To be a fashion critic is easy because you just say, 'I love it, I hate it,' but life is more than love and hate.
Alber ElbazI am very much a people person. If I am in a beautiful place but I don't like the people, I am miserable.
Alber ElbazIf 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 ElbazI 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