People: Nov. 19, 1965

Back in Manhattan after peddling his new perfume "Y" ($35 an ounce) from one coast to the other, the traveling salesman lounged around his Regency Hotel suite in a bright red sweater and red trousers, waiting for his frilled dress shirt to come back from the laundry. "I have two or three others," murmured French Fashion Prince Yves St. Laurent, 29, "but I just like that one. It's been to 30 or 40 parties on this trip." After all those parties, Yves wanted to visit the Museum of Modern Art. "I want to see...

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