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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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Alber Elbaz
Age: 59 †
Born: 1961
Born: June 12
Died: 2021
Died: April 24
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
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Elegant
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There is nothing scarier than being ‘the designer of the moment,’ because the moment ends.
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I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.
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I love to travel inside my head, take journeys toward the unknown, meet new people, dream.
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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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All I want is beautiful. I mean, I like grey hair, I love wrinkles. But this is me.
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I don't go out to parties because I'd look terrible in pictures. My escape is television - it's like meditation to me.
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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 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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How do you stand out as a fashion ad campaign? By using people off the street it does generate buzz.
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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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In fashion we're lucky, we make dreams come true.
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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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I'm not going into the cool club. It's not my address.
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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 am very much a people person.
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The designers, photographers and models I work with, they are really hard-working people who are devoting their lives to fashion. They're kind of like nuns of fashion.
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At Yves Saint Laurent, I felt like the son-in-law - like I was part of the family, but not quite. When I was fired, I felt like the widow.
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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, 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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What we want is clothing we think we can fly in. That's why I opened the show with flying dresses.
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