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.
YVES SAINT LAURENTDecadence attracts me. It suggests a new world, and, for me, society’s struggle between life and death is absolutely beautiful.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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I love women. I love all the bright and attractive people and things of this world, the flame and also the moth, the dancer and the dance.
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Elegance is no longer significant; clothes have to be fun.
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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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Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.
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I’d really like to be in closer contact with life. I’m a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
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My name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.
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A woman’s wardrobe shouldn’t change every six months.
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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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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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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 always believed that style was more important than fashion. They are rare, those who imposed their style while fashion makers are so numerous.
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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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Elegance and beauty have been banished.
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Each model I have represents a type of ideal women to me.
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