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title: "2 Pathetic Quotes By Yves Saint Laurent"
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> [Fashions pass quickly, and nothing is more pathetic than those puppets of fashion outrageously made up one day, pale the next, pleated or ironed stiff, libertine or ascetic. Playing with fashion is an art. The first rule is don't burn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/fashions-pass-quickly-and-nothing-is-more-pathetic-than-those-puppets/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/yves-saint-laurent-7503_art_fashions-pass-quickly-and-nothing-is-mor_600140.png)

> [It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic by fashion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/it-pains-me-physically-to-see-a-woman-victimized-rendered-pathetic-by/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/yves-saint-laurent-7503_fashion_it-pains-me-physically-to-see-a-woman-vi_3193052.png)

## Other authors on Pathetic

## More by Yves Saint Laurent

> [I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/i-am-no-longer-concerned-with-sensation-and-innovation-but-with-the/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

> [I love women. I love all the bright and attractive people and things of this world, the flame and also the moth, the dancer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/i-love-women-i-love-all-the-bright-and-attractive-people-and-things/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

> [I hate fashion. I don't have any fun doing it. A show terrifies me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/i-hate-fashion-i-don-t-have-any-fun-doing-it-a-show-terrifies-me/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

> [I like to watch the way a model moves in my clothes, the way she gives them life, or if they are wrong, stillborn,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/i-like-to-watch-the-way-a-model-moves-in-my-clothes-the-way-she-gives/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

> [I do not decide that skirts shall be short or long. The shape of the dress itself often dictates the length.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/i-do-not-decide-that-skirts-shall-be-short-or-long-the-shape-of-the/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

> [For a woman, le smoking is an indispensable garment with which she finds herself continually in fashion, because it is about style, not fashion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/for-a-woman-le-smoking-is-an-indispensable-garment-with-which-she/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

> [Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/fashion-is-like-a-party-getting-dressed-is-preparing-to-play-a-role/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

> [Fashion comes and goes, but style is eternal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/fashion-comes-and-goes-but-style-is-eternal/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

> [I wanted women to have the same basic wardrobe as a man. Blazer, trousers, and suit. They're so functional. I believed women wanted this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/i-wanted-women-to-have-the-same-basic-wardrobe-as-a-man-blazer/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

> [I pass for a hypersensitive, reclusive neurotic, which I may well be, but I hope the year won't come when my anxieties and fatigue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/i-pass-for-a-hypersensitive-reclusive-neurotic-which-i-may-well-be/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

> [The street and me is a love story. 1971 is a great date because, finally, fashion took to the street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/the-street-and-me-is-a-love-story-1971-is-a-great-date-because/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

> [The big difference between couture and ready-to-wear is not design. It is the fabrics, the handwork, and the fittings. The act of creation is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/the-big-difference-between-couture-and-ready-to-wear-is-not-design-it/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

> [Elegance and beauty have been banished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/elegance-and-beauty-have-been-banished/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

> [I'm not deceived by people, because I don't pay attention to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/i-m-not-deceived-by-people-because-i-don-t-pay-attention-to-people/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

> [I am very happy to design haute couture. It's a love story between couture and me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yves-saint-laurent/i-am-very-happy-to-design-haute-couture-it-s-a-love-story-between/)

[Yves Saint Laurent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yves-saint-laurent/)

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