at the denver art museum opening gala for the exhibtion, yves saint laurent: the retrospective, yves saint laurent co-founder & saint laurent's longtime partner, pierre bergé had this to say about the brand's new creative director, hedi slimane: "i am very, very happy today to have hedi slimane because he is a great fashion designer and he has a great talent, a huge talent. i like him, he is a friend and he worked for saint laurent a long time ago and he's a member of the family, of the YSL family. i'm very happy."
