 His style was decidedly more French than the overtly sexy image that Tom Ford propagated.In 2009, following the death of Yves Saint Laurent in 2008 and a tumultuous first few years for Stefano Pilati, a few YSL stores closed in key U.S. markets of San Francisco and New York City.The New York location, on Madison Avenue, had been the brand's first in the United States, having opened in 1969.