*** Yves Saint Laurent's health problems simply won't let up: he's currently convalescing in a Paris hospital for the next few days, and Pierre Bergé says he's "not doing well." When Bergé will admit that, you know it's bad. Hopefully the doctors will be able to diagnose YSL soon. He's expected to be released in a few days time, when he will travel to Morocco, his home away from Paris. We hope he get well soon.
***Fashion Designer Yves Saint Laurent was born 1936 in Oran, Algeria. After winning first prize in the International Wool Secretariat contest for his asymetrical cocktail dress in 1954, Saint Laurent went immediately to work for Christian Dior. Saint Laurent became Haute Couture designer when Dior died in 1957. He introduced the trapeze dress in his first collection for Dior in 1958. He was replaced by Mark Bohen in 1960, when he fulfilled his military obligations. Afterwards, he opened his own couture house, financed by Pierre Berge, in 1962.
