SAINT LAURENT

Saint Laurent is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1961 by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. Saint Laurent was born on 1936, in Oran, Algeria. Saint Laurent enrolled at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, and afterwards he joined the fashion house Christian Dior. In 1958, after the death of Christian Dior, he quickly became the head designer just at the age of 21. 2 years after, he resigned due to conscription. After founding his own maison, the firm popularized various fashion trends such as the “Mondrian” look. In 1966 they opened Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, to produce the prêt-à-porter line. Yves Saint Laurent retired in 2002, and passed away on 2008. Since 2016, Anthony Vaccarello had been assigned brand’s creative director.