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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. "

Yves Saint Laurent

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" I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes. "

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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'm so secluded. Very alone. "

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" Good clothing is a passport to happiness. "

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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'm constantly looking for perfection. "

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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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" A visit to Marrakesh was a great shock to me. This city taught me color. "

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

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" I'm very sure of myself - what I do and what I like. "

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

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" I tell myself that I created the wardrobe of the contemporary woman, that I participated in the transformation of my times. "

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

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