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Everybody has a theory on this. I spent too long researching this one on YouTube!

Here’s a sound file with someone saying “Saint Laurent” from 1962.

I got this from a black and white video about one of his early collections:

And here’s a more recent pronunciation of “Yves Saint Laurent” from an ad for ‘Cinema’ perfume:

You have to watch this ad – just beautiful!

Let me know if there are any other brand names you need the pronunciation for!