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I think fashion is about longevity and doing your work. It isn't about winning or losing. It's about process, keeping it going.

Alber Elbaz

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Alber Elbaz
Age: 59 †
Born: 1961
Born: June 12
Died: 2021
Died: April 24
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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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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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We are comfortable with formulas, but the best happens when the formula doesn't work.
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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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When I'm traveling the world, I don't ever look anymore at the geography - just enough to catch galleries and paintings.
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Fashion is like life. It needs fear and uncertainty if you are to move forward.
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Everybody's talking about the new democratic world and whether high fashion is relevant. But without high there is no low. I don't like to intellectualize. 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 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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Wear flats. You're short. It's much cooler not to pretend.
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If I wasn't a designer I would love to be a doctor. That is my fantasy, my dream. A doctor will give you a tablet if you have a headache and I will give you a dress and we both make you feel good.
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There is nothing scarier than being ‘the designer of the moment,’ because the moment ends.
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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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I like having the freedom to dress as I desire.
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What I love in fashion is to tell a story through a creation.
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I know amazing people in fashion who are anything but fake. They are very real and very sensitive. They are happy and sad. They are loyal friends.
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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 take something out of the freezer, it's cold, but what happens when it melts? It's a cool party, a cool person, a cool collection. What does that mean? I'm more interested in things that are uncool, things that have a certain individuality, a certain soul, a certain longevity, emotion, fragility.
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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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All I want is beautiful. I mean, I like grey hair, I love wrinkles. But this is me.
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Style is the only thing you can't buy. It's not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag. It's something reflected from our soul to the outside world. An emotion.
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