TO SEE NEW YSL COLLECTION, CLICK ON TO CYBER-RUNWAY.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. With most designers nervous about fashion hackers ripping them off, Yves Saint Laurent Saint Lau·rent or Saint-Lau·rent A city of southern Quebec, Canada, an industrial suburb of Montreal. Population: 77,391. is boldly going where no couturier has gone before: cyberspace on opening day. On Wednesday, when he unveils his 1996-97 fall-winter haute couture collection, YSL YSL Yves Saint Laurent YSL Yolk Syncytial Layer YSL Youth Ski League YSL Yugoslavian Sign Language (SIL code) YSL St Leonard, New Brunswick, Canada - St Leonard Apt (Airport Code) YSL Your Second Life will go directly on the Internet in ``real'' time for fashion groupies. Until now, fashion collections were shown on the Web with unapproved un·ap·proved adj. Not approved or sanctioned: an unapproved vaccine; an unapproved protest march. and even pirated photos, provoking howls of protest in the industry. ``You can't turn your back on progress, ignore the modern world and technology,'' said company President Pierre Berge. So instead of waiting for some pirate to put the YSL creations on the Internet, the Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and financial corporations of all sizes, and commercial enterprises company has created a permanent Yves Saint Laurent site. Some details already are available. Click to ``Saga'' to find photos and texts on Saint Laurent's life, including his youthful interest in the theater and his top creations from safari suits to the fabulous ``smokings'' or tuxedos he made so famous. There also will be ``Couture Countdown'' - illustrated information on creating couture, and ``Interact with YSL'' will field questions from Internet users. The address:http://fashionlive.worldmedia.fr/YSL/. |
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