![Italian designer Christian Valentino arrives at the funeral service for late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, June 5, 2008. Saint Laurent was part of a distinguished line of French designers Italian designer Christian Valentino arrives at the funeral service for late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, June 5, 2008. Saint Laurent was part of a distinguished line of French designers](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/ccbbbd86c6e14ec693706afb0c679c10/2d16n6d.jpg)
Italian designer Christian Valentino arrives at the funeral service for late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, June 5, 2008. Saint Laurent was part of a distinguished line of French designers
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Christian Dior's Successor Yves Saint Laurent Standing Alone After Attending Dior's Funeral' Photographic Print - Loomis Dean | Art.com
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True Mentors - In the 1950's, Christian Dior hired Yves Saint-Laurent to be his personal assistant. As his mentor, Dior taught Saint-Laurent the secrets of haute couture and how to run the
Peter Werbrook | Yves Saint Laurent at the presentation of his first collection at Christian Dior, in the background Raymonde Zehnacker kissing journalist Carmel Snow (1958) | MutualArt
![Pierre Berge (R), Yves Saint Laurent's life-long companion and business partner, weeps as he leaves the Saint-Roch church with France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy after funeral services in Paris, June 5, 2008. Pierre Berge (R), Yves Saint Laurent's life-long companion and business partner, weeps as he leaves the Saint-Roch church with France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy after funeral services in Paris, June 5, 2008.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D18GWN/pierre-berge-r-yves-saint-laurents-life-long-companion-and-business-partner-weeps-as-he-leaves-the-saint-roch-church-with-frances-first-lady-carla-bruni-sarkozy-after-funeral-services-in-paris-june-5-2008-saint-laurent-was-part-of-a-distinguished-line-of-french-designers-from-coco-chanel-to-christian-dior-who-consolidated-the-reputation-of-paris-as-the-fashion-capital-of-the-world-reutersbenoit-tessier-france-2D18GWN.jpg)