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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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Cooler
Flats
Pretend
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Short

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I like first class, but I don't like first class people - I prefer the people in coach. I like fine restaurants, but prefer the taste of McDonalds. I like to be perfect, but I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection. I know, I am a walking contradiction.
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Fashion is like life. It needs fear and uncertainty if you are to move forward.
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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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What is beautiful for you may not be beautiful to someone else. Or whatever is beautiful here may not be beautiful there and what is sometimes beautiful today is not necessarily beautiful tomorrow. Perhaps this is the story of fashion and what makes it move forward, the fact that there is no decision whatsoever with what’s wrong.
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We are comfortable with formulas, but the best happens when the formula doesn't work.
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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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I barely finish one pre-collection before I must start on another. Sales start, but I am already elsewhere creatively. The men's show is being prepared, but we also need to think about accessories, perfumes and other items. In sum, I never stop.
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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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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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If it’s not edible, it’s not food. If it’s not wearable, it’s not fashion.
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I think that if you want to pass emotion, you have to write a letter. Emotions do not pass in SMS or in e-mail.
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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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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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In fashion we're lucky, we make dreams come true.
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Elegant is not what you wear, and it's not about how you wear it, but it's more about who you are.
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I am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear it?'
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Fashion is about having a fantasy.
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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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What I love in fashion is to tell a story through a creation.
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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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