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 LAURENTI wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity – all I hope for in my clothes.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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I love bows, … And I feel some couture pots coming on.
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Each model I have represents a type of ideal women to me.
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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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Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generation to generation,
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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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Blue Jeans? They should be worn by farm girls milking cows!
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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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If, in ready-to-wear, a garment is manufactured according to standard sizes, the haute couture garment adapts to any imperfection in order to eliminate it.
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Isn’t elegance forgetting what one is wearing?
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I prefer to shock rather than to bore through repetition.
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I’m so secluded. Very alone.
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I 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.
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Fashions pass quickly, and nothing is more pathetic than those puppets of fashion outrageously made up one day, pale the next, pleated or ironed stiff, libertine or ascetic.
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