Alber Elbaz

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

“We are being accused that some models are anorexic. But we as fashion designers cannot be blamed, because you know, when I talk to women around the world, rich and poor and young and old and...”

“I was a fat child; I was asthmatic. No wonder I'm a hypochondriac.”

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

“If I am in a beautiful place, but I don't like the people, I am miserable.”

“I barely finish one pre-collection before I must start on another. Sales start, but I am already elsewhere creatively. The men's show is being prepared, but we also need to think about acces...”

“The worst thing that can happen is if you're stuck within a bubble and you think that is what life is all about. It's great to see other people and hear from people of different ages and opi...”

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

“In high fashion, we're always accused of doing things that are not very relevant, not the real world. I know that it's important sometimes to do fantasy, but I felt like touching people and...”

“My dream is to be a doctor. I'm almost working in a laboratory, because I'm trying new techniques, new directions and fabrics, new weaving.”

“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. W...”

“If you take something out of the freezer, it's cold, but what happens when it melts? It's a cool party, a cool person, a cool collection. What does that mean? I'm more interested in things t...”

“I love to see old women. I love wrinkles. I love gray hair.”

“A singer can quit once he or she has made ten great songs; a director can finish once he or she has made five amazing films; a writer just needs to write three great books.”

“If I wasn't a designer, I would love to be a doctor. That is my fantasy, my dream. A doctor will give you a tablet if you have a headache, and I will give you a dress, and we both make you f...”

“Almost every collection I do has 200 different references. I don't have two of the same coat, two of the same dress. I have it in one color, in one fabric. I've tried to adapt the culture of...”

“Many, many times I find that whatever is looking good on the screen doesn't always look or feel good on the body. So who do we design for - do we design for the screen, or do we design for w...”

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

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

“I am very much a people person.”