Alber Elbaz

I'm not a plastic surgeon, and I cannot change the DNA of a person, but when I see a woman try on my clothes and she feels beautiful, I know I am doing my job.

My job is to do. My job is to make women beautiful. What do I have to say?

I thought, 'It doesn't matter what that woman is wearing,' but then I realised actually it's our job as designers to make women smile; to bring them the chocolate without the calories.

It's a major job to help men and women look beautiful.

I was a fat child; I was asthmatic. No wonder I'm a hypochondriac.

If I am in a beautiful place, but I don't like the people, I am miserable.

In high fashion, we're always accused of doing things that are not very relevant, not the real world. I know that it's important sometimes to do fantasy, but I felt like touching people and going back to different women and men, especially the idea of different ages and body shapes.

Fashion doesn't look good only on models; it can look good on different people of different ages and different body shapes.

Women try to be the best everywhere, and it's impossible. I want my clothes to give women the freedom to just be - I want them to put on my dresses and shine.

I like having the freedom to dress as I desire.

I don't go out to parties because I'd look terrible in pictures. My escape is television - it's like meditation to me.

Me, as a designer who is not exactly skinny, all I want is comfortable clothes.