Azzedine Alaia quotes
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“Fashion will last forever. It will exist always. It will exist in its own way in each era. I live in the moment. It's interesting to know the old methods. But you have to live in the present moment.”
-- Azzedine AlaiaSource : Lauren Myracle (2009). “Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks”, p.153, Penguin
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“When I see beautiful clothes, I want to keep them, preserve them... Clothes, like architecture and art, reflect an era.”
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“I make clothes, women make fashion.”
-- Azzedine AlaiaSource : "The art of being Azzedine Alaïa, darling designer of fashion insiders" by Kate Finnigan, www.theguardian.com. May 6, 2018.
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“Bill Cunningham he knows fashion better than anybody.”
-- Azzedine AlaiaSource : "Alaïa's Not Lagerfeld's Biggest Fan" by Britt Aboutaleb, www.elle.com. June 23, 2011.
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“I like black, because for me it is a very happy color.”
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“I even do my ready-to-wear samples like couture.”
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“As a child, I was raised with my grandmother, alongside all my cousins, and the kitchen was always full.”
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“I am never sure that anythings good enough. Something that is good today will not be good tomorrow.”
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“My obsession is to make women beautiful. When you create with that in mind, things can't go out of fashion.”
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“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.”
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“I think women should be seductive, not triste. Theres enough sadness in life now without making women look sad, too.”
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“Who can really say who invents something first in fashion?”
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“Perfection is never achieved, so you need to go on working.”
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“I 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.”
-- Azzedine Alaia
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