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 was kind of thrown into - I didn't expect to do this for a living, being a recording artist. I was just playing music for the fun of it and writing songs. That was kind of my escape, you know, from the humdrum of the world.
My heart beats more for a raw, average vulgar art, which doesn't live between sleepy fairy-tale moods and poetry but rather concedes a direct entrance to the fearful, commonplace, splendid and the average grotesque banality in life.
I am going for a level of perfection that is only mine... Most of the pleasure is in getting the last little piece perfect.
I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase.
...in my dreams the world would come alive, becoming so captivatingly majestic, free and ethereal, that afterwards it would be oppressive to breathe the dust of this painted life.
Don't expect things to happen fast. Be empathetic with the people you are photographing. Don't be concerned about money.
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