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I'd rather be relevant than cool.

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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When a woman's clothes are in harmony with her emotions, she shines from within.
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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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Making them feel gorgeous and comfortable is my way of making women's lives easier.
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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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I do sport at the gym a few times a week, but I hate it. Work is my only remedy. I feel so twisted and horrible in the morning, but then I go to the office and I start feeling better. Work is my Tylenol. Extra-strength.
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I feel more and more that the most beautiful people are the ones who are comfortable with themselves.
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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 life. It needs fear and uncertainty if you are to move forward.
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The nature of fashion is family. You see that at almost every house, it was owned first by a family. It wasn't owned by a bank.
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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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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 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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I am very much a people person. If I am in a beautiful place but I don't like the people, I am miserable.
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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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I was a fat child I was asthmatic. No wonder I'm a hypochondriac.
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I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.
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Fashion is not about buying a second skin. Fashion is about having a fantasy.
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I am very much a people person.
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I think 'modesty' is a beautiful word today - and a beautiful attitude.
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I don't want to see a dress with a woman. I just want to see a woman, with a beautiful dress.
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