Yves St Laurent Dead at 71

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The fashion icon, Yves Saint Laurent died yesterday. He was 71. The cause of death was listed as brain cancer. Women’s Wear Daily has published an extensive remembrance (ungated).

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by Kathleen Fasanella

Kathleen started production patternmaking in 1981. Starting in 1993, she began providing consulting and engineering services to manufacturers, small companies, and startups with an emphasis on developing owner-operator domestic cut-and-sew operations. In 2015 she opened a 5,000 sqft. fully equipped sewing factory: The Sewing Factory School. Kathleen is the author of The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing, the most highly rated book of any topic in the garment industry. She's been mentioned numerous times in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, National Public Radio, Boston Globe, LA Times, Vogue, French Vogue and has at least 15 Project Runway alums at last count. Kathleen writes nearly all of the articles on Fashion-Incubator.com and hosts its forum, the largest private online community for apparel manufacturers on the web.

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  2. Tammy says:

    My heart was truly broken. He was one of my idols. I wanted to be a great designer like him when I grew up. I am so sad that he suffered in his life. He is at peace now. I missed him when he retired, I will really miss him now.

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