Elie Tahari
Elie Tahari
Elie Tahariis an Israeli-Iranian-American luxury fashion designer of luxury ready-to-wear clothing and accessories. His company, is a global luxury lifestyle brand headquartered in New York City with stores located throughout the world...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionDesigner
CountryIsrael
stores comfortable
Financially Im comfortable. But life has a lot more in store for me.
mean succeed homeless
I had to succeed. Failure means I would have to be homeless again.
energy get-back
Whatever energy you put out there, that's the energy you're going to get back.
new-york sex color
New York accepts everybody. It doesn't matter your sex, color, religion. Everybody works together to create a better life.
problem solutions
Don't bring me problems. Bring me solutions.
dream morning loving-what-you-do
Getting up in the morning and loving what you do is a dream come true.
new-york cities firsts
New York. Truly, this is the only city that I feel this energy. Everyone is accepted. This is the first place that I felt open and that I can do everything.
fashion new-york culture
I got involved in fashion by accident. When I got to New York, my intention was to have enough money to eat and to stay and I don't have to leave. I just loved New York - the energy, the culture, the freedom.
jobs clothes way
I worked in a boutique after work, my second job, selling women's clothes. And that was a way of not just making money but meeting women. That was very exciting job. I loved that job.
shining true-beauty should
Clothing should be quieter than the woman so that her true beauty can shine through.
israel years shoes
I grew up in different orphanages in Israel, and if they gave me a pair of shoes, a shirt, and pair of pants every year, I was lucky. The rest was handouts, leftover clothes. So I appreciated clothes because I only had one new shirt each year.
creativity survival instinct
Creativity to me is the life force that is in us. It’s an animalistic instinct for survival.
connected ifs
You can only be connected to others if you are connected to yourself and the truth inside.
ifs
If you love what you do, it won't be work.