Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Yves Saint LaurentRead
I tell myself that I created the wardrobe of the contemporary woman, that I participated in the transformation of my times.
Interpretation
Yves Saint Laurent expresses pride in his contribution to fashion and women's identity.
In this quote, Yves Saint Laurent reflects on his significant role in shaping the modern woman's wardrobe and identity through fashion. He acknowledges not only his creative influence but also suggests that his work plays a part in the broader cultural transformations of his time, emphasizing the connection between art, personal expression, and societal change.
In practice
In a fashion lecture discussing iconic designers, this quote can illustrate the impact of fashion on society.
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 couldn't love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a woman for an artistic reason, or from the point of view of my work, I think it would rob her of something.
Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.
I can't say what people use the experience of listening to songs for, but I would never tell somebody what it is supposed to mean. That defeats the purpose of making it. Hopefully, whoever connects with it connects with it in their own way, and it can mean whatever it is supposed to mean to them.
I try to tell the best story, and the story that has some heart and some genuine terror and some social commentary and some comedy and some romance and some sex and some violence.
I think a playwright realizes after he finishes working on the script that this is only the beginning. What will happen when it moves into three dimensions?
In my experience, as a young black artist, you have to fulfill an archetype, or be a token - and I was unwilling to do that.
And for the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons.
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