Yves Saint Laurent's Final Bow

Larger than Life
Yves Saint Laurent poses next to a portrait of himself at his Paris boutique in 1966. Speaking on French radio, Pierre Berge, the designer's former business and personal partner, said he'd empowered women. "In this sense he was a libertarian, an anarchist and he threw bombs at the legs of society."

• Appreciation: Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008)