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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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Alber Elbaz
Age: 59 †
Born: 1961
Born: June 12
Died: 2021
Died: April 24
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The big room or big suite doesn't mean a lot to me. It is what the people do or don't do that matters.
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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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There is nothing scarier than being ‘the designer of the moment,’ because the moment ends.
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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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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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It was not the story of design or clothes, it was the fantasy of women that made me want to work in fashion.
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A fragrance is a veritable story, told and explained in scent, in notes, in impressions. It's a score based on the emotions of each instant, a captivating music of the senses.
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Pure, intense emotions. It's not about design. It's about feelings.
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I'm not going into the cool club. It's not my address.
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What I love in fashion is to tell a story through a creation.
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I am very much a people person.
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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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The problem with couture is not designers it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there.
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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 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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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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I love to see old women. I love wrinkles. I love gray hair.
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Making them feel gorgeous and comfortable is my way of making women's lives easier.
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Almost every collection I do has 200 different references. I don't have two of the same coat, two of the same dress. I have it in one color, in one fabric. I've tried to adapt the culture of couture, and the know-how and the heritage, but I try to update it.
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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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