When I was growing up, I never heard the word 'racism.' It was only in Paris I encountered that. Azzedine Alaia More Quotes by Azzedine Alaia More Quotes From Azzedine Alaia Fashion will last forever. It will exist always. It will exist in its own way in each era. I live in the moment. It's interesting to know the old methods. But you have to live in the present moment. Azzedine Alaia fashionforeverinteresting When I see beautiful clothes, I want to keep them, preserve them... Clothes, like architecture and art, reflect an era. Azzedine Alaia fashionbeautifulbeauty I make clothes, women make fashion. Azzedine Alaia clothesfashion It's important to make women feel confident, because I think they are more important than men. Azzedine Alaia importantmenthinking My obsession is to make women beautiful. When you create with that in mind, things can't go out of fashion. Azzedine Alaia fashionmindbeautiful Perfection is never achieved, so you need to go on working. Azzedine Alaia perfectiongoes-onneeds I like black, because for me it is a very happy color. Azzedine Alaia very-happyblackcolor I am never sure that anythings good enough. Something that is good today will not be good tomorrow. Azzedine Alaia good-enoughtomorrowtoday I think women should be seductive, not triste. Theres enough sadness in life now without making women look sad, too. Azzedine Alaia seductivesadnessthinking There is a sensuality about fabric. I think all materials should be inviting when they touch the skin. When I watch children stroking their mothers clothes, I feel that I have succeeded. Azzedine Alaia motherchildrenthinking If you're sad about what you see in the mirror when you wake up every morning, you must change it. Azzedine Alaia wake-upmirrorsmorning The present fashion system is too hard - there are too many collections. The designers have no time to think! Money is too important. Schedules are too crazy. Azzedine Alaia fashioncrazythinking The foundation of beauty is the body. Azzedine Alaia foundationbody I have been offered the highest paid contracts in the world. I refused them all. It's not my thing. I don't want to cheat people. And there are certain people I am allergic to. I even intervene when I don't like a customer; I rush in and check all the names. If I don't like them, I don't take them. Azzedine Alaia namespeopleworld Bill Cunningham he knows fashion better than anybody. Azzedine Alaia cunninghamsbillsfashion I even do my ready-to-wear samples like couture. Azzedine Alaia couturesampleready I love films-they are like paintings. Azzedine Alaia love-filmspainting I'm happier about my friends than I am about my work. I still have a long way to go with work. My friends, that's the one thing I'm sure about. Azzedine Alaia stillslongway I'm working 24 hours a day. I have had a house in Tunisia for 20 years, and I never have time to go because there are collections, fittings. Azzedine Alaia tunisiahouseyears Who can really say who invents something first in fashion? Azzedine Alaia fashionfirsts
