Charming introvert

Both comforting and familiar:

"He spoke like a shy schoolchild startled at being called upon to speak in class. But in top form, and in private, he was wickedly witty and funny." -- Andre Leon Talley remembers Yves Saint Laurent (Vogue, August 2008)

A timid YSL preparing to board, 1950s.

This obituary in The Times probes deeper into fashion's gentle recluse.