Pierre Bergé (born November 14, 1930) is a French industrialist and patron. He is perhaps best known as the co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent Couture House and lifelong partner of Fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent.
He was born at in Oléron (Charente-Maritime). His mother Christiane was an amateur soprano and a progressist teacher who used the Montessori method. His father worked for the tax office and was a great rugby enthusiast. Bergé attended the...
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Pierre Bergé (born November 14, 1930) is a French industrialist and patron. He is perhaps best known as the co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent Couture House and lifelong partner of Fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent.
He was born at in Oléron (Charente-Maritime). His mother Christiane was an amateur soprano and a progressist teacher who used the Montessori method. His father worked for the tax office and was a great rugby enthusiast. Bergé attended the Lycée Eugène Fromentin in La Rochelle, and later went to Paris. On the day of his arrival, as he was walking on the Champs-Élysées, French poet Jacques Prévert fell on him while attempting suicide.
Bergé met Yves Saint Laurent in 1958. They became romantically involved and together launched Yves Saint Laurent Couture House in 1961. The couple split romantically in 1976 but remained lifelong friends and business partners. Bergé acted as C.E.O. of Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture until it shuttered in 2002. Highly protective and invested in the...
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