Algiers-ALSHARQIYA May 29: In the popular "Stoura" neighborhood, in the city center of Oran, western Algeria, the house of the international artist Yves Henri Donat Mathieu Saint Laurent is located, who was born and lived in it for 18 years before moving to Paris in the fifties of the last century, and behind this The house, which became an archaeological museum, tells the story of a brilliant international fashion designer whose name was associated with Algeria.
Yves Henri Donat Mathieu Saint Laurent was born on August 1, 1936, in Oran. He was the eldest son of the family with two younger sisters, Michelle and Brigitte, and despite his excessive nervousness, the young boy was very interested in creating complex paper dolls, and by his early teenage years he was designing dresses to his mother and sisters.
After completing his secondary studies in Algeria, he moved to Paris to pursue his career in designing theatrical costumes and women's costumes, before winning a design competition in the fifties of the last century, which opened the doors of the international designer Christian Dior's workshop for him, and the city of Oran witnessed his first drawings, where he He designed more than 3,000 drawings. The drawers of his parents' house witnessed a boy coming down every morning to go to Lamoricier High School, and then to the School of Fine Arts.
Saint Laurent engraved his name in golden letters in the art of fashion design, which made many Algerians evoke him in their imagination as one of the personalities who honed her talent in the bosom of this country.
For decades, the house in which Saint Laurent was born maintained its position as an exceptional place in which one of the greatest fashion designers in history grew up. This encouraged the Algerian businessman, Mohamed Affan, to buy the house from one of the Algerian families who live in it and to carry out a restoration process to return it to its first face. And converting it into a museum that includes some of Saint Laurent's works, as it became open to the public as a tourist attraction.
The Saint Laurent house underwent a comprehensive renovation process that restored its luster, as its two-storey exterior walls were painted in a light yellow-orange color, and the legitimate windows of the house became blue, which made it a destination for every visitor. Since its opening, it has witnessed visits by artistic and political figures, among them The French singer and producer of Algerian origins, William Sami Grigsen, known as DJ Snack, who took advantage of his arrival in Algeria to visit the museum, in addition to the recent visit by the US Ambassador to Algeria Elizabeth Moore Aubin, who expressed her admiration for the beauty and style of Yves Saint Laurent's house in Oran, in A post on the social networking site Facebook.
The house is also a source of inspiration for many designers and creatives looking to make their names in the art world.
