Fashion Quotes by Alber Elbaz

The nature of fashion is family.

— Alber Elbaz

What I love in fashion is to tell a story through a creation.

— Alber Elbaz

Wear flats. You're short. It's much cooler not to pretend.

— Alber Elbaz

In fashion we're lucky, we make dreams come true.

— Alber Elbaz

I don't think you can be a designer if you don't care.

— Alber Elbaz

Fashion is about having a fantasy.

— Alber Elbaz

I like having the freedom to dress as I desire.

— Alber Elbaz

I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.

— Alber Elbaz

Fashion is like life. It needs fear and uncertainty if you are to move forward.

— Alber Elbaz

In fashion, we have a reputation for being such a façade, fake people, but none of the fashion people who I know…

— Alber Elbaz

What we want is clothing we think we can fly in. That's why I opened the show with flying dresses.

— Alber Elbaz

There is nothing scarier than being ‘the designer of the moment,’ because the moment ends.

— Alber Elbaz

I am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear…

— Alber Elbaz

I think fashion is about longevity and doing your work. It isn't about winning or losing. It's about process, keeping it going.

— Alber Elbaz

Me, as a designer who is not exactly skinny, all I want is comfortable clothes.

— Alber Elbaz

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.

— Alber Elbaz

All the young people in fashion worship the people who have been around a long time. I think it is about keeping…

— Alber Elbaz

I think a good designer can exist everywhere and anywhere and all the time. It's all about being good, and I think…

— Alber Elbaz

The designers, photographers and models I work with, they are really hard-working people who are devoting their lives to fashion. They're kind…

— Alber Elbaz

I wanted to go out of fashion, to study medicine. I thought, you know, who needs fashion? How important is it if…

— Alber Elbaz

Fashion is not enough anymore. It's not just about what you wear. I mean, I don't know how many women can afford…

— Alber Elbaz

Women try to be the best everywhere, and it's impossible. I want my clothes to give women the freedom to just be…

— Alber Elbaz

If I wasn't a designer, I would love to be a doctor. That is my fantasy, my dream. A doctor will give…

— Alber Elbaz

If I were a buyer today in one of the American department stores, I would go with extremes-the most beautiful, the more…

— Alber Elbaz

Yves Saint Laurent gave women power, Chanel liberated them and when I joined Lanvin, I thought 'what do I bring to women?…

— Alber Elbaz

H&M approached us to collaborate, and see if we could translate the dream we created at Lanvin to a wider audience, not…

— Alber Elbaz

I was thinking recently, If the body really is the new dress, as some are saying - with women buying boobs, butts,…

— Alber Elbaz

I wanted to see people from different age groups, body shapes and personalities wearing Lanvin That is what Lanvin is all about…

— Alber Elbaz

Everybody's talking about the new democratic world and whether high fashion is relevant. But without high there is no low. I don't…

— Alber Elbaz

I think that the lack of intuition in fashion today is one of the most dangerous things. My fear is that our…

— Alber Elbaz

We are being accused that some models are anorexic. But we as fashion designers cannot be blamed, because you know, when I…

— Alber Elbaz

Fashion is not about buying a second skin. Fashion is about having a fantasy.

— Alber Elbaz

I don't want to see a dress with a woman. I just want to see a woman, with a beautiful dress.

— Alber Elbaz

Fashion is not about before, it’s not about after, it’s about now

— Alber Elbaz

I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious.

— Alber Elbaz

Fashion is instinctive and sensual. Learn to love what you wear. It should feel like eating chocolates...wi thout the calories

— Alber Elbaz

How do you stand out as a fashion ad campaign? By using people off the street; it does generate buzz.

— Alber Elbaz

Pure, intense emotions. It's not about design. It's about feelings.

— Alber Elbaz

Our clothes are not always beautiful on the hanger, but put them on, and they fit like bathing suits.

— Alber Elbaz

Fashion doesn't look good only on models; it can look good on different people of different ages and different body shapes.

— Alber Elbaz