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" We must never confuse elegance with snobbery. "
Yves Saint Laurent
Snobbery
Never
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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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" 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 do not decide that skirts shall be short or long. The shape of the dress itself often dictates the length. "
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" Fashions fade, style is eternal. "
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" A good model can advance fashion by ten years. "
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" I'm so secluded. Very alone. "
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" It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion. "
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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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" 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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" 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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Big
" 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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" I am very happy to design haute couture. It's a love story between couture and me. "
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" I hate fashion. I don't have any fun doing it. A show terrifies me. "
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" I just tried to be an artist in my own metier. "
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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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" Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing? "
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Forgetting
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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 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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Live
Day
" A visit to Marrakesh was a great shock to me. This city taught me color. "
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" I told myself repeatedly, 'One day you will be famous.' "
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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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Woman
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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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" 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 adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country. "
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" Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and, also, old films. "
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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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