Top 35 Azzedine Alaia Quotes

I take it to heart that, for example, there aren’t enough funds for AIDS research, but people pay 20 times the value of an item of clothing.

I am never sure that anything’s good enough. Something that is good today will not be good tomorrow.

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.

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

I have total confidence in Beaute Prestige International to accompany me in creating a perfume that interprets my work and my world.

Fashion will last forever. It will exist always. It will exist in its own way in each era.

My father could be very strict, but very fair. His father was the same. We all respected my grandfather; he was the head of the clan. Every morning, we all had to say good morning and kiss his hand. But not me. I jumped on his lap and bit him.

I work for women. I only think for them. If I didn’t like women, I wouldn’t do this job.

There was a woman in Tunisia called Madame Pinot. She was a midwife and had helped in the birth of my siblings and me. I assisted her. I helped women give birth to a lot of babies when I was very young.

The danger is we’re losing sight of what women really want to wear.

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.

Bill Cunningham… he knows fashion better than anybody.

As for success, I don’t care for it. It is a fragile thing.

The foundation of beauty is the body.

As a child, I was raised with my grandmother, alongside all my cousins, and the kitchen was always full.

My obsession is to make women beautiful. When you create with that in mind, things can’t go out of fashion.

Beyonce is a beautiful, elegant woman who is also a wonderful dancer. And her voice is sublime. Just like her husband, Jay-Z, Beyonce has real talent. They are both the kind of truly great artist who will be remembered by history. Their child will be lucky to have such talented parents.

I am very curious. Every day, I say: ‘What am I going to learn today, and whom am I going to meet?’

I want to speak directly with a star, not her stylist.

Karl Lagerfeld never touched a pair of scissors in his life.

In an ordinary suit and tie, I’d look like a little macho. I’d be ridiculous.

A human being is not a machine. Especially when it comes to creating.

If I don’t have a model in front of me, I don’t have an idea.

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.

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

When I was growing up, I never heard the word ‘racism.’ It was only in Paris I encountered that.

‘Vogue’ remains while its fashion editors come and go.

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.

I would rather die than see my face in a car advertisement.

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

I had used the stretch materials for years to shape the inside of garments I made for private clients. Then I just started using them on their own.

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.

I love film – it’s like painting.

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

I want to create a foundation, like a maison, in my home in the Marais. I am going to leave everything there. I am only passing through. I’m not a proprietor of anything, even if I have homes and things.