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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.

Alber Elbaz

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Alber Elbaz
Age: 59 †
Born: 1961
Born: June 12
Died: 2021
Died: April 24
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I certainly can't complain. I work six days a week, if not seven, and eighteen hours out of twenty-four - fortunately, with a great deal of pleasure. Why? Because I only do something if I want to do it I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, moving, inventing.
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I love to see old women. I love wrinkles. I love gray hair.
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I'm not going into the cool club. It's not my address.
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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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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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All I want to do is make people beautiful.
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I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection.
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If you change a woman's look, you change her persona.
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All I want is beautiful. I mean, I like grey hair, I love wrinkles. But this is me.
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I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.
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