[Fashion is] a kind of vitamin for style.
YVES SAINT LAURENTI find men’s clothing fascinating because sometime between, say, 1930 and 1936 a handful of basic shapes were created and still prevail as a sort of scale of expression, with which every man can project his own personality and his own dignity.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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I don’t like [to] make a woman … an abstract concept of the fashion. I don’t like [to] say, “You must wear that.” … I am not a dictator.
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I don’t really like knees.
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For me, perfume, must be adapted to fashion, not the other way around.
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A good clothing is a passport for happiness.
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I tried to show that fashion is an art. For that, I followed the counsel of my master Christian Dior and the imperishable lesson of Mademoiselle Chanel.
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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
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I adore America. It’s an extraordinary country. A new country.
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I don’t at all search for an ideal woman, but several ideal women.
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Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.
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The street and me is a love story. 1971 is a great date because, finally, fashion took to the street.
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Without elegance of the heart, there is no elegance.
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I cannot pretend to do sculpture and make a woman the ridiculous pedestal of my pretensions. To render clothing poetic, yes–but one must preserve its dignity as clothing.
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Fashion is defined by what later becomes out of fashion.
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Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.
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You should be able to use the pieces you already own and add to them. Because they are like timeless classics.
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