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
fashion house firsts
The nature of fashion is family. You see that at almost every house, it was owned first by a family. It wasn't owned by a bank.
dream fashion morning
I like the dream, like fantasy dresses. Women can dream at 9 in the morning and at 10 o’clock at night, it doesn’t matter. I think it is also important for me to make it pragmatic and practical and wearable. I always say, 'If you can’t eat it, it’s not food, and if you can’t wear it, it’s not fashion, it is something else.'
fashion mean thinking
All the young people in fashion worship the people who have been around a long time. I think it is about keeping something going through the generations. Take my work: Just because I'm not 20 anymore doesn't mean that people don't appreciate what I do.
flats
Wear flats. You're short. It's much cooler not to pretend.
relevant
I'd rather be relevant than cool.
dream philosophy exercise
H&M approached us to collaborate, and see if we could translate the dream we created at Lanvin to a wider audience, not just a dress for less. I have said in the past that I would never do a mass-market collection, but what intrigued me was the idea of H&M going luxury rather than Lanvin going public. This has been an exceptional exercise, where two companies at opposite poles can work together because we share the same philosophy of bringing joy and beauty to men and women around the world.
beautiful dresses nonsense
The whole season thing is nonsense. It's either beautiful or it isn't. That's something I really learned when I started collecting dresses.
fashion ifs
If it’s not edible, it’s not food. If it’s not wearable, it’s not fashion.
beautiful attitude thinking
I think 'modesty' is a beautiful word today - and a beautiful attitude.
fashion skins buying
Fashion is not about buying a second skin. Fashion is about having a fantasy.
price-tag shopping soul
Style is the only thing you can't buy. It's not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag. It's something reflected from our soul to the outside world. An emotion.
personality want dresses
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.
beautiful fashion moving
What is beautiful for you may not be beautiful to someone else. Or whatever is beautiful here may not be beautiful there and what is sometimes beautiful today is not necessarily beautiful tomorrow. Perhaps this is the story of fashion and what makes it move forward, the fact that there is no decision whatsoever with what’s wrong.
dream doctors giving
If I wasnt a designer, I would love to be a doctor. That is my fantasy, my dream. A doctor will give you a tablet if you have a headache, and I will give you a dress, and we both make you feel good.