Patrick Altes was aged just four when he arrived in Paris with his family. They had been displaced from their home as the 1962 Algerian War of Independence expelled its population of European colonists.

First Hollywood turned its attention to Coco Chanel, now it’s the turn of Yves Saint Laurent. As two new movies are released, Louise O’Neill looks at the life of the iconic designer.

French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent has died. He was 71.