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'Revolutionary' Saint Laurent dies
'Revolutionary' Saint Laurent dies
Last Modified: 02 Jun 2008
By:
Carl Dinnen
Yves Saint Laurent, one of the twentieth century's greatest fashion designers, has died, aged 71. Carl Dinnen reports.
Some called him the greatest fashion designer of the twentieth century, a man who revolutionised the way women dressed.
He put them in trouser suits and made safari jackets chic in a career that came and went and came again over five decades.
French designer Yves Saint Laurent, who led a colourful and sometimes weird life, has died at the age of 71.
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