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I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, inventing. The day I cease to learn, I must stop.
Alber Elbaz
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Alber Elbaz
Age: 59 †
Born: 1961
Born: June 12
Died: 2021
Died: April 24
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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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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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I was a fat child I was asthmatic. No wonder I'm a hypochondriac.
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We are comfortable with formulas, but the best happens when the formula doesn't work.
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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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To be a fashion critic is easy because you just say, 'I love it, I hate it,' but life is more than love and hate.
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I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward.
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I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.
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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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I am very sensitive to the smells and sensations that are part of perfumes because they remind me of things: moments from the past, people, events.
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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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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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I spend my time backstage at the Lanvin shows, and when I come out at the end, all I see are people's eyes.
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Fashion is like a fruit, you couldn't eat it a day before and you can't eat it a day after it's just about today
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I love to travel inside my head, take journeys toward the unknown, meet new people, dream.
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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.
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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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