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.
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Poiret made clothes for individual customers, but I wouldn't like to make a dress just for its own sake.
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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.
As a writer, a blank page will humble the hell out of you. It always does, and it always will.
Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.
I work for ABC. If the thing that ABC is paying me for is storytelling - not to make sure that a costume is exactly right or all those other things - then it is up to me to find the most creative space possible so that that function of my job can happen.
The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.
Writing has... been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.
The creative artist seems to be almost the only kind of man that you could never meet on neutral ground. You can only meet him as an artist. He sees nothing objectively because his own ego is always in the foreground of every picture
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