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" A good model can advance fashion by ten years. "
Yves Saint Laurent
Model
Good
Fashion
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" I try to only be in agreeable circumstances. "
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" I'm so secluded. Very alone. "
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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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" Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing? "
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" Basic clothes are for all women, to last for decades and decades. They are the future and will never change. I am persuaded of that. "
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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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" 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'm not deceived by people, because I don't pay attention to people. "
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" We must never confuse elegance with snobbery. "
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" I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style. "
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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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" The big difference between couture and ready-to-wear is not design. It is the fabrics, the handwork, and the fittings. The act of creation is the same. "
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Same
Big
" I'm very sure of myself - what I do and what I like. "
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Sure
" 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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Men
" I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country. "
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America
Country
Extraordinary
" My favorite thing is a black sweater and skirt, which you can wear all the time by changing the accessories. "
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Time
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" Fashions fade, style is eternal. "
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Style
Fashions
Eternal
" I told myself repeatedly, 'One day you will be famous.' "
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Day
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" I'm constantly looking for perfection. "
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Looking
Constantly
" Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and, also, old films. "
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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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" When I was young in the 1960s, all the world watched the youth. Everywhere was the sensation of wanting to break the chains but to do something beautiful. It is my privilege to have beauty always near me. "
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Beautiful
Beauty
Youth
" 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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" Good clothing is a passport to happiness. "
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" I hate fashion. I don't have any fun doing it. A show terrifies me. "
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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 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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" 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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