I 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.
YVES SAINT LAURENTThe most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves. But for those who haven’t had the fortune of finding this happiness, I am there.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
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For a woman, le smoking is an indispensable garment with which she finds herself continually in fashion, because it is about style, not fashion.
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We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
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To be beautiful, woman enough to have a black sweater, black skirt and walk arm in arm with the man she loves.
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I participated in the transformation of my era. I did it with clothes, which is surely less important than music, architecture, painting but whatever it’s worth I did it.
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Playing with fashion is an art. The first rule is don’t burn your wings.
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What is wonderful about my art is that dream and reality can become one. There is just one step between the two.
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I don’t really like knees.
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When you feel good in a clothing anything can happen.
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If, in ready-to-wear, a garment is manufactured according to standard sizes, the haute couture garment adapts to any imperfection in order to eliminate it.
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I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
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I don’t at all search for an ideal woman, but several ideal women.
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I love women. I love all the bright and attractive people and things of this world, the flame and also the moth, the dancer and the dance.
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I was born with a nervous breakdown.
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I always believed that style was more important than fashion. They are rare, those who imposed their style while fashion makers are so numerous.
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