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(FILES) File photo taken August 16, 1965 shows a model in Paris displaying a jersey dress reproducting a Mondrian painting, designed by Yves Saint Laurent for his Fall/Winter haute-couture collection. In 1965 Yves Saint Laurent stunned the fashion world with his Mondrian collection. Only a designer of his genius and artistic sensitivity could have seen the potential for flattering a woman’s shape in the grids of black lines framing bright primary colours which are the Dutch abstract painter’s hallmark. The Mondrian shifts were just the first manifestation of Saint Laurent’s lifelong love affair with art, reflected in the collection amassed with his partner and right-hand man Pierre Berge, which is being dispersed by auction at the Grand Palais next week. AFP Photo / Files (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)