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.
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.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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I was born with a nervous breakdown.
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The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
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Elegance and beauty have been banished.
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Fashion comes and goes, but style is eternal.
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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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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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Fashion is defined by what later becomes out of fashion.
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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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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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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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Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.
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A good clothing is a passport for happiness.
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What is wonderful about my art is that dream and reality can become one. There is just one step between the two.
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