There are women who have completely transformed my view of fashion.
YVES SAINT LAURENTThere are women who have completely transformed my view of fashion.
YVES SAINT LAURENTYou should be able to use the pieces you already own and add to them. Because they are like timeless classics.
YVES SAINT LAURENTI adore America. It’s an extraordinary country. A new country.
YVES SAINT LAURENTFinding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.
YVES SAINT LAURENTI wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity – all I hope for in my clothes.
YVES SAINT LAURENTI don’t really like knees.
YVES SAINT LAURENTFashion is defined by what later becomes out of fashion.
YVES SAINT LAURENTI 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.
YVES SAINT LAURENTThe street and me is a love story. 1971 is a great date because, finally, fashion took to the street.
YVES SAINT LAURENTIf, 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.
YVES SAINT LAURENTI’m so secluded. Very alone.
YVES SAINT LAURENTI have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.
YVES SAINT LAURENTI don’t at all search for an ideal woman, but several ideal women.
YVES SAINT LAURENTI always believed that style was more important than fashion. They are rare, those who imposed their style while fashion makers are so numerous.
YVES SAINT LAURENTI was born with a nervous breakdown.
YVES SAINT LAURENTWhen you feel good in a clothing anything can happen.
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