Global tributes pour in for Yves Saint Laurent

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PARIS (AFP) — Tributes poured in from across the world Monday for French design legend Yves Saint Laurent, who revolutionised fashion by foreseeing the rise of working women and making their outfits classy.

"Saint Laurent was one of the great couturiers, one of the few who have achieved perfection with everything they touched," said British designer Vivienne Westwood.

Saint Laurent, whose slinky tuxedo suits and safari jackets became a symbol of women's liberation in the 1960s, died aged 71 of a brain tumour late Sunday in Paris.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the designer was "the first to elevate haute couture to the rank of art."

"Yves Saint Laurent infused his label with his creative genius... because he was convinced that beauty was a...