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Yves Saint Laurent
French
Designer
Born:
Aug 1
,
1936
Died:
Jun 1
,
2008
Clothes
Fashion
Me
Myself
Woman
Women
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We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
Yves Saint Laurent
Snobbery
Confuse
Must
Never
Elegance
Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
Yves Saint Laurent
Woman
Important
Wearing
Dress
Over
Learned
Years
Who
My favorite thing is a black sweater and skirt, which you can wear all the time by changing the accessories.
Yves Saint Laurent
Time
You
Black
Changing
Favorite
Favorite Thing
Wear
Accessories
Which
Sweater
Skirt
Thing
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.
Yves Saint Laurent
Work
Love
Me
Woman
Think
Would
Totally
Something
Point
Inspired
Point Of View
Rob
Fell
Artistic
Disinterested
View
Reason
Who
Her
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!
Yves Saint Laurent
Work
Music
Myself
Thousand
Could
Look
Hall
How
Five
Done
Ask
Then
Garments
Phenomenon
I am very happy to design haute couture. It's a love story between couture and me.
Yves Saint Laurent
Love
Me
Happy
Love Story
Design
Between
Am
Couture
Very
Story
Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and, also, old films.
Yves Saint Laurent
Me
Happy
Old
Films
Seeing
Also
Cubism
Makes
Very
Paintings
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.
Yves Saint Laurent
Fashion
Freedom
Dignity
Luxury
Punk
Style
Arrogant
Sense
Humour
Kind
High
Introduce
Give
Sees
Wink
Look
Course
Couture
Provocative
Same
Want
Whole
Street
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.
Yves Saint Laurent
Confidence
Women
Suits
Men
Clothes
Trench
Give
More
Through
Had
Sought
Were
Same
Confident
Much
Noticed
Coats
A visit to Marrakesh was a great shock to me. This city taught me color.
Yves Saint Laurent
Great
Me
Visit
City
Color
Shock
Taught
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.
Yves Saint Laurent
Life
Myself
Too
Guess
Distant
Outside
Contact
Like
Closer
Place
Little
Really
I hate fashion. I don't have any fun doing it. A show terrifies me.
Yves Saint Laurent
Fashion
Me
Hate
Doing
Any
Show
Fun
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.
Yves Saint Laurent
Me
Women
Joy
Faithful
Clothes
Unknown
Worn
Given
Been
Thank
Famous
Want
Much
Who
I'm constantly looking for perfection.
Yves Saint Laurent
Looking
Constantly
Perfection
A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
Yves Saint Laurent
Good
Fashion
Ten
Ten Years
Advance
Years
Model
I try to only be in agreeable circumstances.
Yves Saint Laurent
Try
Circumstances
Only
Agreeable
Poiret made clothes for individual customers, but I wouldn't like to make a dress just for its own sake.
Yves Saint Laurent
Made
Own
Clothes
Dress
Individual
Like
Make
Sake
Just
Customers
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