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
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.
beautiful purple risk
If I were a buyer today in one of the American department stores, I would go with extremes-the most beautiful, the more expensive, the more eccentric. I would take risks. The worst thing would be to buy only the little black dress. You know why? Because everyone has it already. I would go with a purple dress, something different
fashion thinking talking
Everybody's talking about the new democratic world and whether high fashion is relevant. But without high there is no low. I don't like to intellectualize. I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious.
world looks painting
When I'm traveling the world, I don't ever look anymore at the geography - just enough to catch galleries and paintings.
drug junkie dealer
I don’t take drugs because if I did I’d love them–I’d be a junkie. And because I’m Jewish, I’d probably be a dealer, too.
men
I love women. I get along with women more than men, and I have more women friends.
problem designer couture
The problem with couture is not designers; it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there.
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?