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?
YVES SAINT LAURENTThere are women who have completely transformed my view of fashion.
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Moda je prolazna, dok stil traje, on je večan.
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I created for my era and I tried to foresee what tomorrow would be.
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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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Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generation to generation,
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The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
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We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
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Fashions come and go, but style is forever.
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Each model I have represents a type of ideal women to me.
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A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
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My name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.
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For me, perfume, must be adapted to fashion, not the other way around.
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Playing with fashion is an art. The first rule is don’t burn your wings.
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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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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 prefer to shock rather than to bore through repetition.
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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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Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.
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For a woman, le smoking is an indispensable garment with which she finds herself continually in fashion, because it is about style, not fashion.
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I always believed that style was more important than fashion. They are rare, those who imposed their style while fashion makers are so numerous.
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A woman’s wardrobe shouldn’t change every six months.
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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 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 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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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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I like to watch the way a model moves in my clothes, the way she gives them life, or if they are wrong, stillborn, the way her life rejects them.
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