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" I'm very sure of myself - what I do and what I like. "
Yves Saint Laurent
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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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" Dressing is a way of life. "
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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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" 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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" I'm not deceived by people, because I don't pay attention to people. "
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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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" It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion. "
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" Good clothing is a passport to happiness. "
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" A visit to Marrakesh was a great shock to me. This city taught me color. "
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" Fashions fade, style is eternal. "
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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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" 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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" I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country. "
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" Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing? "
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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 good model can advance fashion by ten years. "
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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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" Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and, also, old films. "
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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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" 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 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 told myself repeatedly, 'One day you will be famous.' "
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" I'm constantly looking for perfection. "
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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 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 so secluded. Very alone. "
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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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" We must never confuse elegance with snobbery. "
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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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