Alber Elbaz Quotes
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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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My father, who was a hair colourist, died when I was young, so my mother had to work very hard. But at the same time, I do believe that if you have everything, it is easy to make a dinner. When you only have flour and water and olives and potatoes, you have to be much more creative, and that's what my mother is all about.
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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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I hate bridges. I'm always very insecure on bridges.
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How do you stand out as a fashion ad campaign? By using people off the street; it does generate buzz.
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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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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 nature of fashion is family.
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I'm not a plastic surgeon, and I cannot change the DNA of a person, but when I see a woman try on my clothes and she feels beautiful, I know I am doing my job.
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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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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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The problem with couture is not designers; it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there.
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I am very much a people person.
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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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I adore women, and the one thing I want to do more than anything is to see a transformation of personality when someone puts on one of my dresses.
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I thought, 'It doesn't matter what that woman is wearing,' but then I realised actually it's our job as designers to make women smile; to bring them the chocolate without the calories.
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I work on fittings, mostly. You know, I sketch less and less in my work. I sketch for the show sometimes, but then it becomes more conceptual. But when I don't sketch, it becomes more pragmatic.
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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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Women can dream at 9 in the morning and at 10 o'clock at night - it doesn't matter.
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The worst thing that can happen is if you're stuck within a bubble and you think that is what life is all about. It's great to see other people and hear from people of different ages and opinions.
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For me, Lancome was more than just a brand. There was something very nostalgic about the name, about the whole story.
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I want to know where is that committee in Switzerland that sits to decide what is in and what is out. I don't listen to the formula makers. I think maybe I have a selective hearing disorder.
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Fashion is not always about what's new, it's also about what's good. And I think if you need to see what's good, you have to be there.
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I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.