WWD: Yves Saint Laurent RTW Fall 2012

Stefano Pilati showed his sign-off collection for Yves Saint Laurent Monday night. Unlike the season's first designer casualty, Raf Simons, Pilati had worked under the rumor of possible dismissal almost from the day he assumed the role of creative director seven years ago. It's not clear when he learned this would be his swan song; he maintained that fact did not determine the design process. "It's not a collection for celebration [of the YSL tenure]," Pilati said backstage before his show. "It's just a phase of my creation." For the full review: http://bit.ly/A0rn0O