I HAVE TO SAY BETWEEN "MODE CREATION MUNICH", GIANNI VERSACE, AND YVES SAINT-LAURENT, YVES SAINT LAURENT HAS BEEN CATCHING MY EYE THE MOST. WHEN AN LUXURY COUTURE BRAND CATCHES MY EYE I CONSTANTLY THINK ABOUT THE BRAND WANTING AN ITEM TO KEEP STASHED AWAY. OVER THE MONTHS I HAVE DONE A LITTLE RESEARCH ON YVES SAINT-LAURENT AND I AM HIGHLY IN LIKES OF HIS HISTORY AND WHAT HE HAS CREATED. FROM 1966 THE BRAND HAS BEEN ON IT'S FEET AND I RESPECT THAT. YVES SAINT-LAURENT BORN 1936 IN ORAN, ALGERIA ON AUGUST FIRST WAS DESTINED IN LIFE TO HAVE A CREATIVE MIND ALSO TO EXPOSE SOME OF THE BEST COUTURE THAT OUR WORLD WOULD EVER SEE. BEFORE HE HAS HIS OWN BOUTIQUE MR. SAINT LAURENT PUTS IN HARD WORK JUST AS ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO REACH THERE GOAL IN LIFE. MOVING TO PARIS FROM ORAN WAS A HUGE STEP FOR SAINT.
ATTENDING COLLEGE AT THE "CHAMBRE SYNDICAL DE LA HAUTE" COUTURE SCHOOL IN PARIS PUT HIM IN ONE OF THE BEST POSITIONS IN LIFE BY MEETING "CHRISTIAN DIOR". CHRISTIAN DIOR MAKING MR. LAURENT HIS ASSISTANT ON THEIR FIRST MEET WAS A WIN FOR WIN SITUATION FOR THE BOTH OF THEM. CHRISTIAN DIOR WHO WOULD PAST AWAY WITHIN THREE YEARS OF HIRING SAINT LAURENT WOULD PUT HIM HAVING A YOUNG FRESH CREATIVE MIND TAKING OVER HIS LUXURY BRAND. THE WIN YVES SAINT LAURENT HAD IN HIS POCKET WAS LEARNING AND EXPERIENCING TO PREPARE FOR HIS OWN LUXURY BRAND TO COME IN 1966. BUT BEFORE YOU GET YOUR OWN YOU MUST SHOW THE WORLD YOUR OWN CRAFT. TAKING PLACE OF CRISTIAN DIOR, SAINT LAURENT SHOWS THE WORLD VIVIDLY HE IS ONE OF THE BEST TO EVER DO IT. RECEIVING THE "NIMAN MARCUS" OSCAR IN 1958 WAS ONE HUGE ACCOMPLISH FOR THE YOUNG GUY 3 YEARS GRADUATING FROM COUTURE SCHOOL.
NEXT MOVE, SAINT LAURENT THINKS BIG AND GOES ONTO BUILDING HIS OWN LUXURY BRAND WITH THE HELP OF PIERRE BERGE. THE TWO CREATE THE "YVES SAINT LAURENT COUTURE HOUSE" IN 1961 WHICH OPENS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAINT LAURENT TO CREATE HIS OWN CLOTHING FOR HIS LUXURY BRAND. IN 1962 ON JANUARY 29TH SAINT LAURENT SHOWCASES HIS FIRST COLLECTION AT 30 BIS, RUE SPONTINTI BLOWING THE WIGS OFF OF HIS AUDIENCE. AFTER SHOWCASING HIS COLLECTION FOUR YEARS LATER YVES SAINT LAURENT HAS HIS OWN LUXURY BRAND TITLED "YVES SAINT LAURENT". SAINT KEEPS THE FIRST YVES SAINT LAURENT BOUTIQUE STORE WHERE HE LEARNED EVERYTHING WHICH WAS IN PARIS.
SO WITHIN 12 YEARS SAINT LAURENT CREATED WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT LUXURY BRANDS IN THE WORLD. THERE IS NO MAN WHO HAS BEEN GRANTED SO MANY AWARDS IN ART MUSEUMS AS MR. LAURENT HAS. TOKYO, GERMANY, LONDON AND PLENTY MORE .CREATING SOME OF THE BEST CLOTHING AND PERFUMES HAS TAKEN SAINT TO BEING ONE OF THE MOST LOOKED UP TO ICONS TODAY. MY BIGGEST RESPECT FOR SAINT LAURENT IS THAT HE WAS ONE OUT OF THE MANY FEW DESIGNERS TO EVER PRESENT AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE ON THE RUNWAY.
THE RISK THAT WAS FOR THIS GUY AND HIS BRAND BACK IN THE DAY MUST HAVE BEEN CRUCIAL.SAINT IS AT THE TOP IN MY BOOK AS OF NOW BECAUSE OF HIS HISTORY AND WHAT HE REPRESENTED. PASSING AWAY IN 2008 WAS A PEACEFUL DEATH FOR THE LEGEND.THE WORK AND POSITIVE FEED FEED HOMIE BROUGHT TO OUR WORLD MAKES ME TRULY BELIEVE IN NO.ONE. EVER .REALLY. DIES. HE IS STILL ONE OF THE MANY PEOPLE WHO LEAVES IMPRESSIONS WHO HAS PAST AWAY.