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Alber Elbaz

Yves Saint Laurent gave women...

Yves Saint Laurent gave women power, Chanel liberated them and when I joined Lanvin, I thought 'what do I bring to women? One day, I received an SMS from a friend in New York - she was in a taxi on the way to court to face her arsehole ex-husband, and she said to me 'Alber, I am wearing a Lanvin dress, and I feel so protected.' That to me was the biggest compliment I ever received. To have a 500 gram piece of silk make her feel protected - that made me very happy indeed.

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Alber Elbaz

I think fashion is about long...

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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Alber Elbaz

There is nothing scarier than...

There is nothing scarier than being ‘the designer of the moment,’ because the moment ends.

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Alber Elbaz

I'm always looking for a stor...

I'm always looking for a story.

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Alber Elbaz

I'm not a religious person in...

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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Alber Elbaz

I was a fat child; I was asth...

I was a fat child; I was asthmatic. No wonder I'm a hypochondriac.

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Alber Elbaz

For me, Lancome was more than...

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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Alber Elbaz

When I was either 7 or 8 year...

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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Alber Elbaz

Our logo for Lanvin is a moth...

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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Alber Elbaz

I am not interested in perfec...

I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.

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Alber Elbaz

How do you stand out as a fas...

How do you stand out as a fashion ad campaign? By using people off the street; it does generate buzz.

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Alber Elbaz

When you come into a house li...

When you come into a house like Saint Laurent, or Chanel, or Lanvin, and you go into a place that existed before you were born and will exist after you die, it takes some time to get in, to get to people, and to get the energy of the place.

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Alber Elbaz

I want to know where is that ...

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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Alber Elbaz

Fashion is like a fruit, you ...

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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Alber Elbaz

I have a problem to do a colle...

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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Alber Elbaz

If I were a buyer today in one...

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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Alber Elbaz

In fashion, we have a reputati...

In fashion, we have a reputation for being such a façade, fake people, but none of the fashion people who I know are fake.

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Alber Elbaz

I don't take drugs because if ...

I don't take drugs because if I did I'd love them-I'd be a junkie. And because I'm Jewish, I'd probably be a dealer, too.

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Alber Elbaz

After every show, I say to Han...

After every show, I say to Hania [Destelle, a friend], 'They hated it.'

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Alber Elbaz

I was thinking recently, If th...

I was thinking recently, If the body really is the new dress, as some are saying - with women buying boobs, butts, faces - then who needs a dressmaker? So I started designing spring like a plastic surgeon - everything stretchy and nude. But after three weeks, I was so bored with myself and the world, I began adding diamond butterflies and chiffon and colors. I realized that fashion is not about second skin. It's not the perfect white shirt or camel jacket. What women need is a dream.

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