I tell myself that I created the wardrobe of the contemporary woman, that I participated in the transformation of my times.
Yves Saint LaurentRead
I am very happy to design haute couture. It's a love story between couture and me.
Interpretation
The quote expresses the deep emotional connection the designer has with haute couture fashion.
Yves Saint Laurent highlights that his work in haute couture is not merely a profession, but an emotional and creative love story. This bond between himself and the art of fashion reflects the passion and dedication that goes into creating beautiful garments and the personal expression inherent in the design process.
In practice
Use this quote during a fashion show to emphasize the passion behind the designs.
I tell myself that I created the wardrobe of the contemporary woman, that I participated in the transformation of my times.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Poiret made clothes for individual customers, but I wouldn't like to make a dress just for its own sake.
We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion.
Sometimes writing a novel is not unlike having a baby. You'd have to ask a female novelist to compare the pain.
A hint - don't paint too much direct from nature. Art is an abstraction! study nature then brood on it and treasure the creation which will result, which is the only way to ascend towards God - to create like our Divine Master.
I wonder if I can write this history, or if on every page there will be some sneaking show of a bitterness I thought long dead. I think myself cured of all spite, but when I touch pen to paper, the hurt of a boy bleeds out with the sea-spawned ink, until I suspect each carefully formed black letter scabs over some ancient scarlet wound.
My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.
One can be a great poet and be politically stupid.
Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it, putting words on paper that have never been there in quite that way before.
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