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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
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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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I feel more and more that the most beautiful people are the ones who are comfortable with themselves.
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Everyone wants to be young and skinny. This is awful. Curves are marvelous. Wrinkles are hypnotizing. Why not just be happy with who you are?
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Fashion is not about buying a second skin. Fashion is about having a fantasy.
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Making them feel gorgeous and comfortable is my way of making women's lives easier.
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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 love and respect women. I work mostly with women.
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Fashion is like a fruit, you couldn't eat it a day before and you can't eat it a day after it's just about today
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I love to see old women. I love wrinkles. I love gray hair.
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When a woman's clothes are in harmony with her emotions, she shines from within.
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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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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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I want to know where is that committee in Switzerland that sits to decide what is in and what is out. I don't listen to the formula makers. I think maybe I have a selective hearing disorder.
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I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.
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Almost every collection I do has 200 different references. I don't have two of the same coat, two of the same dress. I have it in one color, in one fabric. I've tried to adapt the culture of couture, and the know-how and the heritage, but I try to update it.
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I like the dream, like fantasy dresses. Women can dream at 9 in the morning and at 10 o’clock at night, it doesn’t matter. I think it is also important for me to make it pragmatic and practical and wearable. I always say, 'If you can’t eat it, it’s not food, and if you can’t wear it, it’s not fashion, it is something else.'
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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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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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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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We are comfortable with formulas, but the best happens when the formula doesn't work.
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