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Top 33 Yves Saint Laurent Quotes (FASHION)

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Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.Pin
Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.
Without elegance of the heart, there is no elegance.Pin
Without elegance of the heart, there is no elegance.
Fashion comes and goes, but style is eternal.Pin
Fashion comes and goes, but style is eternal.
The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.Pin
The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
When you feel good in a clothing anything can happen. A good clothing is a passport for happiness.Pin
When you feel good in a clothing anything can happen. A good clothing is a passport for happiness.
Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.Pin
Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.Pin
We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
The most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves. But for those who haven't had the fortune of finding this happiness, I am there.Pin
The most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves. But for those who haven’t had the fortune of finding this happiness, I am there.
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.Pin
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.
I love black because it affirms, designs and styles. A woman in a black dress is a pencil stroke.Pin
I love black because it affirms, designs and styles. A woman in a black dress is a pencil stroke.

16 Wise Yves Saint Laurent Quotes on Fashion

“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.”

Yves Saint Laurent
To be beautiful, woman enough to have a black sweater, black skirt and walk arm in arm with the man she loves.Pin
To be beautiful, woman enough to have a black sweater, black skirt and walk arm in arm with the man she loves.
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 wearingPin
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?
I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.Pin
I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.
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.Pin
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.

“A designer who is not also a couturier, who hasn’t learned the most refined mysteries of physically creating his models, is like a sculptor who gives his drawings to another man, an artisan, to accomplish.”

Yves Saint Laurent
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.Pin
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.
Chanel freed women, and I empowered them.Pin
Chanel freed women, and I empowered them.
Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.Pin
Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.
Anyone who reaches for great expression has to be careful of the ridiculous.Pin
Anyone who reaches for great expression has to be careful of the ridiculous.
It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion.Pin
It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion.

“I tried to show that fashion is an art. For that, I followed the counsel of my master Christian Dior and the imperishable lesson of Mademoiselle Chanel. I created for my era and I tried to foresee what tomorrow would be.”

Yves Saint Laurent
I am very happy to design haute couture. It's a love story between couture and me.Pin
I am very happy to design haute couture. It’s a love story between couture and me.
I do not decide that skirts shall be short or long. The shape of the dress itself often dictates the length.Pin
I do not decide that skirts shall be short or long. The shape of the dress itself often dictates the length.
A good model can advance fashion by ten years.Pin
A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
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.Pin
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.

7 Inspirational Yves Saint Laurent Quotes to Inspire Success

I prefer to shock rather than to bore through repetition.Pin
I prefer to shock rather than to bore through repetition.
What is wonderful about my art is that dream and reality can become one. There is just one step between the two.Pin
What is wonderful about my art is that dream and reality can become one. There is just one step between the two.
Decadence attracts me. It suggests a new world, and, for me, society's struggle between life and death is absolutely beautiful.Pin
Decadence attracts me. It suggests a new world, and, for me, society’s struggle between life and death is absolutely beautiful.
I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.Pin
I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
I told myself repeatedly, 'One day you will be famous.'Pin
I told myself repeatedly, ‘One day you will be famous.’
I'm constantly looking for perfection.Pin
I’m constantly looking for perfection.
I tell myself that I created the wardrobe of the contemporary woman, that I participated in the transformation of my times.Pin
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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