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We are comfortable with formulas, but the best happens when the formula doesn't work.

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Alber Elbaz
Age: 59 †
Born: 1961
Born: June 12
Died: 2021
Died: April 24
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Pure, intense emotions. It's not about design. It's about feelings.
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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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I think 'modesty' is a beautiful word today - and a beautiful attitude.
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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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I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious.
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I wanted to see people from different age groups, body shapes and personalities wearing Lanvin That is what Lanvin is all about and represents - we dont only do clothes for 20-year-old girls. I love to see mature women wearing Lanvin as well. I love wrinkles, I love grey hair.
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What is beautiful for you may not be beautiful to someone else. Or whatever is beautiful here may not be beautiful there and what is sometimes beautiful today is not necessarily beautiful tomorrow. Perhaps this is the story of fashion and what makes it move forward, the fact that there is no decision whatsoever with what’s wrong.
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Some days I feel like a piano: kind of short, always in black & white, always expected to produce music.
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I am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear it?'
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I adore women, and the one thing I want to do more than anything is to see a transformation of personality when someone puts on one of my dresses.
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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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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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With fashion, I barely finish one collection before I must start another.
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I don't think you can be a designer if you don't care.
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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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After every show, I say to Hania [Destelle, a friend], ‘They hated it.’
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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 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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The problem with couture is not designers it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there.
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