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Au Revoir, Yves
The death of a great couturier marks the end of an era.
On june 1, the fashion world said goodbye to one of its greatest designers, Yves Saint Laurent, who died from brain cancer at 71.
His memorial mass, held at the Eglise Saint-Roch on June 5, was the most important French fashion funeral since Christian Dior's in 1957.
Standing behind barriers for hours, hundreds of fans burst into applause, some into tears, when the late designer's coffin arrived at the 17th-century church on the Right Bank.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, accompanied by First Lady Carla Bruni Sarkozy, adorned the coffin with the French flag and gave Saint Laurent military honors to mark his stature as a grand officer in the French Legion of Honor.
Pierre Berge, Saint Laurent's companion and business partner for 50 years, was joined by longtime friends Catherine Deneuve, Betty Catroux and Loulou de la Falaise. Designers in attendance included Valentino, Marc Jacobs, Christian Lacroix, John Galliano, Alber Elbaz, Sonia Rykiel, Jean Paul Gaultier, Stefano Pilati, Kenzo Takada, Hubert de Givenchy, Vivienne Westwood...