Azzedine Alaia Quotes
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I learned French in Tunis, along with Arabic. I also learned French history. I knew the entire history of the kings of France. And I was fascinated by Versailles.
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The danger is we're losing sight of what women really want to wear.
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It's important to make women feel confident, because I think they are more important than men.
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The foundation of beauty is the body.
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Who will remember Anna Wintour in the history of fashion? No one.
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I think women should be seductive, not triste. There's enough sadness in life now without making women look sad, too.
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If I don't have a model in front of me, I don't have an idea.
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You know Sarkozy offered me the Legion d'honneur medal? I refused. People said I refused because I don't like Sarkozy, but that's ridiculous. I refused because I don't like decorations - except on women.
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Women must know themselves better than anyone. If you have ugly legs, wear long dresses. If you have long, great legs, show them.
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I have total confidence in Beaute Prestige International to accompany me in creating a perfume that interprets my work and my world.
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I put myself on the same level as everyone else around me - from the directrice to the workman, everyone. Except my pets - they are the Kings; you must treat them like royalty.
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Bill Cunningham... he knows fashion better than anybody.
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As a child, I was raised with my grandmother, alongside all my cousins, and the kitchen was always full.
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Anna Wintour doesn't deal with pictures; she is just doing PR and business, and she scares everybody.
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There was a woman in Tunisia called Madame Pinot. She was a midwife and had helped in the birth of my siblings and me. I assisted her. I helped women give birth to a lot of babies when I was very young.
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In modelling, it's very hard to keep in touch with the people you knew when you started.
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When I was growing up, I never heard the word 'racism.' It was only in Paris I encountered that.
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I want to create a foundation, like a maison, in my home in the Marais. I am going to leave everything there. I am only passing through. I'm not a proprietor of anything, even if I have homes and things.
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My obsession is to make women beautiful. When you create with that in mind, things can't go out of fashion.
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There is a sensuality about fabric. I think all materials should be inviting when they touch the skin. When I watch children stroking their mother's clothes, I feel that I have succeeded.
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In an ordinary suit and tie, I'd look like a little macho. I'd be ridiculous.
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I am never sure that anything's good enough. Something that is good today will not be good tomorrow.
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Fashion will last forever. It will exist always. It will exist in its own way in each era.
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I like black, because for me it is a very happy color.