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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. "

Yves Saint Laurent

Clothes

Confidence

Men

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Hate

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Love

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Own

" 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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Myself

Place

" I try to only be in agreeable circumstances. "

" 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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Joy

Clothes

" 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. "

" 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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Alone

Classroom

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

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Pains

Fashion