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. Alber Elbaz More Quotes by Alber Elbaz More Quotes From Alber Elbaz I created the peplum so you can eat in it. You can have a dessert, you can have another sandwich. Alber Elbaz dessert sandwiches 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. Alber Elbaz sms writing thinking I was a fat child; I was asthmatic. No wonder I'm a hypochondriac. Alber Elbaz fats wonder children Everybody's talking about the new democratic world and whether high fashion is relevant. But without high there is no low. I don't like to intellectualize. I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious. Alber Elbaz fashion talking thinking 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. Alber Elbaz switzerland want thinking 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. Alber Elbaz pragmatic shows sometimes I always think, if I were an editor, and I was invited to a show, and I would have to wait for 45 minutes in the dark or in the cold or in the heat, maybe I would like to have a fresh drink or a piece of chocolate. Alber Elbaz editors dark thinking Almost every collection I do has 200 different references. I don't have two of the same coat, two of the same dress. I have it in one color, in one fabric. I've tried to adapt the culture of couture, and the know-how and the heritage, but I try to update it. Alber Elbaz color trying two 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. Alber Elbaz men needs thinking I don't go out to parties because I'd look terrible in pictures. My escape is television - it's like meditation to me. Alber Elbaz party meditation looks When I'm traveling the world, I don't ever look anymore at the geography - just enough to catch galleries and paintings. Alber Elbaz painting looks world Everyone wants to be young and skinny. This is awful. Curves are marvelous. Wrinkles are hypnotizing. Why not just be happy with who you are? Alber Elbaz wrinkles why-not curves 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. Alber Elbaz doctors dream trying The problem with couture is not designers; it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there. Alber Elbaz couture designer problem 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. Alber Elbaz writing song book 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 Alber Elbaz purple risk beautiful I feel more and more that the most beautiful people are the ones who are comfortable with themselves. Alber Elbaz feels beautiful people 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. Alber Elbaz fashion needs thinking For me, Lancome was more than just a brand. There was something very nostalgic about the name, about the whole story. Alber Elbaz nostalgic names stories All I want to do is make people beautiful. Alber Elbaz want beautiful people
