Azzedine Alaia Quotes

I have total confidence in Beaute Prestige International to accompany me in creating a perfume that interprets my work and my world.

The present fashion system is too hard - there are too many collections. The designers have no time to think! Money is too important. Schedules are too crazy.

My father could be very strict, but very fair. His father was the same. We all respected my grandfather; he was the head of the clan. Every morning, we all had to say good morning and kiss his hand. But not me. I jumped on his lap and bit him.

I would rather die than see my face in a car advertisement.

I used to spend my nights oversewing dresses for a local dressmaker in order to pay for my school equipment.

The danger is we're losing sight of what women really want to wear.

Women must know themselves better than anyone. If you have ugly legs, wear long dresses. If you have long, great legs, show them.

When you have one idea per year, it's already a miracle!

It's important to make women feel confident, because I think they are more important than men.

I am very curious. Every day, I say: 'What am I going to learn today, and whom am I going to meet?'

I take it to heart that, for example, there aren't enough funds for AIDS research, but people pay 20 times the value of an item of clothing.

I put myself on the same level as everyone else around me - from the directrice to the workman, everyone. Except my pets - they are the Kings; you must treat them like royalty.

I love American girls. They're audacious. They put more outrageous things on their bodies than anybody.

I learned French in Tunis, along with Arabic. I also learned French history. I knew the entire history of the kings of France. And I was fascinated by Versailles.

Who will remember Anna Wintour in the history of fashion? No one.

Perfection is never achieved, so you need to go on working.

'Vogue' remains while its fashion editors come and go.

I had used the stretch materials for years to shape the inside of garments I made for private clients. Then I just started using them on their own.

I prefer to stay poor.

My obsession is to make women beautiful. When you create with that in mind, things can't go out of fashion.

There are certain people I am allergic to. I even intervene when I don't like a customer; I rush in and check all the names. If I don't like them, I don't take them.

When I see beautiful clothes, I want to keep them, preserve them ... Clothes, like architecture and art, reflect an era.

I think women should be seductive, not triste. There's enough sadness in life now without making women look sad, too.

You have to take things with a lot of laughter. I laugh with everyone; this way, I will be able to die happy.

I've been wearing Chinese clothes since I was 14. I can't wear a suit. I'm small, and when I put on a suit, it's not possible.

A woman is like an actress: she's always onstage.

As a child, I was raised with my grandmother, alongside all my cousins, and the kitchen was always full.

I have been offered the highest paid contracts in the world. I refused them all. It's not my thing. I don't want to cheat people.

If you're sad about what you see in the mirror when you wake up every morning, you must change it.

I want to create a foundation, like a maison, in my home in the Marais. I am going to leave everything there. I am only passing through. I'm not a proprietor of anything, even if I have homes and things.

I'm working 24 hours a day. I have had a house in Tunisia for 20 years, and I never have time to go because there are collections, fittings.

I love film - it's like painting.

I'm always telling young designers to take the time to surround themselves with women.

Fashion will last forever. It will exist always. It will exist in its own way in each era.

Bill Cunningham ... he knows fashion better than anybody.

Even if I was in prison, I could be free in my head. I can adapt easily.

As I said many times, the fashion world, its system, can be disturbing.