Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbazis a Moroccan-Israeli fashion designer. Elbaz worked for the Paris fashion house Lanvin from 2001 until October 2015...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth12 June 1961
CityCasablanca, Morocco
CountryIsrael
hated shows
After every show, I say to Hania [Destelle, a friend], ‘They hated it.’
girl mean lines
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.
moments designer ends
There is nothing scarier than being ‘the designer of the moment,’ because the moment ends.
girl wrinkles hair
I wanted to see people from different age groups, body shapes and personalities wearing Lanvin That is what Lanvin is all about and represents - we dont only do clothes for 20-year-old girls. I love to see mature women wearing Lanvin as well. I love wrinkles, I love grey hair.
beautiful people feels
I feel more and more that the most beautiful people are the ones who are comfortable with themselves.
son law widows
At Yves Saint Laurent, I felt like the son-in-law - like I was part of the family, but not quite. When I was fired, I felt like the widow.
thinking want hearing
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.
sometimes shows pragmatic
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.
dark thinking editors
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.
fashion hard-work people
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.
color two trying
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.
fashion mistake heart
I think that the lack of intuition in fashion today is one of the most dangerous things. My fear is that our business is turning into a bag business, and it's all about the bag. But it's not only about the bag. It's about the women. And it's not about a bag or a shoe or the jewelry. It's only about women. . . . Being almost politically correct and doing only what you expect without the ability to make mistakes is very dangerous to fashion. We have to go with our heart. We have to go with our intuition.
hate down-and why-not
Why not touch things that we hate and turn them upside down and inside out?
dream morning night
Women can dream at 9 in the morning and at 10 o'clock at night - it doesn't matter.