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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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Alber Elbaz
Age: 59 †
Born: 1961
Born: June 12
Died: 2021
Died: April 24
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A singer can quit once he or she has made ten great songs a director can finish once he or she has made five amazing films a writer just needs to write three great books.
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For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams. In my little room at home, I felt that I was somewhere else. In Paris, for instance.
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All the young people in fashion worship the people who have been around a long time. I think it is about keeping something going through the generations. Take my work: Just because I'm not 20 anymore doesn't mean that people don't appreciate what I do.
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At Yves Saint Laurent, I felt like the son-in-law - like I was part of the family, but not quite. When I was fired, I felt like the widow.
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I like first class, but I don't like first class people - I prefer the people in coach. I like fine restaurants, but prefer the taste of McDonalds. I like to be perfect, but I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection. I know, I am a walking contradiction.
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Making them feel gorgeous and comfortable is my way of making women's lives easier.
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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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I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.
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What we want is clothing we think we can fly in. That's why I opened the show with flying dresses.
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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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