior at 21, and accumulated a net worth of $500 million through his namesake label

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Yves Saint Laurent moved to Paris at 17, became the head designer for Dior at 21, and accumulated a net worth of $500 million through his namesake label

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Vibeke Knudsen Rue Aubriot, French Vogue Paris September 1975 White Women series YsL “Le Smoking” © Helmut Newton Sirpa Lane & Vibeke Knudsen

"I want to give haute couture a kind of wink, a sense of humour—to introduce the whole sense of freedom one sees in the street into high fashion; to give couture the same provocative and arrogant look as punk—but of course with luxury and dignity and style." So says Yves Saint Laurent, the fashion designer who, for over a quarter of a century, has been hailed as a fashion genius—"the master of the streets of the world" as Diana Vreeland puts it. Here are more than 200 of his greatest…

Yves Saint Laurent

In time for Valentine’s Day, a selection of Yves Saint Laurent’s Love Cards.