Without elegance of the heart, there is no elegance.
YVES SAINT LAURENTI 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.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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I tried to show that fashion is an art. For that, I followed the counsel of my master Christian Dior and the imperishable lesson of Mademoiselle Chanel.
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Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.
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The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
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Blue Jeans? They should be worn by farm girls milking cows!
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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 was born with a nervous breakdown.
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Each model I have represents a type of ideal women to me.
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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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I’m so secluded. Very alone.
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I prefer to shock rather than to bore through repetition.
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Fashion comes and goes, but style is eternal.
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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 like to watch the way a model moves in my clothes, the way she gives them life, or if they are wrong, stillborn, the way her life rejects them.
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I love bows, … And I feel some couture pots coming on.
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Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and also old films.
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