More than a historical homosexual couple, Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé should be remembered as an example of strong couple and infinite love. Because officially their love affair ended in 1976, but the link and the love they felt for each other has lasted until Saint Laurent died in 2008.
Yves and Pierre met in Paris in 1958. Yves was already the couture youngest couturier, working on Christian Dior and saving the house from the crisis. In 1960 had to interrupt its race in the world of the fashion to fulfill its military obligation. However, it lasted only 20 days in the military, due to a stress attack, which worsened when he learned that the Dior house was going to do without him. This forced him to be Psychiatric Center, where he received harsh electroshock and drug treatments. At the end of the year he returned to Paris, where Pierre was waiting for him, and with his support sued Dior for moral damages. The compensation money was used for create your own sewing house.
From this moment, Pierre became the pillar of Yves. Although in 1976 they decided to put end your love relationship, continued to live together and work in the company. Yves suffered constant emotional ups and downs, manic depressive, and that also led to addictions to drugs and alcohol. Pierre was always there supporting him and being his right arm, in business and in his love life. It is considered that, without Pierre, Yves would not have been able to create the fashion empire he created.
A few days before Yves died, Pierre and he joined civilly, it is said that by theme of inheritance. After the death, Pierre decided auction the collection of objects and art owned by both. Pierre assures that it was a very violent experience, but that this collection belonged to both of them, without Yves and no sense, and that setting up an art and fashion museum would be too expensive. This last stage of the Saint Laurent - Bergé relationship is where the documentary «L'Amour Fou»(Mad love), which shows interviews and statements by Pierre about what life was like with his eternal companion.
