A meeting in the very early 1980s between Yves Saint Laurent, the undisputed (if oftentimes dissolute) king of Paris haute ...

He came from an aristocratic family and was used to the high life ... Saint Laurent,’ he said. ‘I had been close friends with Yves for more than 20 years. We used to go out in the early ...

Yves Saint Laurent himself said it ... with her controlled facade—masks her louche inner life of fetishistic fantasy. One of Saint Laurent’s most scandalous looks was his 1966 Le Smoking ...