24 Sensational Quotes From Azzedine Alaia

24 Sensational Quotes From Azzedine Alaiae

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.

— Azzedine Alaia

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

— Azzedine Alaia

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

— Azzedine Alaia

Women must know themselves better than anyone. If you have ugly legs, wear long dresses. If you have long, great legs, show them.

— Azzedine Alaia

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

— Azzedine Alaia

I don't wear perfume, and I don't like the air to be too saturated with scents.

— Azzedine Alaia

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

— Azzedine Alaia

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

— Azzedine Alaia

As I said many times, the fashion world, its system, can be disturbing.

— Azzedine Alaia

When you have one idea per year, it's already a miracle!

— Azzedine Alaia

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

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.

— 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.

— Azzedine Alaia

I love film - it's like painting.

— 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.

— Azzedine Alaia

In modelling, it's very hard to keep in touch with the people you knew when you started.

— Azzedine Alaia

A woman is like an actress: she's always onstage.

— Azzedine Alaia

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

— Azzedine Alaia

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

— Azzedine Alaia

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.

— Azzedine Alaia

I am always in doubt; I am never sure of myself.

— Azzedine Alaia

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.

— Azzedine Alaia

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.

— Azzedine Alaia

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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