By now, most of you will probably have heard that Yves Saint Laurent sadly passed away last night in his home at the age of 71, as announced by his partner Pierre Berge.

I can't help but go back to my review of the book 'The Beautiful Fall', which I have read and re-read countless times, always concluding that I ended up sympathising and rooting for Yves more than Lagerfeld, perhaps under the guidance of Alice Drake's prose.  That said, the book does end up questioning who has the last laugh, and now Lagerfeld having outlived Yves Saint Laurent and still wildly successful could be called the victor of the rivalry.  As a lot of the papers have said though, Yves was the last of French Fashion's 'Holy Trinity' (Coco Chanel and Christian Dior comprising the rest of the trio...) and as a personal opinion, the impact of Yves' intentions, creativity and vision is so deep felt in fashion that though he ceased designing in 2002, the aftershocks of his work will continue rippling in the way we dress.