FASHION DESIGNER

Yves Saint Laurent

1936 - 2008

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Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent (1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008), better known as Yves Saint Laurent (, also UK: , US: , French: [iv sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃] ) or YSL, was a French fashion designer who, in 1962, founded his eponymous fashion label. He is regarded as being among the foremost fashion designers of the twentieth century. Saint Laurent helped women find confidence by looking both comfortable and elegant at the same time. He is credited with having introduced the "Le Smoking" tuxedo suit for women, and he was known for his use of non-European cultural references and diverse models. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yves Saint Laurent is the 4th most popular fashion designer (down from 3rd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Algerian Fashion Designer.

Yves Saint Laurent is most famous for being a French fashion designer. He is best known for founding the luxury fashion house that bears his name.

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Yves Saint Laurent ranks 4 out of 51. Before him are Coco Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, and Calvin Klein. After him are Christian Dior, Pierre Cardin, Maurizio Gucci, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Ralph Lauren, and Donatella Versace.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Yves Saint Laurent ranks 6. Before him are Pope Francis, Silvio Berlusconi, Václav Havel, Sepp Blatter, and Mario Vargas Llosa. After him are Robert Redford, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Barry Barish, Amancio Ortega, Mikhail Tal, and Ismail Kadare. Among people deceased in 2008, Yves Saint Laurent ranks 3. Before him are Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and Paul Newman. After him are Suharto, Bobby Fischer, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Edmund Hillary, Charlton Heston, Arthur C. Clarke, Samuel P. Huntington, Willis Lamb, and Daniel Carleton Gajdusek.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Yves Saint Laurent ranks 7 out of 213. Before him are Augustine of Hippo (354), Albert Camus (1913), Macrinus (164), Apuleius (125), Tariq ibn Ziyad (670), and Jacques Derrida (1930). After him are Jugurtha (-160), Saint Monica (332), Louis Althusser (1918), Édouard-Henri Avril (1849), Ahmed Ben Bella (1916), and Abdelmadjid Tebboune (1945).

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS In Algeria

Among fashion designers born in Algeria, Yves Saint Laurent ranks 1. 

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