Yves Saint Laurent Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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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 wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.”
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“The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.”
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“Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.”
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“A good model can advance fashion by ten years.”
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“Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?”
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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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“We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.”
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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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“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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“When you feel good in a clothing anything can happen. A good clothing is a passport for happiness.”
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“I prefer to shock rather than to bore through repetition,”
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“My name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.”
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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 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 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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“I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.”
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“Elegance and beauty have been banished.”
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“Blue Jeans? They should be worn by farm girls milking cows!”
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“Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generation to generation, 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 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'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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“I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.”
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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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“For a woman, le smoking is an indispensable garment with which she finds herself continually in fashion, because it is about style, not fashion. Fashions come and go, but style is forever.”
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“Fashions pass quickly, and nothing is more pathetic than those puppets of fashion outrageously made up one day, pale the next, pleated or ironed stiff, libertine or ascetic. Playing with fashion is an art. The first rule is don't burn your wings.”
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“[Fashion is] a kind of vitamin for style.”
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“Fashion is defined by what later becomes out of fashion.”
-- Yves Saint Laurent
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