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
dream teacher years
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.
dream journey people
I love to travel inside my head, take journeys toward the unknown, meet new people, dream.
fashion thinking said
I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious.
formulas comfortable happens
We are comfortable with formulas, but the best happens when the formula doesn't work.
party mean soul
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.
beautiful people miserable
I am very much a people person. If I am in a beautiful place but I don't like the people, I am miserable.
love-and-respect respect-women
I love and respect women. I work mostly with women.
sandwiches dessert
I created the peplum so you can eat in it. You can have a dessert, you can have another sandwich.
thinking always-trying dresses
I am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear it?'
mean people matter
The big room or big suite doesn't mean a lot to me. It is what the people do or don't do that matters.
morning weekend definitions
I always wear a dinner jacket. I never have this definition of what goes for the morning or the evening or what works for the weekend.
dream home somewhere-else
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.
names stories nostalgic
For me, Lancome was more than just a brand. There was something very nostalgic about the name, about the whole story.
fashion thinking needs
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.