There is a sensuality about fabric. I think all materials should be inviting when they touch the skin. When I watch children stroking their mothers clothes, I feel that I have succeeded.
Azzedine AlaiaThe present fashion system is too hard - there are too many collections. The designers have no time to think! Money is too important. Schedules are too crazy.
Azzedine AlaiaI have been offered the highest paid contracts in the world. I refused them all. It's not my thing. I don't want to cheat people. And there are certain people I am allergic to. I even intervene when I don't like a customer; I rush in and check all the names. If I don't like them, I don't take them.
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