YSL STILL AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME

FASHION SENSE:

Late fashion king Yves St. Laurent has beaten out Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley as the top-earning dead celebrity on finance magazine Forbes' latest macabre rich list.

The designer made an estimated $350 million in the last year, while Jackson debuts at three on the new list, earning a staggering $90 million in the three months since his death in June (09).

Presley, a regular at the top of the list, slips to fourth with dead earnings of $55 million in the past 12 months.

The top 10 rich dead celebrities on the new list are:

1. Yves Saint Laurent

2. Rodgers & Hammerstein

3. Michael Jackson

4. Elvis Presley

5. J.R.R. Tolkein

6. Charles Schulz

7. John Lennon & Dr. Seuss

9. Albert Einstein

10. Michael Crichton

SOURCE: PANACHE REPORT