Saint Laurent poses with models after the presentation of his spring collection in Paris in February 1964. His dismissal from Dior had helped him launch his own company. (Michel Lipchitz / Associated Press)
Pierre Berge, Saint Laurent’s business partner and onetime lover, welcomes the designer and the actress Catherine Deneuve at a 1992 event in Paris. Saint Laurent was born with a nervous breakdown, Berge once said. (Pierre Guillaud / Agence France-Presse)
Saint Laurent waves to a Paris audience in October 1993 after the presentation of his 1994 spring and summer ready-to-wear collection. (Remy de la Mauviniere / Associated Press)
Though famously shy, Saint Laurent was also savvy when it came to generating publicity. (Thomas Iannaccone / For The Times)
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The designer, with a model in bridal attire, acknowledges the audience at the end of a fashion show in March 1995. (Lionel Cironneau / Associated Press)
Saint Laurent arrives in June 1999 at the 18th annual American Fashion Awards in New York, where he was honored for lifetime achievement. (Stan Honda / Agence France-Presse)
Model Laetitia Casta with the designer at the end of his spring and summer show in Paris in January 1999. (Frederick Florin / Agence France-Presse)
Saint Laurent brings flowers to a model at the end of a 2001 show. (Jean-Pierre Muller / Agence France-Presse)
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Saint Laurent with model Laetitia Casta, left, and actress Catherine Deneuve at the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, where the designer staged a retrospective of his work soon after announcing his retirement in 2002. (Jean-Pierre Muller / Agence France-Presse)
Yves Saint Laurent announcing his retirement in January 2002. In many ways, I feel that I have created the wardrobe of the contemporary woman, he said in his speech. (Remy de la Mauviniere / Associated Press)
