78 Quotes by Azzedine Alaia

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.