Talk:Yves Saint-Laurent

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 * We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.


 * To be beautiful, all a woman needs is a black pullover and a black skirt and to be arm in arm with a man she loves.


 * Fashion isn't just to decorate women, but to reassure them, give them confidence.


 * Is elegance not totally forgetting what one is wearing?


 * A woman who has not found her style, who does not feel at ease in her clothes, who does not live in harmony with them, is a sick woman.


 * The silhouette counts more than anything. It should never be overloaded.


 * Fashions fade. Style is eternal.


 * The important thing is to last.


 * Every one needs aesthetic phantoms in order to exist. I have known fear and the terrors of solitude. I have known those fair-weather friends we call tranquilizers and drugs. I have known the prison of depression and the confinement of hospital. But one day, I was able to come through all of that, dazzled yet sober.


 * The most beautiful clothes a woman can be dressed with is the arms of the man she loves. But for those who haven’t had the chance to find this bliss, I’m here.