Yves Saint Laurent Biography

His muse has long been Catherine Deneuve.

YSL's partner, Pierre Berge, was fined 1 million Francs for insider-trading in 1996. In 1992, he sold Yves Saint Laurent shares right before alarming economic figures about the company were published.

Although his sexuality was hardly a secret in the fashion world, YSL did not publicly acknowledge his homosexuality until 1991, in an interview in the French newspaper, Le Figaro.