Obit Yves Saint Laurent

** FILE ** In this Jan. 25, 1984 file photo, French designer Yves Saint Laurent, center, surrounded by some of his models acknowledges applause from the audience following the presentation of the Spring collection in Paris. Yves Saint Laurent, who reworked the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant pantsuits that came to define how modern women dressed, died Sunday evening June 1, 2008. He was 71. (AP Photo/Jacques Langevin, File)