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I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection.

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 always think, if I were an editor, and I was invited to a show, and I would have to wait for 45 minutes in the dark or in the cold or in the heat, maybe I would like to have a fresh drink or a piece of chocolate.
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Why not touch things that we hate and turn them upside down and inside out?
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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'm not a plastic surgeon, and I cannot change the DNA of a person, but when I see a woman try on my clothes and she feels beautiful, I know I am doing my job.
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The designers, photographers and models I work with, they are really hard-working people who are devoting their lives to fashion. They're kind of like nuns of fashion.
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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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Everybody's talking about the new democratic world and whether high fashion is relevant. But without high there is no low. I don't like to intellectualize. I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious.
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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 was a fat child I was asthmatic. No wonder I'm a hypochondriac.
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After every show, I say to Hania [Destelle, a friend], ‘They hated it.’
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Fashion is not always about what's new, it's also about what's good. And I think if you need to see what's good, you have to be there.
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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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Fashion doesn't look good only on models, it can look good on different people of different ages and different body shapes.
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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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If you change a woman's look, you change her persona.
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Pure, intense emotions. It's not about design. It's about feelings.
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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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I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, inventing. The day I cease to learn, I must stop.
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With fashion, I barely finish one collection before I must start another.
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I don't think you can be a designer if you don't care.
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