Alber Elbaz Quotes
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If you change a woman's look, you change her persona.
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Me, as a designer who is not exactly skinny, all I want is comfortable clothes.
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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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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 hate bridges. I'm always very insecure on bridges.
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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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I love to see old women. I love wrinkles. I love gray hair.
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I never think people should do things for me. I think I should do things for others. That makes me more comfortable.
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I certainly can't complain. I work six days a week, if not seven, and eighteen hours out of twenty-four - fortunately, with a great deal of pleasure. Why? Because I only do something if I want to do it; I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, moving, inventing.
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In fashion, the time is so short, and even with pre-collection, there are not only dresses, shoes, bags, and furs but now raincoats and T-shirts. It's just an endless amount of work that we have to produce in no time.
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I used to hate L.A., but I met such a great group of people there that I fell in love with it.
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I think that if you want to pass emotion, you have to write a letter. Emotions do not pass in SMS or in e-mail.
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I wanted to go out of fashion, to study medicine. I thought, you know, who needs fashion? How important is it if you wear a red dress and an orange jacket? It's not, really.
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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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When I was either 7 or 8 years old, I did a sketch every day of my teacher and what she wore. At the end of the year, I gave her the sketchbook. For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams.
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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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Fashion doesn't look good only on models; it can look good on different people of different ages and different body shapes.
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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 much a people person.
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Mine is a job that never ends, a function where it is almost impossible to set aside time to rest or take a breather.
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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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Stay big in your work and small in your life.
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Our logo for Lanvin is a mother and a daughter. I've always said, 'It's not a lion, and it's not a horse. It's a mother and a daughter.' I find the logo very emotional.
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In high fashion, we're always accused of doing things that are not very relevant, not the real world. I know that it's important sometimes to do fantasy, but I felt like touching people and going back to different women and men, especially the idea of different ages and body shapes.