A Quote by Carine Roitfeld

Yves Saint Laurent liked women to put their hands in their pockets, or to hold cigarettes, and act a bit like boys. It was to give an impression of composure, some self-assurance, and to counter the feminine appearance.

Carine Roitfeld

Quote Topics

Act Appearance Assurance Bit Boys Cigarettes Composure Counter Feminine Give Hands Hold Impression Like Liked Pockets Put Saint Self Some Women

Quote Author

Carine Roitfeld
French - Editor
Born: September 19, 1954

I believe in the Yves Saint Laurent woman who either has her hands in the pockets of her pantsuit or is holding her lover's hand. She doesn't need a bag.

Carine Roitfeld

I like Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. I have some great Balenciaga jackets and I'm shoe crazy.

Melanie Laurent

In fashion, of course, the way that women are dressed now - and also a vision of the modern woman, the woman of today. She's very feminine, but at the same time, extremely free. A Saint Laurent woman is actually very Parisian. She's not really a man's equal, she's his adversary. I worked on the catwalk with two models who worked with Yves Saint Laurent for more than 10 years. They're not just gorgeous models, they're more than that - they're very smart and very beautiful. They're more than models, they're really unique; it's personality. It's more than just fashion.

Jalil Lespert

Yves Saint Laurent was the first person who made me feel like a woman.

Laetitia Casta

I am not really sure that Diana Vreeland did Yves Saint Laurent a favor, as opposed to the world, by putting that exhibition at the Met in 1983. Because I'm sure that Saint Laurent started looking back at his own work. You see that with artists, don't you? Once they get their first retrospective, it's really hard for them to push ahead.

Suzy Menkes

What I like about Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium is that it's an understated scent that's somehow familiar.

Edie Campbell

Yves Saint Laurent mascara is the best I've ever tried.

Tina Knowles

Yves Saint Laurent hated fashion. He loved style.

Pierre Berge

I love designers like Lanvin, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld, but I also like the preppy look championed by Tommy Hilfiger.

Gok Wan

My earliest influences were Coco Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent.

Bella Freud

Monsier Saint Laurent was pathologically shy, and he made the Saint Laurent woman in his own image. Like her, I am shy. And to protect myself, I adopted something of an androgynous look, just as his women did.

Carine Roitfeld

Monsieur Saint Laurent was pathologically shy, and he made the Saint Laurent woman in his own image. Like her, I am shy. And to protect myself, I adopted something of an androgynous look, just as his women did.

Carine Roitfeld

I am not ashamed to admit that I'm wearing Yves Saint Laurent from top to toe.

Sophie Dahl

I've already bought another house in Tangier and the one in Deauville has been for sale for some time. As for Yves's Saint Laurent apartment, it is being sold because he's dead. But I won't be furnishing my home from Ikea.

Pierre Berge

Yves Saint Laurent has a special place in my heart because he was my mother's favorite designer.