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 Copy Share Image
When I was either 7 or 8 years old, I did a sketch every day of my teacher and what she wore.… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
What we want is clothing we think we can fly in. That's why I opened the show with flying dresses. — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
I adore women, and the one thing I want to do more than anything is to see a transformation of personality when… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
I don't want to see a dress with a woman. I just want to see a woman, with a beautiful dress. — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
Yves Saint Laurent gave women power, Chanel liberated them and when I joined Lanvin, I thought 'what do I bring to women?… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
Sometimes you don't really need armor to feel protected. Sometimes maybe you need just a chiffon dress to hug you. — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
I was thinking recently, If the body really is the new dress, as some are saying - with women buying boobs, butts,… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I like the dream, like fantasy dresses. Women can dream at 9 in the morning and at 10 o’clock at night, it… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams. In my little room at home, I felt that I was… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
In fashion, the time is so short, and even with pre-collection, there are not only dresses, shoes, bags, and furs but now… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
Almost every collection I do has 200 different references. I don't have two of the same coat, two of the same dress.… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
All the young people in fashion worship the people who have been around a long time. I think it is about keeping something going… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
The nature of fashion is family. You see that at almost every house, it was owned first by a family. It wasn't owned by… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
Fashion is not about buying a second skin. Fashion is about having a fantasy. — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
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… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
I think that we are in a very strange time, when everybody is thinking about what is going to happen, and everybody is kind… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
A fragrance is a veritable story, told and explained in scent, in notes, in impressions. It's a score based on the emotions of each… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
Fashion is instinctive and sensual. Learn to love what you wear. It should feel like eating chocolates...wi thout the calories — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image