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I don't at all search for an ideal woman, but several ideal women.

Yves Saint Laurent

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Yves Saint Laurent
Age: 71 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 1
Died: 2008
Died: June 1
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I don't like [to] make a woman ... an abstract concept of the fashion. I don't like [to] say, You must wear that. ... I am not a dictator.
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A woman's wardrobe shouldn't change every six months. You should be able to use the pieces you already own and add to them. Because they are like timeless classics.
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Dressing is a way of life.
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A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
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Without elegance of the heart, there is no elegance.
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I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.
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I find men's clothing fascinating because sometime between, say, 1930 and 1936 a handful of basic shapes were created and still prevail as a sort of scale of expression, with which every man can project his own personality and his own dignity.
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I always believed that style was more important than fashion. They are rare, those who imposed their style while fashion makers are so numerous.
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Fashion comes and goes, but style is eternal.
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When you feel good in a clothing anything can happen. A good clothing is a passport for happiness.
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I cannot pretend to do sculpture and make a woman the ridiculous pedestal of my pretensions. To render clothing poetic, yes--but one must preserve its dignity as clothing.
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I love bows, … And I feel some couture pots coming on.
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For me, perfume, must be adapted to fashion, not the other way around.
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Blue Jeans? They should be worn by farm girls milking cows!
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There are women who have completely transformed my view of fashion and if I hadn't shown them I would never have arrived at this point in fashion, you see.
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It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic by fashion.
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To be beautiful, woman enough to have a black sweater, black skirt and walk arm in arm with the man she loves.
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Anyone who reaches for great expression has to be careful of the ridiculous.
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