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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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All I want to do is make people beautiful.
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The problem with couture is not designers it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there.
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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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All the young people in fashion worship the people who have been around a long time. I think it is about keeping something going through the generations. Take my work: Just because I'm not 20 anymore doesn't mean that people don't appreciate what I do.
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Why not touch things that we hate and turn them upside down and inside out?
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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 feel more and more that the most beautiful people are the ones who are comfortable with themselves.
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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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Many, many times I find that whatever is looking good on the screen doesn't always look or feel good on the body. So who do we design for - do we design for the screen, or do we design for women?
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I'm not going into the cool club. It's not my address.
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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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All I want is beautiful. I mean, I like grey hair, I love wrinkles. But this is me.
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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 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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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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Pure, intense emotions. It's not about design. It's about feelings.
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Wear flats. You're short. It's much cooler not to pretend.
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For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams. In my little room at home, I felt that I was somewhere else. In Paris, for instance.
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In fashion we're lucky, we make dreams come true.
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