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
formulas comfortable happens
We are comfortable with formulas, but the best happens when the formula doesn't work.
desire dresses
I like having the freedom to dress as I desire.
feel-good design looks
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?
sandwiches dessert
I created the peplum so you can eat in it. You can have a dessert, you can have another sandwich.
love-and-respect respect-women
I love and respect women. I work mostly with women.
problem designer couture
The problem with couture is not designers; it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there.
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.
curves wrinkles why-not
Everyone wants to be young and skinny. This is awful. Curves are marvelous. Wrinkles are hypnotizing. Why not just be happy with who you are?
piano white black
Some days I feel like a piano: kind of short, always in black & white, always expected to produce music.
party meditation television
I don't go out to parties because I'd look terrible in pictures. My escape is television - it's like meditation to me.
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.