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.
YVES SAINT LAURENTFinding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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No more rules, the freedom of dressing. The beauty of mixing vintage clothes with a pair of jeans that I love.
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I couldn’t love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a woman for an artistic reason, or from the point of view of my work, I think it would rob her of something.
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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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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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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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Dressing is a way of life. It brings you joy. It can give you freedom and liberation, help you to find yourself and to move without restraint. Isn’t elegance forgetting what one is wearing?
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Isn’t elegance forgetting what one is wearing?
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I’m so secluded. Very alone.
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Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generation to generation,
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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 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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It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic by fashion.
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My name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.
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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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Each model I have represents a type of ideal women to me.
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