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Yves (given Name)
Yves (; in English as ) is a common French male given name of uncertain origin, either from Celtic as in the Gaulish name ''Ivo'' (''Iuo'') and compound names ''Ivorix'' (''Iuo-rigi'' or ''Iue-ricci'') and ''Ivomagus'' (''Iuo-magi''), all derived from the Gaulish term for yew, ''iuos'' or ''īuos'', or from Germanic, derived from Proto-Germanic ''*īwaz'', ''*īhwaz'' (compare Icelandic ''ýr''), masculine variant of ''*īwō'' (compare Dutch ''ijf'', German ''Eibe''), from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₁eyHweh₂'', meaning yew. Related names include Erwan[n] (though another etymology has been suggested), Evette, Ives, Ivet, Iveta, Ivette, Ivo, Iwo, Yve, Yvette (the feminine form of Yves), Yvo, Yvon, Yvonne, and many other diminutives (mainly from Brittany). The etymology of the French common name ''if'' "yew tree" is disputed the same way as the first name Yves, whether it is Gaulish or Germanic. People with the given name Actors * Yves Afonso (1944–2018), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Taxus
''Taxus'' is a genus of coniferous trees or shrubs known as yews in the family Taxaceae. Yews occur around the globe in temperate zones of the northern hemisphere, northernmost in Norway and southernmost in the South Celebes. Some populations exist in tropical highlands. The oldest known fossil species are from the Early Cretaceous. Morphology They are relatively slow-growing and can be very long-lived, and reach heights of , with trunk girth averaging . They have reddish bark, lanceolate, flat, dark-green leaves long and broad, arranged spirally on the stem, but with the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flat rows either side of the stem. The male cones are globose, across, and shed their pollen in early spring. Yews are mostly dioecious, but occasional individuals can be variably monoecious, or change sex with time. The seed cones are highly modified, each cone containing a single seed long partly surrounded by a modified scale which develops into a soft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yves Flores
Yves Romeo Canlas Flores (born November 26, 1994) is a Filipino actor and model born in Angeles City, but grew up in Tarlac City. On April 8, 2012, he joined '' Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 4'' as a housemate. Flores is currently managed by and under contract to Star Magic, ABS-CBN's home based talent agency. Personal life Flores was raised in Tarlac City. He grew up as performer and at the age of 18, he joined the '' Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition 4''. Flores was evicted from the house on Day 76. Career Yves signed a contract in ABS-CBN's Star Magic bottom of the winners Myrtle Sarrosa and Karen Reyes. As the network's and talent agency's artist, Flores had a lot of projects in ABS-CBN ABS-CBN is a leading Philippine media and content company. It serves as the flagship media brand of ABS-CBN Corporation, a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation. Once the country's largest free-to-air television network, ABS-CBN has since .... In Forevermore, he stars as Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yves Saint Laurent (brand)
Yves Saint Laurent SAS (, , , ), also known as Saint Laurent and YSL, is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1961 by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. The company specializes in '' couture'', ready-to-wear, leather accessories, and footwear. Its cosmetics line, YSL Beauty, is owned by L'Oréal. Cédric Charbit has been CEO of Yves Saint Laurent since 2024, and Anthony Vaccarello creative director since 2016. In 2024, Yves Saint Laurent reported 2.9 billion euros in sales. History The eponymous brand was established in 1962 by designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. The brand's logos were designed in 1963 by A. M. Cassandre. During the 1960s and 1970s, YSL popularized the beatnik look, safari jackets, tight pants, and thigh-high boots. In 1966, YSL debuted '' Le Smoking'', a tuxedo suit for women. In an attempt to democratize fashion, YSL began producing ready-to-wear in 1966, with its launch of ''Rive Gauche,'' and is considered t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yves Saint Laurent (designer)
Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent (1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008), better known as Yves Saint Laurent (, , , ) or YSL, was a French fashion designer who, in 1962, founded his eponymous fashion label. He is regarded as being among the foremost fashion designers of the twentieth century. Saint Laurent helped women find confidence by looking both comfortable and elegant at the same time. He is credited with having introduced the " Le Smoking" tuxedo suit for women, and he was known for his use of non-European cultural references and diverse models.Yves Saint Laurent's body put to rest ''Fashion Television''. In 1985, historian Caroline Milbank called Saint Laurent "the most consistently celebrated and influential designer of the past twenty-five years", adding that he "c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yves Rodier
Yves Rodier (born June 5, 1967) is a Québécois comic strip creator known for his many pastiches of ''The Adventures of Tintin''. Biography Rodier always loved comics, but first set out to become a musician or cinematographer. He soon returned to comics. He started out by imitating the work of his favorite author, , creating pastiches of ''''. These copies were illegal a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yves Netzhammer
Yves Netzhammer (born 1970) is a Swiss artist who lives and works in Zurich. Born in Schaffhausen, he studied architecture there and later obtained a diploma at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich, department of visual design. He has been working with video installations, slide projections, drawings and objects since 1997. Since 2006 Netzhammer publishes online in the blo''Journal for Art, Sex and Mathematics'' In 2007 he represented Switzerland at the 52nd Venice Biennale together with Ugo Rondinone Ugo Rondinone (born November 30, 1964) is a Swiss-born contemporary artist. Rondinone is known for his temporary, large-scale land art sculpture, '' Seven Magic Mountains'' (2016–2021), with its seven fluorescently-painted totems of large ..., Urs Fischer and Christine Streuli. External linksSource [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yves Klein
Yves Klein (; 28 April 1928 – 6 June 1962) was a French artist and an important figure in post-war European art. He was a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by art critic Pierre Restany. Klein was a pioneer in the development of performance art, and is seen as an inspiration to and as a forerunner of Minimalism, minimal art, as well as pop art. He developed and used International Klein Blue. Biography Klein was born in Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France. His parents, Fred Klein and Marie Raymond, were both painters. His father painted in a loose Post-Impressionism, post-impressionist style, while his mother was a leading figure in Art informel, and held regular soirées with other leading practitioners of this Parisian abstract movement. Klein received no formal training in art, but his parents exposed him to different styles. His father was a figurative style painter, while his mother had an interest in abstract ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yves Chaland
Yves Chaland (; 3 April 1957 – 18 July 1990) was a French cartoonist. During the 1980s, together with Luc Cornillon, Serge Clerc and Floc'h, he launched the ''Atomic style'', a stylish remake of the Marcinelle School in Franco-Belgian comics. Biography Yves Chaland was born in Lyon on 3 April 1957 to Jean-Marie Chaland and Marie-Thérèse Chapolard. Chaland published his first strips in the fanzine ''Biblipop'' when he was 17. During his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Saint-Etienne, he created his own fanzine, ''L'Unité de Valeur'', in 1976, with Luc Cornillon. In 1978, they met writer/editor Jean-Pierre Dionnet who hired them for his comics magazines ''Métal Hurlant'' and ''Ah Nana''. These pastiches of 50s comics have been collected in the album ''Captivant''. In September 1979 he married designer Isabelle Beaumenay-Joannet. He then created the characters of ''Bob Fish'', ''Adolphus Claar'', ''The Adventures of Freddy Lombard, Freddy Lombard'', and ''Le Jeune Alber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pierre-Yves Pelletier
Pierre-Yves Pelletier is a graphic designer, who has designed 110 stamps for Canada Post. Pierre-Yves Pelletier is half French Canadian. He lives in Belœil, Quebec Beloeil (; ) is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is a suburb of Montreal, on the South Shore and is on the Richelieu River, east of Montreal. According to the official Commission de toponymie du Québec, the name is written Belœil with an oe liga .... He was Director of Publications for the Organizing Committee of the XXI Olympic Games in Montréal in 1976. In 1999, he received the Prix Louis-Philippe BeaudoinFounder of the Quebec École des Arts Graphiques. award. References Canadian graphic designers Canadian stamp designers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Beloeil, Quebec {{Philately-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yves Béhar
Yves Béhar (; born 9 May 1967) is a Swiss-born American designer and entrepreneur. He is the founder and principal designer of Fuseproject, an industrial design and brand development firm. Béhar is also the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of August Smart Lock, a smart lock company acquired by Assa Abloy in 2017; and co-founder of Canopy, a co-working space based in San Francisco. In 2011, the Conde Nast Innovation and Design Awards recognized Béhar as Designer of the Year. His clients have included Herman Miller (manufacturer), Herman Miller, Movado, Puma SE, PUMA, Kodak, Mini (marque), MINI, Western Digital, See Better to Learn Better, General Electric, Swarovski, Samsung, Harvey Karp, SNOO'S Happiest Baby Smart Bassinet, Jimmyjane, Prada and Cobalt Robotics. Early life, education, and early career Béhar was born in 1967 in Lausanne, Switzerland to a German mother, Christine Béhar, and a Sephardi Jewish father, Henry Béhar, whose ancestors were expelled from a ghe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yves Vincent
Yves Vincent (5 August 1921 – 6 January 2016) was a French film and television actor. Biography Born in Haute-Savoie, Yves Vincent spent a large part of his youth in French Algeria where he started out in the troupe of the Comédie de Radio-Algérie. In cinema, he made his first film in 1944 in Cairo with his mother, the prelude to a long career. He appeared in numerous television films and soap operas. Between 1988 and 1991, he played Judge Garonne in the television series ''Tribunal''. In October 2013, he published his memoirs: ''Do you want to smile with me?'', published by Christian Navarro, where he recounts, among other things, his relationship with Ingrid Bergman, Edwige Feuillère and Brigitte Bardot. In 2015, with the same publisher, he published the novel ''Des Vagues à l'Âme''. In late 2016, the actor's last autobiographical work was released posthumously: "4, boulevard Laferrière" (ed. Christian Navarro), in which he reveals fragments of his childhood and ado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yves Verhoeven
Yves Verhoeven (born 27 October 1961) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than eighty films since 1989. Notable Filmography References External links * 1961 births Living people French male film actors People from Seine-Maritime Male actors from Normandy 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors {{France-film-actor-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
