As laid back as my style is on the everyday basis there is couture whore inside me that ravages the pages of Vogue and W magazines and today that part of me is mourning the death of Yves Saint Laurent. Not only being at the fashion forefront of 20th century French haute couture, YSL was responsible for popularizing the beatnik look (considered hipster today) back in the 60's, was the first designer to use black models in his fashion shows and for creating the most famous (arguably) classic tuxedo suit for women called "Le Smoking" suit. Not even Coco Chanel herself put such a feminine touch on the classic Chanel suit. No diss to Coco what so ever but her take on the feminine suit still kept a lot of the male structure. So with that said R.I.P. YSL and thank you so much for a black woman in YSL irresistible to all men! Eat your heart out Christy Turlington!!
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