YVES SAINT LAURENT RECOVERING FROM FALL

Designer YVES SAINT LAURENT is recovering at home following a serious fall on a Paris street on Friday (06OCT06). The fashion recluse took a tumble stepping into his car during the French capital's Fashion Week, and lay motionless in the road for several minutes until emergency services arrived. However, a spokeswoman at the Yves-Saint-Laurent Foundation insists the 70-year-old did not undergo hospital treatment, and is recovering quietly at his private residence. She says, "Monsieur Saint Laurent did not have a heart attack. He just missed the curb, dropping into his car, and he fell. "He's fine and he did not go to the hospital." Yves Saint Laurent has rarely been seen in public since his retirement in 2002, sparking fears for his health.