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When was Yves Saint Laurent founded?

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When was Yves Saint Laurent founded?
Yves Saint Laurent was founded in 1962.

The revered and groundbreaking French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent established his eponymous luxury house with his partner, Pierre Bergé. In the years prior, beginning in his teens, Saint Laurent had been working for Christian Dior. In 1966, four years after establishing the label, he and Bergé opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand and didn’t retire from designing until 2002.

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Yves Saint Laurent canvas shoulder bag, gold tone heart
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in NEWARK, GB
A gorgeous vintage YSL brown canvas handbag or shoulder bag. It has soft warm brown tones in a woven embroidered canvas with an abstract swirl pattern, it has a long brown leather c...
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Late 20th Century European Shoulder Bags

$2150 New Rare Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent YSL F/W 2001 Jacket Blazer SZ 38
By Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Conroe, TX
Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent Fall / Winter 2001 Brand New Without Tags A Rare Find Size: FR 38 $2150 100% Virgin Wool Black Virgin Wool Jacket With Ruffle Trim Shown at the 2001 F...
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Early 2000s French Coats and Outerwear

Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Fall 1981 Grey Wool Skirt Suit Ensemble
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture two-piece skirt suit from the Fall 1981 collection. This ensemble was featured on the runway at the collection's debut styled to perfection with a sl...
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1980s French Skirt Suits

Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture A/W 1984 Grey Pant Suit
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sharp and sophisticated Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture suit. A continuation of the infamous 1966 'Le Smoking' suit that dared to open up the world of women's evening wear to the dy...
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1980s French Trouser Pant Suits

Yves Saint Laurent Fourrures Long Mink Fur Coat with Leather Details c 1970s
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Basaluzzo, IT
Rare and elegant long coat in natural mink signed Yves Saint Laurent - Fourrures, made in France, dating from the late 1970s/early 1980s, a period when the fashion house produced fur...
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1970s Coats

Yves Saint Laurent 1970s Vintage Plaid Wool Midi Skirt
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Sparks, NV
Early Yves Saint Laurent! Vintage 1970s plaid wool midi skirt with a velvet hemline. The marked size is 42 and the skirt fits like a size large. Details: Unlined Front Pockets in P...
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1970s French Pleated Skirts

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