Quotes by Yves Saint-Laurent

Yves Saint-Laurent

Yves Saint-Laurent

French fashion designer

Lived from: 1936 - 2008

Born: 1 august 1936 Died: 1 june 2008

  • 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.

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  • A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
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  • It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion.
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  • Fashions fade, but style is eternal.
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  • 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.
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  • I knew the youthfulness of the sixties: Talitha and Paul Getty lying on a starlit terrace in Marrakesh, beautiful and damned, and a whole generation assembled as if for eternity where the curtain of the past seemed to lift before an extraordinary future.
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  • We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
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What are the most famous quotes from Yves Saint-Laurent?

The two most famous quotes from Yves Saint-Laurent are:

  • "A good model can advance fashion by ten years."
  • "It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion."

When did Yves Saint-Laurent live?

Yves Saint-Laurent was born in 1936 and died in the year 2008.