I was born with a nervous breakdown.
YVES SAINT LAURENTFashion comes and goes, but style is eternal.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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A woman’s wardrobe shouldn’t change every six months.
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My name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.
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Le plus beau vêtement qui puisse habiller une femme, ce sont les bras de l’homme qu’elle aime. Mais, pour celles qui n’ont pas eu la chance de trouver ce bonheur, je suis là.
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We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
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Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.
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Decadence attracts me. It suggests a new world, and, for me, society’s struggle between life and death is absolutely beautiful.
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Fashion comes and goes, but style is eternal.
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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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There are women who have completely transformed my view of fashion and if I hadn’t shown them I would never have arrived at this point in fashion, you see.
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Dressing is a way of life.
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When you feel good in a clothing anything can happen.
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Each model I have represents a type of ideal women to me.
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Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generation to generation,
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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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I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.
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