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French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, 21-year-old successor to the late Christian Dior, is interviewed by Nadine Walker, Associated Press reporter, at the designer's office in Paris, March 14, 1958. Upon the
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M. Yves St. Laurent, the brilliant young successor to the late Christian Dior, at the Dior salon in Mayfair, London Stock Photo - Alamy
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
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