'Sensitive' Alber Elbaz

Jul 14, 2009, 7:15 GMT

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Alber Elbaz refuses to work with "b*****s".

The creative director of Lanvin finds it impossible to work with people he doesn't get on with as they stifle his creativity.

He explained: "The people I chose to run my new store in London are nice. I cannot work with b*****s, I can't, I can't.

"Maybe I am too sensitive, I get blocked. There are some people who don't give a damn. With me, I find that if there is no energy flowing or no connection, I can't think. Talent is amazing - I love it, appreciate it. I respect talent a lot. But if you ask me, 'Talent and b***h, or less talent and good?' I'll go with less talent."

Alber - who famously dressed actress Tilda Swinton for this year's Academy Awards ceremony - thinks the atmosphere at work is so important he makes every effort to have a good relationship with all his colleagues, even interns.

He told Britain's Vogue magazine: "We have such an amazing rapport and I think one of the reasons is the food. We are always eating together. At first, I was worried. Is it horrible to ask someone who work for us for three months, 'What did you learn?' And they say, 'Where the best sushi is in Paris.'?"