The street and me is a love story. 1971 is a great date because, finally, fashion took to the street.
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 am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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I was born with a nervous breakdown.
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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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Isn’t elegance forgetting what one is wearing?
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[Fashion is] a kind of vitamin for style.
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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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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
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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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A woman’s wardrobe shouldn’t change every six months.
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Elegance and beauty have been banished.
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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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We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
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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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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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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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