Azzedine Alaia
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.
In modelling, it's very hard to keep in touch with the people you knew when you started.
In an ordinary suit and tie, I'd look like a little macho. I'd be ridiculous.
As for success, I don't care for it. It is a fragile thing.
You know Sarkozy offered me the Legion d'honneur medal? I refused. People said I refused because I don't like Sarkozy, but that's ridiculous. I refused because I don't like decorations - except on women.
I am always in doubt; I am never sure of myself.
I put myself on the same level as everyone else around me - from the directrice to the workman, everyone. Except my pets - they are the Kings; you must treat them like royalty.
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.
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.
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.Collection: Fashion
When I see beautiful clothes, I want to keep them, preserve them... Clothes, like architecture and art, reflect an era.Collection: Beauty
I make clothes, women make fashion.Collection: Fashion
Perfection is never achieved, so you need to go on working.Collection: Perfection
I am never sure that anythings good enough. Something that is good today will not be good tomorrow.Collection: Today
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.Collection: Mother
I think women should be seductive, not triste. Theres enough sadness in life now without making women look sad, too.Collection: Sadness
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.Collection: Names
I love films-they are like paintings.Collection: Painting
Bill Cunningham he knows fashion better than anybody.Collection: Fashion