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Yves Saint Laurent has passed away at his home in Paris today after a long illness. He was 71 year old.

Yves retired from haute couture in 2002. He was responsible for dressing countless celebrities and royals.

Yves Henri Donat Mathieu Saint Laurent was born in the coastal town of Oran, Algeria, on August 1, 1936. He was a shy and lonely child, who was fascinated with clothes at an early age. He already had a complete portfolio of sketches when he arrived in Paris to study fashion in 1953.

In 1958, Yves Saint Laurent became the successor to famed designer Christian Dior.

“Dior fascinated me. I couldn’t speak in front of him. He taught me the basis of my art. Whatever was to happen next, I never forgot the years spent at his side,” Saint-Laurent once said of Dior.