We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
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.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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My name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.
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[Fashion is] a kind of vitamin for style.
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The 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.
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The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
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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 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 wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity – all I hope for in my clothes.
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I’d really like to be in closer contact with life. I’m a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
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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.
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Each model I have represents a type of ideal women to me.
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I love black because it affirms, designs and styles. A woman in a black dress is a pencil stroke.
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A woman’s wardrobe shouldn’t change every six months.
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Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generation to generation,
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I created for my era and I tried to foresee what tomorrow would be.
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I was born with a nervous breakdown.
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