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Elegance and beauty have been banished.
Yves Saint Laurent
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Yves Saint Laurent
Age: 71 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 1
Died: 2008
Died: June 1
Art Collector
Businessperson
Costume Designer
Designer
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Fashion Designer
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Banished
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The street and me is a love story. 1971 is a great date because, finally, fashion took to the street.
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I'm so secluded. Very alone.
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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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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
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Dressing is a way of life. It brings you joy. It can give you freedom and liberation, help you to find yourself and to move without restraint. Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?
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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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Fashion is defined by what later becomes out of fashion.
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I prefer to shock rather than to bore through repetition.
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