We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
Yves Saint LaurentRead
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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.
The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the shape of the dress.
Dressing well is a form of good manners.
The goal I seek is to have people refine their style through my clothing without having them become victims of fashion.
A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed.
The most important thing to remember is that you can wear all the greatest clothes and all the greatest shoes, but you’ve got to have a good spirit on the inside. That’s what’s really going to make you look like you’re ready to rock the world.
Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.
I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.
People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.
I don't design clothes, I design dreams.
Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offices than to merely keep us warm. They change our view of the world and the world's view of us.
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
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