Alber Elbaz
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ALBER ELBAZ, like the rest of us, has a guilty pleasure and - despite living in Paris and helming a major fashion house, Lanvin, for the last 15 years - it seems his secret behaviour is no different from the rest of us.
"Morocco is a country that I love. People don't have water in their houses, but they have satellites so they can watch The Kardashians," he said of his native land, WWD reports. "After work, I'm watching the Kardashians and ordering pizza."
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on the Lanvin front row
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But far from being a fan from afar, Elbaz is actually a friend of Kim's he revealed: "I think she's a true, nice person. She wore Lanvin for her firstVogue cover. She's a role model. She's a smart girl," adding of Kardashian's stepfather, Caitlyn Jenner, who recently transitioned to become a woman, "I'm happy that someone who has a dream made it come true."
Yves Saint Laurent, who reportedly groomed Alber Elbaz to take over at his house before it was sold to the Gucci Group
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Yves Saint Laurent, who reportedly groomed Alber Elbaz to take over at his house before it was sold to the Gucci Group
Picture credit: PA
Speaking to Alina Cho at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the designer was characteristically candid on several topics - from stylists who can't make up their mind what their clients should wear: "The stylist says, 'She loves to show this part of her body, but she needs it to be covered,' or 'she likes pastels but looks better in bright colours,'" to his mother's wish for him that he never fulfilled: "She said, 'There's only one thing that would make me happy. If you got married'. I married in my own way. We've been together for 22 years," he said, referring to boyfriend Alex Koo.
Elbaz also spoke openly about being considered for the creative director's role at Gucci, before Tom Ford was appointed, and then being dismissed from designing Yves Saint Laurent's Rive Gauche line only to be replaced by Ford.
"After spending one month with the [YSL] archives, I said, 'What can I do,' because [Saint Laurent] had done it all. I told my psychologist, 'I'm depressed. Saint Laurent was depressed.' She asked if I was a jealous person. I'm not. I'm a little jealous when people eat and don't gain weight," he said, revealing that he decided to stop delving into the archives. "I understand why he created what he did and I understood his customers. Three years later when I was fired, I felt like a widow. I thought I didn't want to do fashion. I considered becoming a doctor, but I'm a hypochondriac."
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