Fashion designer Gucci explains how his relationship with Yves Saint-Laurent deteriorated . one letter accused Ford of destroying the French icon 's 40-year career in 13 minutes . Ford was creative director at Yves Saint-Laurent when it bought Yves Saint-Laurent fashion house . So the dynamics of film directing and fashion design -- in the ways that I 've done it -- were not dissimilar . '' He has since started his own self-named label and moved into film , directing ` I
Fashion designer Gucci explains how his relationship with Yves Saint-Laurent deteriorated . one letter accused Ford of destroying the French icon 's 40-year career in 13 minutes . Ford was creative director at Yves Saint-Laurent when it bought Yves Saint-Laurent fashion house . He has since started his own self-named label and moved into film , directing ` I