“My father, who was a hair colourist, died when I was young, so my mother had to work very hard. But at the same time, I do believe that if you have everything, it is easy to make a dinner. When you only have flour and water and olives and potatoes, you have to be much more creative, and that's what my mother is all about.”

Israeli fashion designer

Alber Elbaz was an Israeli fashion designer known for his work at major Paris fashion houses. He lived from 1961 to 2021, and was the creative director of Lanvin from 2001 to 2015. Before Lanvin, he worked at several other fashion houses, including Geoffrey Beene, Guy Laroche, and Yves Saint Laurent. In 2019, he founded AZ Factory, a label backed by Richemont.