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Fashion is not about buying a second skin. Fashion is about having a fantasy.
Alber Elbaz
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Alber Elbaz
Age: 59 †
Born: 1961
Born: June 12
Died: 2021
Died: April 24
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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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I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward.
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I work on fittings, mostly. You know, I sketch less and less in my work. I sketch for the show sometimes, but then it becomes more conceptual. But when I don't sketch, it becomes more pragmatic.
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I have a problem to do a collection that is a secondary line. I mean, you don’t want to be the stepsister. You want to be Cinderella. Show me one girl who wants to be the stepsister.
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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 much a people person. If I am in a beautiful place but I don't like the people, I am miserable.
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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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There is nothing scarier than being ‘the designer of the moment,’ because the moment ends.
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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 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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For me, Lancome was more than just a brand. There was something very nostalgic about the name, about the whole story.
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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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The big room or big suite doesn't mean a lot to me. It is what the people do or don't do that matters.
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To be a fashion critic is easy because you just say, 'I love it, I hate it,' but life is more than love and hate.
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Sometimes you don't really need armor to feel protected. Sometimes maybe you need just a chiffon dress to hug you.
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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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Wear flats. You're short. It's much cooler not to pretend.
Alber Elbaz
Fashion is about having a fantasy.
Alber Elbaz
When I was either 7 or 8 years old, I did a sketch every day of my teacher and what she wore. At the end of the year, I gave her the sketchbook. For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams.
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