Elegance is no longer significant; clothes have to be fun.
YVES SAINT LAURENTI 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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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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Dressing is a way of life.
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Fashions come and go, but style is forever.
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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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Chanel freed women, and I empowered them.
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I adore America. It’s an extraordinary country. A new country.
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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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Fashion comes and goes, but style is eternal.
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I prefer to shock rather than to bore through repetition.
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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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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
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Anyone who reaches for great expression has to be careful of the ridiculous.
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There are women who have completely transformed my view of fashion.
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