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...significant fundraising advantage since before the primaries began and was anointed the presumptive nominee as early as February when he won eight primaries in a row, he has made scant progress with Hillary’s half of the electorate. Maybe he’s Saint Francis Assisi, Abraham Lincoln, and Ronald Reagan rolled into one and won’t need any help with any segment of the population going into the fall. But the available evidence is that the “Reagan Democrat” has had qualms about voting for Democratic presidential candidates since 1968, votes...
Born in Oran, Algeria, Saint Laurent left home at 17 to work for Christian Dior in Paris. Upon Dior's death in 1957, Saint Laurent took over the fabled French couture house and, at only 21, garnered worldwide attention for his revolutionary first collection of short swingy trapeze dresses. The day after his Dior debut, French newspaper headlines claimed that Saint Laurent had "saved France...
After suffering a nervous breakdown during his mandatory military service, Saint Laurent was let go from Dior in 1962 and founded his namesake house with the help of his business partner Pierre Berge. The couturier took inspiration from diverse sources including exotic fantasies (the Ballets Russes), the cultural zeitgeist (Mondrian), and pedestrian clothing (safari jackets). He was arguably the most widely copied designer of his generation...
...Saint Laurent suffered dramatic health problems, often retreating to his home in Marrakesh for months to recuperate from nervous and physical exhaustion. At the celebration of his 40th anniversary in fashion, Saint Laurent told TIME magazine "I am amazed, even quite astounded, that I could have lasted so long in fashion, and that people still love...
...Saint Laurent's style - and perhaps the reason for his enduring influence on fashion - was best summed up by Berge when he said "the most important thing for Saint Laurent is not to follow or precede, but to always be of his time. Not in the past, not in the future, just at the right place...