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name: "Yves Saint Laurent"
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roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "1 August 1936"
died: "1 June 2008"
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# Yves Saint Laurent

## Identity

Yves Saint Laurent

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yves-saint-laurent
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yves-saint-laurent
- **IMDb ID:** nm0756721
- **TMDB ID:** 9755
- **Wikidata ID:** Q171556
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Saint_Laurent_(designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171556, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0756721/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9755

Costume designer. Born 1 August 1936 in Oran, Algérie. Died 1 June 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 1 August 1936, Oran, Algérie
- **Died:** 1 June 2008
- **Also known as:** Yves Mathieu-Saint-Laurent
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Saint_Laurent_(designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171556, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0756721/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9755

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Belle de Jour*](https://film.one/film/belle-de-jour.md) (86)

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## Biography

Yves Saint Laurent (born Yves Henri Donat Mathieu Saint-Laurent) was a French fashion designer who also created costumes for films. He founded his eponymous fashion label in 1961.

His film work includes costume design for *Belle de Jour* (1967), *The Pink Panther* (1963), *Arabesque* (1966), *Mississippi Mermaid* (1969), *Un Flic* (1972), *The Inheritor* (1973), *Conversation Piece* (1974), *Stavisky...* (1974), *Providence* (1977) and *Subway* (1985). He was born on 1 August 1936 in Oran, Algeria, and died on 1 June 2008.

*Sources: anothermag.com, vogue.fr.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Belle de Jour* (1967), Fi1m 86, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/belle-de-jour.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Notre-Dame de Paris (Opéra Bastille)* (2021), Costume Designer
- *Les dessins d'Yves Saint Laurent* (2017), as Yves Saint Laurent
- *Andy Warhol, Fluorescent* (2016), as (archive footage)
- *La Scala Ballet: Notre-Dame de Paris* (2013), Costume Designer
- *Betty* (1992), Costume Designer
- *Subway* (1985), Costume Design
- *Providence* (1977), Costume Design
- *The Romantic Englishwoman* (1975), Costume Designer
- *Conversation Piece* (1974), Costume Design
- *Stavisky...* (1974), Costume Design
- *The Inheritor* (1973), Costume Designer
- *Woman is Sweeter* (1973), Actor
- *Un Flic* (1972), Costume Designer
- *Liza* (1972), Costume Design
- *Mississippi Mermaid* (1969), Costume Designer
- *Heartbeat* (1968), Costume Design
- *Live for Life* (1967), Costume Design
- *Belle de Jour* (1967), Costume Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/belle-de-jour.md)
- *Arabesque* (1966), Costume Design
- *Moment to Moment* (1966), Costume Designer
- *A Very Special Favor* (1965), as Wardrobe Master
- *The Pink Panther* (1963), Costume Design
- *Le Business et la Mode* (1962), Actor
- *Black Tights* (1961), Costume Design

## Gallery

- ![28 januari 2016 / Amsterdam, January 28th 2016. Presidency Conference on the Multiannual Financial Framewerk. Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva and](https://film.one/media/person/3912945/gallery-13d2d1d93139.jpg) 28 januari 2016 / Amsterdam, January 28th 2016. Presidency Conference on the Multiannual Financial Framewerk. Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva and — EU2016 NL from The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/1601MBeek11034_%2824038732143%29.jpg/1280px-1601MBeek11034_%2824038732143%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Yves Saint Laurent](https://film.one/media/person/3912945/gallery-c4253b65c94f.jpg) Yves Saint Laurent — L'Espresso, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Yves_Saint-Laurent_at_his_old_studio_of_the_same_name%2C_1961_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Yves Saint-Laurent at his old studio of the same name, Paris, 1961](https://film.one/media/person/3912945/gallery-8ca780102619.jpg) Yves Saint-Laurent at his old studio of the same name, Paris, 1961 — L'Espresso, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Yves_Saint-Laurent_at_his_old_studio_of_the_same_name%2C_1961.jpg/1280px-Yves_Saint-Laurent_at_his_old_studio_of_the_same_name%2C_1961.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour 2007: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (won)
- CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award 1999: CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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