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Wear flats. You're short. It's much cooler not to pretend.
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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Flats
Pretend
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Why not touch things that we hate and turn them upside down and inside out?
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There is nothing scarier than being ‘the designer of the moment,’ because the moment ends.
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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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With fashion, I barely finish one collection before I must start another.
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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 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'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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My dream is to be a doctor. I'm almost working in a laboratory, because I'm trying new techniques, new directions and fabrics, new weaving.
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I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection.
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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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If I were a buyer today in one of the American department stores, I would go with extremes-the most beautiful, the more expensive, the more eccentric. I would take risks. The worst thing would be to buy only the little black dress. You know why? Because everyone has it already. I would go with a purple dress, something different
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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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I think that because I'm overweight, [my] fantasy was lightness. So I project my fantasy to the clothes, and now all I do is light, light clothes because it's the one thing I don't have. That is why I'm too afraid to lose weight because then I might make heavy clothes.
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I know amazing people in fashion who are anything but fake. They are very real and very sensitive. They are happy and sad. They are loyal friends.
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When a woman's clothes are in harmony with her emotions, she shines from within.
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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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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 going into the cool club. It's not my address.
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