Azzedine Alaia quotes

I am never sure that anythings good enough. Something that is good today will not be good tomorrow. (Azzedine Alaia)

If you're sad about what you see in the mirror when you wake up every morning, you must change it.

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I like black, because for me it is a very happy color.

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The foundation of beauty is the body.

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The 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.

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I even do my ready-to-wear samples like couture.

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Bill Cunningham he knows fashion better than anybody.

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Who can really say who invents something first in fashion?

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I'm always telling young designers to take the time to surround themselves with women.

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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'm happier about my friends than I am about my work. I still have a long way to go with work. My friends, that's the one thing I'm sure about. (Azzedine Alaia)

I learned French in Tunis, along with Arabic. I also learned French history. I knew the entire history of the kings of France. And I was fascinated by Versailles.

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Who will remember Anna Wintour in the history of fashion? No one.

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I make clothes; women make fashion.

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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.

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I love film - it's like painting.

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I think women should be seductive, not triste. There's enough sadness in life now without making women look sad, too.

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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 mother's clothes, I feel that I have succeeded.

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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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It's important to make women feel confident, because I think they are more important than men.

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I'm working 24 hours a day. I have had a house in Tunisia for 20 years, and I never have time to go because there are collections, fittings. (Azzedine Alaia)

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Occupation: French Designer
Born: February 26, 1935
Died: November 18, 2017
Quotes count: 21

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