YSL By MTHStextiles Aug 1, 1936 Born in Algeria Period: Aug 1, 1936 to Jun 1, 2008 YSL Sep 1, 1953 Left for Paris to attend Secondary School. May 9, 1954 Began working under Christian Dior at his fashion house. May 9, 1954 Wins first prize in the International Wool Secretariat contest for his cocktail dress design Sep 10, 1957 Dior dies, leaving Saint Laurent in charge of the House of Dior Dec 9, 1957 Launches the Ligne Trapéze, winning him a Nieman Marcus Oscar, for the house of Dior Jan 1, 1962 after completing National Service, Yves Saint Laurent set up his own fashion house with Pierre Bergé Jan 1, 1966 introduced le smoking - his legendary smoking suit May 9, 1968 YSL introduces see through blouses to his collection The first designer to do this! May 9, 1971 advertising campaign launches for the first YSL men’s fragrance, ‘Pour Homme’ which featured Yves himself posing nude Jan 1, 1982 Saint Laurent receives the International Award of the Council of Fashion Designers of America Oct 9, 1998 showed his last ready-to-wear collection for the Rive Gauche label he had founded more than 30 years before May 9, 1999 Tom Ford takes control of the House of YSL May 9, 2002 YSL's last Haute Coture Show May 16, 2002 Stefano Pilati takes over YSL as head designer. Jun 1, 2008 Yves Saint Laurent dies of Brain Cancer at his home.
