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 LAURENTMy name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity – all I hope for in my clothes.
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Isn’t elegance forgetting what one is wearing?
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Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generation to generation,
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Dressing is a way of life.
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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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Elegance and beauty have been banished.
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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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Moda je prolazna, dok stil traje, on je večan.
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Playing with fashion is an art. The first rule is don’t burn your wings.
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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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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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A woman’s wardrobe shouldn’t change every six months.
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Fashions come and go, but style is forever.
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Fashions fade, style is eternal.
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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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