The great and the good of the fashion world have gathered in a Paris church to pay their last respects to fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent.
He died of a brain tumour in Paris on Sunday at the age of 71.
Saint Laurent changed the face of the fashion industry when he became chief designer of the House of Dior at 21.
He designed clothes that reflected women's changing role in society: more confident personally, sexually and in the workplace.
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Hundreds of onlookers were gathered outside the Saint-Roch church in central Paris, following events inside relayed on a giant screen.
(BBC)
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