Alber Elbaz

For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams. In my little room at home, I felt that I was…

— Alber Elbaz

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…

— Alber Elbaz

I like dresses for night; I like after-party more than party. I like the mystery; I like the dream, like fantasy dresses.…

— Alber Elbaz

I am very much a people person. If I am in a beautiful place but I don't like the people, I am…

— Alber Elbaz

The nature of fashion is family. You see that at almost every house, it was owned first by a family. It wasn't…

— Alber Elbaz

I don't go out to parties because I'd look terrible in pictures. My escape is television - it's like meditation to me.

— Alber Elbaz

To be a fashion critic is easy because you just say, 'I love it, I hate it,' but life is more than…

— Alber Elbaz

Some days I feel like a piano: kind of short, always in black & white, always expected to produce music.

— Alber Elbaz

When I was either 7 or 8 years old, I did a sketch every day of my teacher and what she wore.…

— Alber Elbaz

I have a problem to do a collection that is a secondary line. I mean, you don’t want to be the stepsister.…

— Alber Elbaz

The problem with couture is not designers; it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there.

— Alber Elbaz

It was not the story of design or clothes, it was the fantasy of women that made me want to work in…

— Alber Elbaz

I adore women, and the one thing I want to do more than anything is to see a transformation of personality when…

— Alber Elbaz

I'm not a religious person in the regular sense, but in the Bible you're not allowed to steal, you're not allowed to…

— Alber Elbaz

I'm not a plastic surgeon, and I cannot change the DNA of a person, but when I see a woman try on…

— Alber Elbaz

Many, many times I find that whatever is looking good on the screen doesn't always look or feel good on the body.…

— Alber Elbaz