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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.

Alber Elbaz

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Alber Elbaz
Age: 59 †
Born: 1961
Born: June 12
Died: 2021
Died: April 24
Entrepreneur
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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 think you can be a designer if you don't care.
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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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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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I was a fat child I was asthmatic. No wonder I'm a hypochondriac.
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I like having the freedom to dress as I desire.
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