I'm not going into the cool club. It's not my address. Alber Elbaz More Quotes by Alber Elbaz More Quotes From Alber Elbaz I do sport at the gym a few times a week, but I hate it. Work is my only remedy. I feel so twisted and horrible in the morning, but then I go to the office and I start feeling better. Work is my Tylenol. Extra-strength. Alber Elbaz hate morning sports I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes. Alber Elbaz clothes not-interested perfection I like the dream, like fantasy dresses. Women can dream at 9 in the morning and at 10 o’clock at night, it doesn’t matter. I think it is also important for me to make it pragmatic and practical and wearable. I always say, 'If you can’t eat it, it’s not food, and if you can’t wear it, it’s not fashion, it is something else.' Alber Elbaz fashion dream morning If it’s not edible, it’s not food. If it’s not wearable, it’s not fashion. Alber Elbaz fashion ifs I think that because I'm overweight, [my] fantasy was lightness. So I project my fantasy to the clothes, and now all I do is light, light clothes because it's the one thing I don't have. That is why I'm too afraid to lose weight because then I might make heavy clothes. Alber Elbaz clothes fashion thinking Fashion is not about buying a second skin. Fashion is about having a fantasy. Alber Elbaz fashion buying skins I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, inventing. The day I cease to learn, I must stop. Alber Elbaz creating desire moving I think fashion is about longevity and doing your work. It isn't about winning or losing. It's about process, keeping it going. Alber Elbaz fashion winning thinking 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. Alber Elbaz creating desire moving Fashion doesn't look good only on models, it can look good on different people of different ages and different body shapes. Alber Elbaz fashion age people Wear flats. You're short. It's much cooler not to pretend. Alber Elbaz flats I am very much a people person. If I am in a beautiful place but I don't like the people, I am miserable. Alber Elbaz miserable beautiful people I think 'modesty' is a beautiful word today - and a beautiful attitude. Alber Elbaz attitude beautiful thinking 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. Alber Elbaz dna beautiful jobs The nature of fashion is family. You see that at almost every house, it was owned first by a family. It wasn't owned by a bank. Alber Elbaz fashion house firsts I'd rather be relevant than cool. Alber Elbaz relevant H&M approached us to collaborate, and see if we could translate the dream we created at Lanvin to a wider audience, not just a dress for less. I have said in the past that I would never do a mass-market collection, but what intrigued me was the idea of H&M going luxury rather than Lanvin going public. This has been an exceptional exercise, where two companies at opposite poles can work together because we share the same philosophy of bringing joy and beauty to men and women around the world. Alber Elbaz dream exercise philosophy 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. Alber Elbaz personality dresses want Style is the only thing you can't buy. It's not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag. It's something reflected from our soul to the outside world. An emotion. Alber Elbaz price-tag shopping soul I spend my time backstage at the Lanvin shows, and when I come out at the end, all I see are people's eyes. Alber Elbaz eye ends people
