Author: Yves Saint Laurent

Quotes

A visit to Marrakesh was a great shock to me. This city taught me color.

A visit to Marrakesh was a great shock to me. This city taught me color.

- Yves Saint Laurent

Good clothing is a passport to happiness.

Good clothing is a passport to happiness.

- Yves Saint Laurent

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.

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

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.

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.

- Yves Saint Laurent

A good model can advance fashion by ten years.

A good model can advance fashion by ten years.

- Yves Saint Laurent

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.

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.

- Yves Saint Laurent

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.

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

I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

- Yves Saint Laurent

I'm so secluded. Very alone.

I'm so secluded. Very alone.

- Yves Saint Laurent

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