Yves Saint Laurent Quotes

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Yves Saint Laurent

Profession : Designer

Birth : August 1, 1936

I'm so secluded. Very alone.

Yves Saint Laurent

I live in solitude. I have need of solitude to do the next day's work. I can't be to parties where the noise tires me. I can't speak on the telephone. I must have complete calm.

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I want to give haute couture a kind of wink, a sense of humour - to introduce the whole sense of freedom one sees in the street into high fashion; to give couture the same provocative and arrogant look as punk - but, of course, with luxury and dignity and style.

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It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion.

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When I look at the five thousand garments and then all this music hall work, I ask myself how I could have done it all. I was a phenomenon!

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My classmates could see I was not similar. So they made me their scapegoat. They hit me or locked me in the toilets. During the break, I would take refuge in the chapel, or I would arrange to stay alone in the classroom.

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If men wanted to look good in a skirt, they would need the body of an African. And the colour. A skirt with white, skinny legs. Horrible!

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A good model can advance fashion by ten years.

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I wanted women to have the same basic wardrobe as a man. Blazer, trousers, and suit. They're so functional. I believed women wanted this and was right.

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My favorite thing is a black sweater and skirt, which you can wear all the time by changing the accessories.

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Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and, also, old films.

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Poiret made clothes for individual customers, but I wouldn't like to make a dress just for its own sake.

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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 adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.

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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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I hate fashion. I don't have any fun doing it. A show terrifies me.

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I do not decide that skirts shall be short or long. The shape of the dress itself often dictates the length.

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I am very happy to design haute couture. It's a love story between couture and me.

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I had noticed men were much more confident in their clothes. So I sought through trouser suits, trench coats, tuxedos, and pea coats to give women the same confidence.

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