Isn’t elegance forgetting what one is wearing?
YVES SAINT LAURENTThe street and me is a love story. 1971 is a great date because, finally, fashion took to the street.
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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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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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Elegance is no longer significant; clothes have to be fun.
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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 love bows, … And I feel some couture pots coming on.
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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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We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
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Chanel freed women, and I empowered them.
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Fashion comes and goes, but style is eternal.
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Playing with fashion is an art. The first rule is don’t burn your wings.
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Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generation to generation,
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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 good model can advance fashion by ten years.
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I love women. I love all the bright and attractive people and things of this world, the flame and also the moth, the dancer and the dance.
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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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