It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic by fashion.
YVES SAINT LAURENTIt pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic by fashion.
YVES SAINT LAURENTFashions pass quickly, and nothing is more pathetic than those puppets of fashion outrageously made up one day, pale the next, pleated or ironed stiff, libertine or ascetic.
YVES SAINT LAURENTI 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.
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 LAURENTDecadence attracts me. It suggests a new world, and, for me, society’s struggle between life and death is absolutely beautiful.
YVES SAINT LAURENTFashions fade, style is eternal.
YVES SAINT LAURENTThe street and me is a love story. 1971 is a great date because, finally, fashion took to the street.
YVES SAINT LAURENTFashion comes and goes, but style is eternal.
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 have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.
YVES SAINT LAURENTMy name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.
YVES SAINT LAURENTI 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.
YVES SAINT LAURENTChanel freed women, and I empowered them.
YVES SAINT LAURENTWhat is wonderful about my art is that dream and reality can become one. There is just one step between the two.
YVES SAINT LAURENTFashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.
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.
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