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NEWS ABOUT: Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent stories: 8 news summaries

 Highest Earning Dead Celebs 

Michael Jackson, predictably, made the list—but not at No. 1

Oct 28, 09 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The stars on Forbes ' annual list of the top-earning dead celebrities number, appropriately, 13. To make the list, a "deleb" must have brought in at least $6 million in the past year. This year's list is notably missing former mainstays Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and Steve McQueen,... More »

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entertainment • Dr. Seuss • Andy Warhol • John Lennon • Jimi Hendrix • celebrity • Elvis Presley • Albert Einstein • Michael Jackson • Yves Saint Laurent • J. R. R. Tolkien • Rodgers and Hammerstein • Charles Schulz • Michael Crichton • Aaron Spelling • celebrity death

 Auction Winner 
 Won't Pay for 
 Chinese Relics 

Collector says he bid $36 million on antiquities as protest

Mar 3, 09 9:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Among the most closely watched lots at last week's Paris auction of Yves Saint Laurent's art collection were two imperial Chinese bronzes that each sold for $18 million. Beijing spent months insisting that the sculptures were looted in the 19th century and should be returned to China, but failed to... More »

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China • art market • art • Christie's • looting • Yves Saint Laurent • art auction • antiquities

China Slams Auction of Looted Relics

Christie's denies request to halt sale of Beijing palace booty

Feb 26, 09 6:42 AM CST
(Newser) - A Christie's auction of two relics looted from Beijing's Summer Palace 150 years ago has infuriated China, the BBC reports. A statement from the country's cultural agency denounced the "illegal" sale and warned of unspecified consequences. The bronze rat and rabbit, seized by invading French and British troops, sold... More »

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China • Beijing • auction • relics • Yves Saint Laurent • antiquities

(Newser) - Celebrity power revived the art market in Paris for at least one night, the Wall Street Journal reports. Despite the economy, a giddy atmosphere prevailed at Christie's as bidders battled over blue-chip works from Yves Saint Laurent's personal collection, dishing out $32 million more than expected. Only a moody, Cubist... More »

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art • Christie's • Paris • Yves Saint Laurent • art auction • what recession?

Appreciation

The Man Who Put Women
in Pants

Saint Laurent made Marc Jacobs and Hillary Clinton possible

Jun 2, 08 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yves Saint Laurent wasn’t just another designer. The man who died last night at 71 was an icon who forever changed the way women dress, Robin Givhan writes in the Washington Post. Start with this: Saint Laurent put women in pants. His elegant designs let women swagger like men,... More »

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fashion • Yves Saint Laurent • fashion designer

 Yves Saint
 Laurent Dead
 at Age 71 

French designer shocked fashion world in 1960s and 70s

Jun 1, 08 6:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twentieth-century fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent died today at his home in Paris, AFP reports. The reclusive designer, who was battling illness, said when he retired in 2002 that he had “always given the highest importance of all to respect for this craft, which is not exactly an art,... More »

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fashion • Algeria • Paris • Christian Dior • Yves Saint Laurent

 10 Most-Wanted 
 Luxury Brands 

Forbes runs down the luxury brands we most desire

Mar 25, 08 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates may actually buy the most designer goods, but when money is no object, we’ve all got expensive tastes. One research group asked 25,000 consumers to forget about price tags and name the luxury brand they covet most. Forbes runs down the... More »

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fashion • Prada • Gucci • Louis Vuitton • list • Ralph Lauren • Christian Dior • Giorgio Armani • luxury • Yves Saint Laurent • Chanel • Calvin Klein • fashion label • Versace

Pilati Wears
YSL With Ease

Three years in, the
'new' man behind
Yves Saint Laurent
gets his due

Nov 4, 07 6:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Replacing an iconic designer is an opportunity fraught with peril; when Italian Stefano Pilati stepped in as the head of Yves Saint Laurent, he was following not only Saint Laurent himself, but Tom Ford, who designed the label for 5 years. Not surprisingly, Pilati's  first collections were pilloried. But three... More »

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fashion • Yves Saint Laurent • Stefano Pilati

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