Y saint laurent biography

Yves Saint Laurent is born into a wealthy family in Algeria.

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He grows up in a villa on the Mediterranean where he develops an early interest in fashion.

YSL enjoys making intricate paper dolls, and in his early teens he designs clothes for his mother and sisters.

Yves Saint Laurent enters the annual competition of the Secrétariat International de la Laine in Paris.

He submits three sketches and wins first prize.

During his first stay in Paris at the age of 17, he meets the editor-in-chief of Vogue (Paris), Michel de Brunhoff, with whom he continues to correspond after his return to Oran.

He moves to Paris and once again participates in the annual competition of the Secrétariat International de la Laine in Paris.

He wins first prize, which brings him to the attention of Christian Dior.

Thanks to De Brunhoff's encouragement, he enrolls at the École de la Chambre syndicale de la Haute Couture.

He secures an apprenticeship wi Yves Saint Laurent - Married Biography XIB