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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.

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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I'd rather be relevant than cool.
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Fashion is like life. It needs fear and uncertainty if you are to move forward.
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What I love in fashion is to tell a story through a creation.
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Elegant is not what you wear, and it's not about how you wear it, but it's more about who you are.
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Why not touch things that we hate and turn them upside down and inside out?
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I adore women, and the one thing I want to do more than anything is to see a transformation of personality when someone puts on one of my dresses.
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Fashion is not about before, it’s not about after, it’s about now
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I love to see old women. I love wrinkles. I love gray hair.
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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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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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In fashion we're lucky, we make dreams come true.
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I do sport at the gym a few times a week, but I hate it. Work is my only remedy. I feel so twisted and horrible in the morning, but then I go to the office and I start feeling better. Work is my Tylenol. Extra-strength.
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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 don’t take drugs because if I did I’d love them–I’d be a junkie. And because I’m Jewish, I’d probably be a dealer, too.
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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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