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I like having the freedom to dress as I desire.

Alber Elbaz

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Alber Elbaz
Age: 59 †
Born: 1961
Born: June 12
Died: 2021
Died: April 24
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
Personal Stylist
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Dress
Dresses
Freedom
Desire
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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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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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After every show, I say to Hania [Destelle, a friend], ‘They hated 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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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 have a reputation for being such a façade, fake people, but none of the fashion people who I know are fake.
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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 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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I don't think you can be a designer if you don't care.
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I created the peplum so you can eat in it. You can have a dessert, you can have another sandwich.
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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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Everyone wants to be young and skinny. This is awful. Curves are marvelous. Wrinkles are hypnotizing. Why not just be happy with who you are?
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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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I have a problem to do a collection that is a secondary line. I mean, you don’t want to be the stepsister. You want to be Cinderella. Show me one girl who wants to be the stepsister.
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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 always say that women are very strong and men are powerful. But beauty gives you both strength and power. I never think of it. It's just one of those natural things. It's the only thing I know how to do.
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If you change a woman's look, you change her persona.
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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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Run away from laziness work hard. Touch intuition and listen to the heart, not marketing directors. Dream.
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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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