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The nature of fashion is family. You see that at almost every house, it was owned first by a family. It wasn't owned by a bank.

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Alber Elbaz
Age: 59 †
Born: 1961
Born: June 12
Died: 2021
Died: April 24
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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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I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.
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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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I love to see old women. I love wrinkles. I love gray hair.
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