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 LAURENTI 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.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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I created for my era and I tried to foresee what tomorrow would be.
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A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
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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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Blue Jeans? They should be worn by farm girls milking cows!
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Fashions fade, style is eternal.
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I pass for a hypersensitive, reclusive neurotic, which I may well be, but I hope the year won’t come when my anxieties and fatigue will destroy my love of this life, of all the things that inspire me–a line of music, a face in a Vermeer portrait, a character in an opera, or a model born in Harlem.
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You should be able to use the pieces you already own and add to them. Because they are like timeless classics.
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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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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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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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The street and me is a love story. 1971 is a great date because, finally, fashion took to the street.
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It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic by fashion.
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I don’t really like knees.
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Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.
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Moda je prolazna, dok stil traje, on je večan.
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