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 that are uncool, things that have a certain individuality, a certain soul, a certain longevity, emotion, fragility.
Alber ElbazI want to know where is that committee in Switzerland that sits to decide what is in and what is out. I don't listen to the formula makers. I think maybe I have a selective hearing disorder.
Alber ElbazI always think, if I were an editor, and I was invited to a show, and I would have to wait for 45 minutes in the dark or in the cold or in the heat, maybe I would like to have a fresh drink or a piece of chocolate.
Alber ElbazThere is nothing scarier than being โthe designer of the moment,โ because the moment ends.
Alber ElbazI am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear it?'
Alber ElbazI like the dream, like fantasy dresses. Women can dream at 9 in the morning and at 10 oโclock at night, it doesnโt matter. I think it is also important for me to make it pragmatic and practical and wearable. I always say, 'If you canโt eat it, itโs not food, and if you canโt wear it, itโs not fashion, it is something else.'
Alber ElbazWhat 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 whatโs wrong.
Alber Elbaz