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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
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
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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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All I want is beautiful. I mean, I like grey hair, I love wrinkles. But this is me.
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I am very sensitive to the smells and sensations that are part of perfumes because they remind me of things: moments from the past, people, events.
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After every show, I say to Hania [Destelle, a friend], ‘They hated it.’
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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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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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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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Fashion is not about buying a second skin. Fashion is about having a fantasy.
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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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When I'm traveling the world, I don't ever look anymore at the geography - just enough to catch galleries and paintings.
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I'd rather be relevant than cool.
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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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I love women. I get along with women more than men, and I have more women friends.
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When a woman's clothes are in harmony with her emotions, she shines from within.
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In fashion, we have a reputation for being such a façade, fake people, but none of the fashion people who I know are fake.
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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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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 think 'modesty' is a beautiful word today - and a beautiful attitude.
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I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.
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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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