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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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Alber Elbaz
Age: 59 †
Born: 1961
Born: June 12
Died: 2021
Died: April 24
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
Personal Stylist
Anfa
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Fashion

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The nature of fashion is family. You see that at almost every house, it was owned first by a family. It wasn't owned by a bank.
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All I want to do is make people beautiful.
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A fragrance is a veritable story, told and explained in scent, in notes, in impressions. It's a score based on the emotions of each instant, a captivating music of the senses.
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I always say that women are very strong and men are powerful. But beauty gives you both strength and power. I never think of it. It's just one of those natural things. It's the only thing I know how to do.
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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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What I love in fashion is to tell a story through a creation.
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I am very much a people person.
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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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I'd rather be relevant than cool.
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I'm not going into the cool club. It's not my address.
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I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection.
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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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I like having the freedom to dress as I desire.
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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.
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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 love women. I get along with women more than men, and I have more women friends.
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In fashion we're lucky, we make dreams come true.
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Style is the only thing you can't buy. It's not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag. It's something reflected from our soul to the outside world. An emotion.
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How do you stand out as a fashion ad campaign? By using people off the street it does generate buzz.
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Pure, intense emotions. It's not about design. It's about feelings.
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