The former home of world-famous fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, this elegant villa occupies a coveted spot nearby the Kasbah in a quiet and well-protected residential district just five minutes from downtown.
Refined interior design by renowned decorator Jacques Grange accentuates an atmosphere of impressive space and architectural clarity. Beautiful gardens surround the main house, which opens through a Moorish-style entry flowing into a lobby with white Moroccan arcades. The... Read Full Story
Buyers from Asia purchased all but one of the top 10 priciest items at the sale of the last belongings of late couturier Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge, Christie's said Friday. As the four-day sale wound up, the auction house said that though only five percent of the bidders were from Asia, they accounted for 32 percent of the total raised at the auction -- which fetched 8.99 million euros (13.3 million dollars). Countries concerned were China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore... Read Full Story
From pots and pans to antique chandeliers, the last belongings from the homes of Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge went on sale Tuesday, with the late fashion icon's bulldog looking on. The celebrity bulldog, Moujik, joined scores of dealers and well-heeled seekers of YSL memorabilia for the four-day auction held in a Paris theatre just off the Champs Elysees boulevard. "I'd like to have something that belonged to them in my home," said blonde Italian retiree Giuliana... Read Full Story
After auctioning a highly valuable art collection amassed over half a century, Pierre Berge, partner of late pantsuit pioneer Yves Saint Laurent, is putting everyday pieces up for sale this week. Last February's 700-item sale of the YSL/Berge collection smashed record on record, netting 342 million euros (491 million dollars) and making Saint Laurent the top-earning dead celebrity of 2009, according to Forbes which placed him ahead of Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley. This week's sale... Read Full Story
A billiard table, several giant chandeliers, and even pots and pans; items from Yves Saint Laurent's private country hideaway went on show ahead of the second instalment of this year's record-smashing YSL-Pierre Berge "sale of the century". In all, 1,185 items go under the hammer at a giant four-day auction starting November 17 that winds up with the sale of the late fashion designer's last Mercedes-Benz automobile and Hermes luggage. In comparison to the record-smashing 700-item February... Read Full Story
A billiard table, several giant chandeliers, and even pots and pans; items from Yves Saint Laurent's private country hideaway went on show on Tuesday ahead of the second instalment of this year's record-smashing YSL-Pierre Berge "sale of the century". In all, 1,185 items go under the hammer at a giant four-day auction starting November 17 that winds up with the sale of the late fashion designer's last Mercedes-Benz automobile and Hermes luggage. In comparison to the record-smashing 700-item... Read Full Story
The 18th century porcelain Yves Saint Laurent ate from, a Cartier watch he used to wear, the leopard-print couches and gilded chairs he lounged on: It's all to hit the auction blocks as the late French couturier's longtime partner liquidates their art-and-knicknack-filled residences. The sale, organized by Christie's from Nov. 17 to 20, is the follow-up to the blockbuster auction earlier this year of Saint Laurent and partner Pierre Berge's extensive art collection. Billed as "the sale of... Read Full Story
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Even after death celebrities make millions and fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, who surpassed singer Michael Jackson, was named the top earning dead celebrity. In its ninth annual list Forbes.com said the Frenchman, considered one of the greatest designers of the 20th century and who died in 2008, made $350 million. Composers Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein came in second on the 2009 list with $235 million, and the recently deceased "King of Pop" Jackson... Read Full Story
Proceeds from next month's second installment in the "sale of the century" auction of the YSL-Pierre Berge collection, are to go entirely to HIV research and to the fight against AIDS, Berge said Tuesday. Speaking ahead of the November 17-19 sale of the last items in one of the world's greatest private collections, YSL's onetime lover and business partner pledged 10 million euros (14.8 million dollars) over five years to France's largest private anti-AIDS group, Sidaction, which he heads. "I... Read Full Story
Proceeds from next month's second installment in the "sale of the century" auction of the YSL-Pierre Berge collection, are to go entirely to HIV research and to the fight against AIDS, Berge said. Speaking ahead of the November 17-19 sale of the last items in one of the world's greatest private collections, YSL's onetime lover and business partner pledged 10 million euros (14.8 million dollars) over five years to France's largest private anti-AIDS group, Sidaction, which he heads. "I want to... Read Full Story
