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I don't go out to parties because I'd look terrible in pictures. My escape is television - it's like meditation to me.

Alber Elbaz

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Alber Elbaz
Age: 59 †
Born: 1961
Born: June 12
Died: 2021
Died: April 24
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The problem with couture is not designers it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there.
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If I wasn't a designer I would love to be a doctor. That is my fantasy, my dream. A doctor will give you a tablet if you have a headache and I will give you a dress and we both make you feel good.
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I spend my time backstage at the Lanvin shows, and when I come out at the end, all I see are people's eyes.
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I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection.
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Everybody's talking about the new democratic world and whether high fashion is relevant. But without high there is no low. I don't like to intellectualize. I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious.
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I am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear it?'
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I think that if you want to pass emotion, you have to write a letter. Emotions do not pass in SMS or in e-mail.
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Wear flats. You're short. It's much cooler not to pretend.
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If I were a buyer today in one of the American department stores, I would go with extremes-the most beautiful, the more expensive, the more eccentric. I would take risks. The worst thing would be to buy only the little black dress. You know why? Because everyone has it already. I would go with a purple dress, something different
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I barely finish one pre-collection before I must start on another. Sales start, but I am already elsewhere creatively. The men's show is being prepared, but we also need to think about accessories, perfumes and other items. In sum, I never stop.
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All I want is beautiful. I mean, I like grey hair, I love wrinkles. But this is me.
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What is beautiful for you may not be beautiful to someone else. Or whatever is beautiful here may not be beautiful there and what is sometimes beautiful today is not necessarily beautiful tomorrow. Perhaps this is the story of fashion and what makes it move forward, the fact that there is no decision whatsoever with what’s wrong.
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With fashion, I barely finish one collection before I must start another.
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Run away from laziness work hard. Touch intuition and listen to the heart, not marketing directors. Dream.
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Some days I feel like a piano: kind of short, always in black & white, always expected to produce music.
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Fashion is not about before, it’s not about after, it’s about now
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I love and respect women. I work mostly with women.
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