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.
I don't care if the audience is 600 Saul Bellows; I'm going to knock them dead with a comedy routine. I'm out there as a missionary for literature because, if people laugh and enjoy themselves, they might actually do something as bizarre as reading the book.
Imagine that we are sitting in an ordinary room. Suddenly we are told that there is a corpse behind the door. In an instant the room we are sitting in is completely altered; everything in it has taken on another look; the light, the atmosphere have changed, though they are physically the same. This is because we have changed and the objects are as we conceive them. That is the effect I want to get in my film.
We all know that a good person can be a bad artist.But no one will ever be a genuine artist unless he is a great human being and thus also a good one.
I wake up in the morning and my mind starts making sentences, and I have to get rid of them fast - talk them or write them down.
It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
After the film it was raining, a light steady rain. Ruthless neon on the wet streets like busted candy.
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