Erdmute Alber Quotes

Women can dream at 9 in the morning and at 10 o'clock at night - it doesn't matter. ~ Alber Elbaz

I am very much a people person. ~ Alber Elbaz

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 accessories, perfumes and other items. In sum, I never stop. ~ 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

If it's not edible, it's not food. If it's not wearable, it's not fashion. ~ 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. I think, also, that you make women dream. ~ 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. You want to be Cinderella. Show me one girl who wants to be the stepsister. ~ Alber Elbaz

I think 'modesty' is a beautiful word today - and a beautiful attitude. ~ Alber Elbaz

Nothing is ever enough for me. I'm always thinking what is wrong, what needs to be fixed. ~ Alber Elbaz

I was a fat child; I was asthmatic. No wonder I'm a hypochondriac. ~ 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 just a dress for less. I have said in the past that I would never do a mass-market collection, but what intrigued me was the idea of H&M going luxury rather than Lanvin going public. This has been an exceptional exercise, where two companies at opposite poles can work together because we share the same philosophy of bringing joy and beauty to men and women around the world. ~ 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

I used to hate L.A., but I met such a great group of people there that I fell in love with it. ~ Alber Elbaz

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

I certainly can't complain. I work six days a week, if not seven, and eighteen hours out of twenty-four - fortunately, with a great deal of pleasure. Why? Because I only do something if I want to do it; I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, moving, inventing. ~ Alber Elbaz

I spend my time backstage at the Lanvin shows, and when I come out at the end, all I see are people's eyes. ~ Alber Elbaz

I am very sensitive to the smells and sensations that are part of perfumes because they remind me of things: moments from the past, people, events. ~ Alber Elbaz

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

I work on fittings, mostly. You know, I sketch less and less in my work. I sketch for the show sometimes, but then it becomes more conceptual. But when I don't sketch, it becomes more pragmatic. ~ Alber Elbaz

I adore women, and the one thing I want to do more than anything is to see a transformation of personality when someone puts on one of my dresses. ~ Alber Elbaz

I'd rather be relevant than cool. ~ Alber Elbaz

Fashion is not about buying a second skin. Fashion is about having a fantasy. ~ Alber Elbaz

When you come into a house like Saint Laurent, or Chanel, or Lanvin, and you go into a place that existed before you were born and will exist after you die, it takes some time to get in, to get to people, and to get the energy of the place. ~ 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 expensive, the more eccentric. I would take risks. The worst thing would be to buy only the little black dress. You know why? Because everyone has it already. I would go with a purple dress, something different ~ Alber Elbaz

I like having the freedom to dress as I desire. ~ Alber Elbaz

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

I think that because I'm overweight, [my] fantasy was lightness. So I project my fantasy to the clothes, and now all I do is light, light clothes because it's the one thing I don't have. That is why I'm too afraid to lose weight because then I might make heavy clothes. ~ 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 lie and you're not allowed to feel you're above other people. ~ Alber Elbaz

In fashion, the time is so short, and even with pre-collection, there are not only dresses, shoes, bags, and furs but now raincoats and T-shirts. It's just an endless amount of work that we have to produce in no time. ~ Alber Elbaz

After another moment's silence she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust her for the very same reason. ~ Albert Camus

I love and respect women. I work mostly with women. ~ Alber Elbaz

All I want to do is make people beautiful. ~ 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 my clothes and she feels beautiful, I know I am doing my job. ~ Alber Elbaz

I love women. I get along with women more than men, and I have more women friends. ~ Alber Elbaz

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 opinions. ~ Alber Elbaz

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

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. ~ Alber Elbaz

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 instant, a captivating music of the senses. ~ Alber Elbaz

For me, Lancome was more than just a brand. There was something very nostalgic about the name, about the whole story. ~ Alber Elbaz

I created the peplum so you can eat in it. You can have a dessert, you can have another sandwich. ~ Alber Elbaz

I never think people should do things for me. I think I should do things for others. That makes me more comfortable. ~ Alber Elbaz