The street and me is a love story. 1971 is a great date because, finally, fashion took to the street.
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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When you feel good in a clothing anything can happen.
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Elegance and beauty have been banished.
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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 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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Moda je prolazna, dok stil traje, on je večan.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
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Fashions come and go, but style is forever.
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Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.
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For a woman, le smoking is an indispensable garment with which she finds herself continually in fashion, because it is about style, not fashion.
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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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I was born with a nervous breakdown.
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Without elegance of the heart, there is no elegance.
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Elegance is no longer significant; clothes have to be fun.
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A woman’s wardrobe shouldn’t change every six months.
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