To be beautiful, woman enough to have a black sweater, black skirt and walk arm in arm with the man she loves.
YVES SAINT LAURENTA designer who is not also a couturier, who hasn’t learned the most refined mysteries of physically creating his models, is like a sculptor who gives his drawings to another man, an artisan, to accomplish.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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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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Without elegance of the heart, there is no elegance.
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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.
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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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You should be able to use the pieces you already own and add to them. Because they are like timeless classics.
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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 created for my era and I tried to foresee what tomorrow would be.
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For me, perfume, must be adapted to fashion, not the other way around.
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It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic by fashion.
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Decadence attracts me. It suggests a new world, and, for me, society’s struggle between life and death is absolutely beautiful.
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The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
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Each model I have represents a type of ideal women to me.
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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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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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