Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent dies

A model sports a white jacket over a beige skirt and gray top designed by Yves Saint Laurent for the 1999 Spring Summer ready-to-wear collection. A towering figure of 20th century fashion, Saint Laurent was widely considered the last of a generation that included Christian Dior and Coco Chanel and made Paris the fashion capital of the world, with the Rive Gauche, or Left Bank, as its elegant headquarters. AP Photo/Michel Euler