About Yves Saint Laurent (designer)
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] ), was a French fashion designer who founded his eponymous fashion label in 1962. He was the last of the grand couturiers and is regarded as one of the foremost designers of the 20th century. Saint Laurent received numerous distinctions for his work, including the International Fashion Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 1982. In 1983, he became the first living fashion designer to be honored with a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 2007, he was elevated to the rank of Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur. == Early life and education == Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent was born on 1 August 1936, in Oran, Algeria, the eldest of three children of French (Pieds-Noirs) parents, Charles and Lucienne Andrée Mathieu-Saint-Laurent. His family was wealthy; Charles ran an insurance company and owned a chain of movie theatres. Yves grew up, with his sisters Michèle and Brigitte, in a villa in town, spending summers at the nearby resort of Trouville. He attended a strict Catholic school, where he was bullied and beaten by classmates for being effeminate. After seeing a play for which Christian Bérard had designed the sets and costumes, he began doing the same, creating miniature theaters and designing costumes for the local dance school.
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