Quotes by Alber Elbaz

To be a fashion critic is easy because you just say, 'I love it, I hate it,' but life is more than love and hate.

— Alber Elbaz

For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams. In my little room at home, I felt that I was somewhere else. In Paris, for instance.

— Alber Elbaz

Hope

If you take something out of the freezer, it's cold, but what happens when it melts? It's a cool party, a cool person, a cool collection. What does that mean? I'm more interested in things that are uncool, things that have a certain individuality, a certain soul, a certain longevity, emotion, fragility.

— Alber Elbaz

I love to see old women. I love wrinkles. I love gray hair.

— Alber Elbaz

Why not touch things that we hate and turn them upside down and inside out?

— Alber Elbaz

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

Success

I like having the freedom to dress as I desire.

— Alber Elbaz

Freedom

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 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

For me, Lancome was more than just a brand. There was something very nostalgic about the name, about the whole story.

— Alber Elbaz

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

I hate bridges. I'm always very insecure on bridges.

— Alber Elbaz

I hate the word 'cool.' It gives me a rash.

— Alber Elbaz

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

I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious.

— Alber Elbaz

If I am in a beautiful place, but I don't like the people, I am miserable.

— Alber Elbaz

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

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

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

Many, many times I find that whatever is looking good on the screen doesn't always look or feel good on the body. So who do we design for - do we design for the screen, or do we design for women?

— Alber Elbaz

One woman told me that every time she wears Lanvin, men fall in love with her. Another told me she wore Lanvin to face her husband's lawyer because she felt protected. If I can make men fall in love with women and if I can protect women, I think I can die peacefully.

— Alber Elbaz

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.

— Alber Elbaz

Education

I am very much a people person.

— Alber Elbaz