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 fruit today
Fashion is like a fruit, you couldn't eat it a day before and you can't eat it a day after; it's just about today
fashion
Fashion is not about before, it’s not about after, it’s about now
elegant who-you-are
Elegant is not what you wear, and it's not about how you wear it, but it's more about who you are.
past smell people
I am very sensitive to the smells and sensations that are part of perfumes because they remind me of things: moments from the past, people, events.
looks persona ifs
If you change a woman’s look, you change her persona
fashion thinking mcdonalds
I like first class, but I don't like first class people - I prefer the people in coach. I like fine restaurants, but prefer the taste of McDonalds. I like to be perfect, but I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection. I know, I am a walking contradiction.
clothes shining emotion
When a woman's clothes are in harmony with her emotions, she shines from within.
moving creating desire
I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, inventing. The day I cease to learn, I must stop.
running dream heart
Run away from laziness; work hard. Touch intuition and listen to the heart, not marketing directors. Dream.
new-york husband one-day
Yves Saint Laurent gave women power, Chanel liberated them and when I joined Lanvin, I thought 'what do I bring to women? One day, I received an SMS from a friend in New York - she was in a taxi on the way to court to face her arsehole ex-husband, and she said to me 'Alber, I am wearing a Lanvin dress, and I feel so protected.' That to me was the biggest compliment I ever received. To have a 500 gram piece of silk make her feel protected - that made me very happy indeed.
thinking perfection dangerous
I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection.
believe died easy hair mother time water work
My father, who was a hair colourist, died when I was young, so my mother had to work very hard. But at the same time, I do believe that if you have everything, it is easy to make a dinner. When you only have flour and water and olives and potatoes, you have to be much more creative, and that's what my mother is all about.
Our logo for Lanvin is a mother and a daughter. I've always said, 'It's not a lion, and it's not a horse. It's a mother and a daughter.' I find the logo very emotional.
If I am in a beautiful place, but I don't like the people, I am miserable.