My name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.
YVES SAINT LAURENTElegance is no longer significant; clothes have to be fun.
More Yves Saint Laurent Quotes
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The street and me is a love story. 1971 is a great date because, finally, fashion took to the street.
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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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Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.
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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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I don’t really like knees.
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To be beautiful, woman enough to have a black sweater, black skirt and walk arm in arm with the man she loves.
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I couldn’t love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a woman for an artistic reason, or from the point of view of my work, I think it would rob her of something.
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Playing with fashion is an art. The first rule is don’t burn your wings.
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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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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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Anyone who reaches for great expression has to be careful of the ridiculous.
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Each model I have represents a type of ideal women to me.
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I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity – all I hope for in my clothes.
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I don’t at all search for an ideal woman, but several ideal women.
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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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