In 1966 this Algerian-born designer opened a series of boutiques called Rive Gauche
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1959; founder/designer, Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, from 1962; Rive Gauche 
ready-to-wear line introduced, 1966; menswear line introduced, 1974; firm .... 
wedding dress of brocade and damask of 1980 and his extravagant series of 
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