Yves Saint Laurent’s Art Collection Auction Begins in Paris

Got money to burn? Why not a blow a few mill on some highly valued art pieces direct from the collection of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. The "seminal auction" of YSL's collection began Monday in Paris...

Top 10 "People who died 2008"

One of the things that you can be certain of when you are alive is that someday it is time for you to go. In 2008, the world lost many fabulous and interesting souls. Like my previous Top 10, the deaths are listed in...

Fashion Writer Marylou Luther Receives French Culture Award

Marylou Luther has been a fashion writer for over 50 years, and was recently honoured in France with the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters, presented by the Ministry of Cuture for her contributions to the arts."Last week in Paris, she received a prestigious honor...

Sunday's Tribute to Yves Saint Laurent and His Art.

" PARIS (Reuters) - The private art collection of French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge has been put up for auction and will be sold in February 2009, auction house Christie's...

Socks and Sandals: High end or dead end?

Ask any person on the street about what they think of socks and sandals and you would usually get a combination of a bug-eyed grimace and a chortle. But it seems like it's not such a black and white verdict...

Yves Saint Laurent's Quiet French Revolution

On June 1, 2008, one of fashion's premiere icons, Yves Saint Laurent, died of a prolonged illness at the age of 71. His bigger-than-life presence will surely create a void of untold emptiness in the world of...

Yves Saint Laurent passes away at 71

Yves Saint Laurent has passed away at the age of 71 following a long illness.For his YSL brand, he created iconic looks in elegant tuxedos, pant suits and safari jackets.I always associate Catherine Deneuve's...

Body of model Katoucha Niane found in the River Seine

Model Katoucha Niane was one of the first black supermodels to gain international notoriety in the 1980s and was the muse of Yves Saint Laurent."Paris judicial police say the body of former top model Katoucha...

ROSE-COVERED CAPE

"The name Yves Saint Laurent has got to be the most evocative in the modern fashion lexicon. Heavens, the company even took the name Paris for one of its most successful perfumes. To me, it insinuates almost unattainable chic: couture made for the likes of Catherine...

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