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1999
Elf-Sanofi Sells Yves Saint Laurent to the Groupe Pinault-Printemps-Redoute

Related to Haute Couture House

Just five years after buying the Groupe Yves Saint Laurent, Sanofi sold it to Gucci, a subsidiary of the Groupe Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (now Kering). Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent continued to manage the haute couture division, while cosmetics and ready-to-wear were headed by Domenico de Sole and Tom Ford.

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François Pinault, Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé during a haute couture show, Paris, 2000. Photograph by William Stevens., © William STEVENS/GAMMA
François Pinault, Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé during a haute couture show, Paris, 2000. Photograph by William Stevens.
© William STEVENS/GAMMA