Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbaz

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.

Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbaz

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 couture, and the know-how and the heritage, but I try to update it.

Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbaz

For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams. In my little room at home, I felt that I was somewhere else. In Paris, for instance.

Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbaz

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

Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbaz

When I was either 7 or 8 years old, I did a sketch every day of my teacher and what she wore. At the end of the year, I gave her the sketchbook. For me, the sketching of dresses was about fantasy and dreams.

Alber Elbaz
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
Alber Elbaz

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

Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbaz

If you change a woman's look, you change her persona.

Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbaz

I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious.

Alber Elbaz
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
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
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
Alber Elbaz

Women try to be the best everywhere, and it's impossible. I want my clothes to give women the freedom to just be - I want them to put on my dresses and shine.

Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbaz

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. When you only have flour and water and olives and potatoes, you have to be much more creative, and that's what my mother is all about.

Alber Elbaz
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
Alber Elbaz

Stay big in your work and small in your life.

Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbaz

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

Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbaz

I think that if you want to pass emotion, you have to write a letter. Emotions do not pass in SMS or in e-mail.

Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbaz

Mine is a job that never ends, a function where it is almost impossible to set aside time to rest or take a breather.

Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbaz

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