Alber Elbaz (Hebrew: אלבר אלבז, born 6 February 1961) is a Moroccan-Israeli fashion designer. After a number of other fashion houses, he was the creative director Lanvin in Paris from 2001 until October 2015.
Fashion is not always about what's new, it's also about what's good. And I think if you need to see what's good, you have to be there.
What I love in fashion is to tell a story through a creation.
For me, Lancome was more than just a brand. There was something very nostalgic about the name, about the whole story.
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 you can go forward.
Why not touch things that we hate and turn them upside down and inside out?
When a woman's clothes are in harmony with her emotions, she shines from within.
Sometimes you don't really need armor to feel protected. Sometimes maybe you need just a chiffon dress to hug you.
What we want is clothing we think we can fly in. That's why I opened the show with flying dresses.
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 a bank.
I don't think you can be a designer if you don't care.
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 about today
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.
I like having the freedom to dress as I desire.
What is beautiful for you may not be beautiful to someone else. Or whatever is beautiful here may not be beautiful there and what is sometimes beautiful today is not necessarily beautiful tomorrow. Perhaps this is the story of fashion and what makes it move forward, the fact that there is no decision whatsoever with what’s wrong.