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Born in Oran, Algeria, in 1936, he was a mere twenty-one-years-old when, YSL Bags already, he was referred to as “Christian II”. He founded his own house of couture in 1962, with Pierre Bergé, and, in 1966, his “Rive Gauche” line of ready-to-wear, which allowed thousands of women to blend elegance and comfort. Besides creating some of the most popular womens perfume, the bush shirt (1968) and the pantsuit (1969) became classics of the contemporary wardrobe. “A happy woman is a woman in a black skirt, with a black pullover, black stockings, a piece of costume jewelry and a man who loves her by her side.”

In order to assert himself as the leading outfitter of his day, this aesthete succeeded, YSL Belt better than anyone else, in transcribing his dreams inspired by artists: Andy Warhol, Mondrian and Tom Wesselman during the sixties, Picasso in the seventies, Van Gogh and Bonnard in the eighties. His creations have always caused a scandal, YSL Shoesfrom the first see-through blouses (1968) to his perfume, Opium, launched in 1977. But his strength is his ability also to embody absolute classicism, with Catherine Deneuve as his ambassador. As the heir to Chanel and Balenciaga, he remains true to their lines, uncluttered by detail: “Elegance is a way of moving”.