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Pure, intense emotions. It's not about design. It's about feelings.

Alber Elbaz

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Alber Elbaz
Age: 59 †
Born: 1961
Born: June 12
Died: 2021
Died: April 24
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
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It was not the story of design or clothes, it was the fantasy of women that made me want to work in fashion.
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Many, many times I find that whatever is looking good on the screen doesn't always look or feel good on the body. So who do we design for - do we design for the screen, or do we design for women?
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Fashion doesn't look good only on models, it can look good on different people of different ages and different body shapes.
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I love women. I get along with women more than men, and I have more women friends.
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Women can dream at 9 in the morning and at 10 o'clock at night - it doesn't matter.
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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 very sensitive to the smells and sensations that are part of perfumes because they remind me of things: moments from the past, people, events.
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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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With fashion, I barely finish one collection before I must start another.
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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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Fashion is like life. It needs fear and uncertainty if you are to move forward.
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I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection.
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I think fashion is about longevity and doing your work. It isn't about winning or losing. It's about process, keeping it going.
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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 know amazing people in fashion who are anything but fake. They are very real and very sensitive. They are happy and sad. They are loyal friends.
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I love and respect women. I work mostly with women.
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If it’s not edible, it’s not food. If it’s not wearable, it’s not fashion.
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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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I'm not going into the cool club. It's not my address.
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When I'm traveling the world, I don't ever look anymore at the geography - just enough to catch galleries and paintings.
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