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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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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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At Yves Saint Laurent, I felt like the son-in-law - like I was part of the family, but not quite. When I was fired, I felt like the widow.
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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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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 think 'modesty' is a beautiful word today - and a beautiful attitude.
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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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If you change a woman's look, you change her persona.
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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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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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In fashion we're lucky, we make dreams come true.
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My dream is to be a doctor. I'm almost working in a laboratory, because I'm trying new techniques, new directions and fabrics, new weaving.
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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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Fashion is like life. It needs fear and uncertainty if you are to move forward.
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I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection.
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A singer can quit once he or she has made ten great songs a director can finish once he or she has made five amazing films a writer just needs to write three great books.
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The designers, photographers and models I work with, they are really hard-working people who are devoting their lives to fashion. They're kind of like nuns of fashion.
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Pure, intense emotions. It's not about design. It's about feelings.
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