I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection.
Elegant is not what you wear, and it's not about how you wear it, but it's more about who you are.
Style is the only thing you can't buy. It's not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag. It's something reflected from our soul to the outside world. An emotion.
I feel more and more that the most beautiful people are the ones who are comfortable with themselves.
Fashion is not about before, it’s not about after, it’s about now
Pure, intense emotions. It's not about design. It's about feelings.
If it’s not edible, it’s not food. If it’s not wearable, it’s not fashion.
I like first class, but I don't like first class people - I prefer the people in coach. I like fine restaurants, but prefer the taste of McDonalds. I like to be perfect, but I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection. I know, I am a walking contradiction.
I'd rather be relevant than cool.
Fashion is about having a fantasy.
I think 'modesty' is a beautiful word today - and a beautiful attitude.
Run away from laziness; work hard. Touch intuition and listen to the heart, not marketing directors. Dream.
Making them feel gorgeous and comfortable is my way of making women's lives easier.
Yves Saint Laurent gave women power, Chanel liberated them and when I joined Lanvin, I thought 'what do I bring to women? One day, I received an SMS from a friend in New York - she was in a taxi on the way to court to face her arsehole ex-husband, and she said to me 'Alber, I am wearing a Lanvin dress, and I feel so protected.' That to me was the biggest compliment I ever received. To have a 500 gram piece of silk make her feel protected - that made me very happy indeed.
Sometimes you don't really need armor to feel protected. Sometimes maybe you need just a chiffon dress to hug you.
When a woman's clothes are in harmony with her emotions, she shines from within.
I think that we are in a very strange time, when everybody is thinking about what is going to happen, and everybody is kind of cleaning house a little bit. In the fashion world, we are doing something similar. We are taking the fake out and being a little bit more real and simple.
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
Wear flats. You're short. It's much cooler not to pretend.
I love to travel inside my head, take journeys toward the unknown, meet new people, dream.
If you change a woman's look, you change her persona.
Fashion doesn't look good only on models, it can look good on different people of different ages and different body shapes.
It was not the story of design or clothes, it was the fantasy of women that made me want to work in fashion.
I always say that women are very strong and men are powerful. But beauty gives you both strength and power. I never think of it. It's just one of those natural things. It's the only thing I know how to do.
I like the dream, like fantasy dresses. Women can dream at 9 in the morning and at 10 o’clock at night, it doesn’t matter. I think it is also important for me to make it pragmatic and practical and wearable. I always say, 'If you can’t eat it, it’s not food, and if you can’t wear it, it’s not fashion, it is something else.'
