Alber Elbaz Quotes
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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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I hate the word 'cool.' It gives me a rash.
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Women try to be the best everywhere, and it's impossible. I want my clothes to give women the freedom to just be - I want them to put on my dresses and shine.
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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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Why not touch things that we hate and turn them upside down and inside out?
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If I am in a beautiful place, but I don't like the people, I am miserable.
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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 don't think you can be a designer if you don't care.
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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 barely finish one pre-collection before I must start on another. Sales start, but I am already elsewhere creatively. The men's show is being prepared, but we also need to think about accessories, perfumes and other items. In sum, I never stop.
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I'm not a religious person in the regular sense, but in the Bible you're not allowed to steal, you're not allowed to lie and you're not allowed to feel you're above other people.
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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.
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I was a fat child; I was asthmatic. No wonder I'm a hypochondriac.
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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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If you change a woman's look, you change her persona.
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Stay big in your work and small in your life.
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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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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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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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I live many lives at once.
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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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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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'Commercial' is not the word that has to be said only by CEOs. It has to be something that is maybe the essence of design, because design has some sort of art in it and creation, but it's also some object that you have to use. There is also this pragmatic end to it.
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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.