The fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent was born in 1936 in Oran, Algeria. He began working for Christian Dior after winning first prize in the International Wool Secretariat contest for his asymmetrical cocktail dress he designed in 1954 and went on to become Haute Couture designer in 1957, after the death of Dior. He later opened his own couture house, YSL, in 1962 and became the first fashion designer to broadcast his fashion show on the Internet in 1996. Saint Laurent's signature designs include "le smokings", the pantsuits and his safari wear which have become staples in the fashion industry...