Chanel freed women, and I empowered them.
YVES SAINT LAURENTI’d really like to be in closer contact with life. I’m a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
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A good clothing is a passport for happiness.
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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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A designer who is not also a couturier, who hasn’t learned the most refined mysteries of physically creating his models, is like a sculptor who gives his drawings to another man, an artisan, to accomplish.
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I 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.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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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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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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It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic by fashion.
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I love bows, … And I feel some couture pots coming on.
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A woman’s wardrobe shouldn’t change every six months.
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Playing with fashion is an art. The first rule is don’t burn your wings.
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I don’t really like knees.
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Dressing is a way of life.
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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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