Valentino pulls off impeccable runway finale Jan 26, 2008
Uma Thurman was there to salute him, along with Lucy Liu, Alber Elbaz, Miuccia Prada, Nadja Auermann, Eva Herzigova, and Claudia Schiffer. More from Style. (MSNBC -- News)
Valentino says goodbye Jan 24, 2008
Designers front row included Alber Elbaz of Lanvin, Miuccia Prada and Allessandra Facchinetti, who is taking over from Valentino next season. Looking at the incredibly fine workmanship of Valentino's Rome studio, it was hard to believe that any other designer could still produce such craftsmanship and elegance in the 21st century especially the evening dresses that appeared so simple but were, in fact, made with the skill of half a century of training. (International Herald Tribune)
Fashion's last emperor bows out Jan 24, 2008
Uma Thurman, who watched the show along with fellow actor Lucy Liu and Mick Jagger said she was "very sorry to see him go. He was one of the most elegant designers ever in our history." Fashion designers Miuccia Prada and Alber Elbaz also attended, with Prada explaining that the 75-year-old Valentino "was fantastic at his job, and I am here to pay my respects". It was a landmark event because "it is unusual in fashion to have a long and successful career, and to be able to go out on such a... (Guardian Unlimited)
" target="_top"> Jan 22, 2008
Judy Licht, cohost of Ultra HD's Full Frontal Fashion, has her eye on Alber Elbaz, the Israeli designer who's behind the celebrated reinvigoration of the storied house of Lanvin. "It's visceral. Whether you're a skinny model or a fashion editor, you will want to wear his clothes," she says. (FastCompany)
Mens's Fashion: A Special Report: Happy 20th birthday, Martin Margiela! Jan 21, 2008
The designer Lucas Ossendrijver is stepping forward and working in perfect synch with Lanvin's creative director Alber Elbaz, bringing innovation without strain. Why is Raf Simons a cut above the rest. (International Herald Tribune)
see the latest fashion news Jan 18, 2008
But the pieces were also directly inspired by other designers: Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Stefano Pilati for YSL, and Alber Elbaz for Lanvin, to name a few. And why not. (Style.com)
Romancing the stones Dec 4, 2007
cle era - was first revived by Alber Elbaz at Lanvin. In 2003, his jewels in tulle (and in later collections pearls wound through the fabric) created a look that has been endlessly copied and is now a staple of fast fashion stores. (International Herald Tribune)
Camera angles Nov 24, 2007
Dean Merceron's Lanvin (Rizzoli, 45) continues the story of the house and includes the successful regeneration of the brand under Alber Elbaz. Tim Walker's I Love Pictures. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
The man who could do everything Nov 16, 2007
Lanvin was still going, but in a dusty kind of way when Alber Elbaz revived it five years ago, yet Ossie Clark was not just a label but the man himself. He said he was a "master cutter. It's all in my brain and fingers and there's no one in the world to touch me. I can do everything myself." Gur, who like Elbaz trained at the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Israel, is quiet, sweet and doesn't go to parties. (Guardian Unlimited)
Slideshow | Looks from Paris Fashion Week 2008 Oct 31, 2007
It'll be a really red evening in this silk dress by Alber Elbaz ... A model presents a creation by Israeli designer Alber Elbaz as part of his Spring/Summer 2008 ready-to-wear fashion collection for Lanvin in Paris ... A model presents a creation by Israeli designer Alber Elbaz as part of his Spring/Summer 2008 ready-to-wear fashion collection for Lanvin. (The Miami Herald)
Paris designers show off spring and summer finery Oct 15, 2007
Alber Elbaz of Lanvin created a collection of knee-length modern dresses, some with cascading ruffles down the backs, in black and navy, as well as clear yellow, orange, red and cobalt. These clothes pack well and are easy to wear, and it is no mystery why Elbaz is so popular in this country. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Paris fashion rises ro a pedestal -- or sinks into absurdity Oct 13, 2007
There are those such as John Galliano and Alber Elbaz who idealize women, nursing romantic notions about their lives and envisioning them as more sophisticated, more self-assured, more elegant and graceful than they could ever hope to be. And then there are the designers who fetishize women. (Newsday -- New York City)
Paris Fashion Week pulls out all the bells, whistles ... and bags Oct 9, 2007
Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz, however, believes the vintage trend is over. His draped toga gowns and ruffled satin cocktail dresses raised a roar of approval from buyers and critics, who leapt to their feet to applaud him. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Paris Fashion Week Oct 9, 2007
The show that Alber Elbaz prepared for Lanvin was a hit from the moment that the audience saw the scene of an old-style music hall with strings of lights, pillars from which sparkler fireworks later exploded and roving ushers handing out ice cream cones. And that's not to mention the fact that the designer's signature big bow tie was worn by the show's security staff. (International Herald Tribune)
Spring/Summer 2008 fashion collection in Paris Oct 8, 2007
Modela present a creation by Israeli-American designer Alber Elbaz for fashion house Lanvin as part of his Spring/Summer 2008 ready-to-wear fashion collection in Paris Oct. 7, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
Paris Fashion Week: Flower power and feathers in paris Oct 7, 2007
The Paris fashion week - final stop of the month-long, four-city catwalk road show for next season - finishes Sunday with the collections of Alber Elbaz for Lanvin, Jean Paul Gaultier for Hermes, Miuccia Prada's Miu Miu and, last but not least, Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton. Post this story to. (Telegraph.co.uk)
New and newer: Stores and services in Paris Oct 1, 2007
Does Alber Elbaz ever sleep. The designer behind the house of Lanvin recently introduced a line of wedding wear and a capsule collection of clothing for the weary traveler looking for stylish ease. (International Herald Tribune)
Coping with celebrity, the red carpet character test Sep 28, 2007
"doing a Marilyn" as she debuted the Emporio Armani "Diamonds" fragrance by belting out "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend." That was followed in the opening outfits by pearl necklaces tied with black bows (a fashion trend since Alber Elbaz at Lanvin first offered them three years ago). Then Armani spelled out in black and white his looks: checkerboard shorts and snug jackets on pretty young models. (International Herald Tribune)
WAGES OF FAME TAKE TOLL Sep 7, 2007
The supermodel took a towncar to the Fashion Institute of Technology's Couture Council luncheon for Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz. When the driver said he was going to leave and come back for her, Iman told him, "No way - someone will steal you." The driver waited (and was presumably paid for his time). (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The Launch of Aurea by Philips - A Campaign of Seduction and Desire Aug 17, 2007
Photographer Vincent Peters, Alber Elbaz for Lanvin, and Paris-based jewelry designer, Lorenz Baumer join film director Wong Kar Wai to create a campaign that uses the concept of seduction by light as inspiration ... Providing an enthralling fashion sense to the campaign, the dresses used in the Aurea imagery are designed by Alber Elbaz for Lanvin ... Alber Elbaz is recognized as one of the world's most innovative fashion designers, with Time Magazine including him in their annual "100 most... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
A Standing O for Lacroix Jul 5, 2007
Back on the marriage track: Alber Elbaz introduced a small collection of Lanvin bridal dresses earlier in the week. They're not haute couture, rather the opposite. (Time.com)
In picturesGold shoes and combat gear at the Paris menswear show Jul 2, 2007
Eye-catching shoes set off creations for Lanvin by Alber Elbaz and Lucas Ossendrijver. Elbaz came out to take a bow. (BBC News)
Now Victoria sits as a judge of fashion May 24, 2007
Three other judges with perhaps more conventional backgrounds in the fashion world will help her - Glenda Bailey, the editor of American Harper's Bazaar, Alber Elbaz, the creative director of the French label Lanvin, and River Island's managing director, Richard Bradbury. Previous judges have included Christopher Bailey and Stefano Pilati, creative directors respectively for Burberry and Yves Saint Laurent. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
* Seniors set is style savvy, too May 24, 2007
She thinks Alber Elbaz, the designer at Lanvin, cuts a great sleeveless dress ("he always hides the ugly part under the arm") and she says that whenever she goes into a designer showroom, "a dress with sleeves screams at me.". Douglas Chen, a buyer at Linda Dresner, which has stores in New York and Birmingham, Michigan, said that one of their bestsellers for spring was a US$1,790 Chloe dress in purple silk crepe with narrow sleeves that fell to just above the elbow. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
RUMEUR MONGER May 8, 2007
Lanvin's Alber Elbaz. Scent and Sensibility Alber Elbaz Riffs on Lanvin's New Fragrance (and Much More Besides) ... May 4, 2007 In town for the "Party of the Year" and to promote Lanvin's fragrance, Rumeur, at Saks Fifth Avenue, Alber Elbaz sat down with Style. (Style.com -- Trends)
The 100 most influential people of the year May 4, 2007
Alber Elbaz - fashion designer. America Ferrera - actress. (Independent)
Sibling revelry Apr 18, 2007
You may get to hear from Alber Elbaz, Miuccia Prada, Marc Jacobs et al while Fashion Season is on the road but back in Sydney we have to make do with statements from twentysomething designers' publicists. Such is life. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The summer dress Apr 10, 2007
Both Alber Elbaz at Lanvin and Raf Simons at Jil Sander have brought back the dart - a fold of fabric, essential in the 1950s and beloved by paper pattern users. It is designed to put shape and sensuality into the simplest dress and make it follow the body line. (International Herald Tribune)
Rival shows steal the buzz from Smashbox Mar 22, 2007
By Adam Tschorn, Times Staff Writer March 21, 2007 Alber Elbaz, Zac Posen and Phillip Lim in town ... Lanvin's Alber Elbaz is setting up shop over at Barneys New York today, while London-based Allegra Hicks is also in town, hosting a trunk show at the Art Luna Garden in Santa Monica. (Los Angeles Times)
Chloë Sevigny: Beyond the labels Mar 18, 2007
Alber Elbaz, creative director of the Paris couture house Lanvin, recalls his first meeting with Sevigny long before her big break in "Boys Don't Cry" as "an instant attraction. These days, with so many actresses, you only see the dress or the jewelry. Who cares? That's not true style. With Chlo?, I don't see my designs I see her.". Such love letters don't surprise Cameron Silver, whose Melrose Avenue vintage shop Decades is the source of many inspirational clothes for designers and among... (Los Angeles Times)
Paris, chic to chic Mar 8, 2007
Shoulders took on different proportions at both, but Lanvin's designer, and one of fashion's indisputable darlings, Alber Elbaz , kept the extent of his new volumes smaller and cleaner, his dresses mostly unadorned except for some beautifully rendered pleating, a few ruffle flourishes, and the occasional exposed zipper. It was simply about color and construction, and it worked. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Designers light up Paris Mar 8, 2007
At Lanvin, Alber Elbaz featured lots of sleeveless shifts some in pink and scarlet with ruffled collars or visible darts and folds. It's unusual to find colorful sleeveless dresses for fall, but they're just right for the steamy Houston climate. (Houston Chronicle)
Dinnigan back in fashion Mar 6, 2007
Three of the industry's current favourites Marc Jacobs, Miuccia Prada and Alber Elbaz were competing for attention. Bulk ruled over beauty for Jacobs at Louis Vuitton, with fur-lined bags and tomato red full skirts. (Daily Telegraph)
Lanvin's winged victory Mar 6, 2007
Five weeks of international shows ended on a strong note, as the house of Lanvin and its designer, Alber Elbaz pulled the winter 2007 season together. The broad line of change is that substantial and wearable clothes, reflecting the attitude of a modern woman, are replacing outfits that had seemed actually and metaphorically lightweight. (International Herald Tribune)
French designers with a gleam in their eye Mar 1, 2007
One of the chief architects of the re- emergence has been Lanvin, under the direction of Alber Elbaz. With Eli Topp as the house jewelry designer, Elbaz has created trompe l'oeil jeweled guimpes, or neck pieces; tulle- shrouded pearls; colorful metal blooms and bow-bedecked jersey-covered stones. (International Herald Tribune)
Foppish elegance rules at Paris menswear shows Jan 28, 2007
Lucas Ossendrijver, who designs the menswear line under artistic director Alber Elbaz, said he was inspired by jogging suits, which were reworked in crinkled black leather with a ribbed brown cuff or in heavy satin, traditionally a couture fabric. "We did it in a way that's very masculine but never macho," he told reporters after the show. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Judith Thurman on “Skin + Bones.” Nov 28, 2006
Do the pleated fa;ade of Winka Dubbeldam s Greenwich Street Project and a pleated day dress by Alber Elbaz have anything in common besides elegance. What about the lacy skin of Toyo Ito s Mikimoto Tower, in Tokyo. (New Yorker)
Fashion's future: A question mark Oct 10, 2006
Of all the trips to NASA's laboratories that we have seen this season, the most convincing came on the last day of a patchy Paris season, when Alber Elbaz of Lanvin sent out a smart collection with the models' Princess Leia hairdos in outer space but their graphic, sharp- heeled shoes firmly on the ground. The designer even had the Star Wars galactic mom Natalie Portman sitting front row. (International Herald Tribune)
Paris catwalks zap style codes Oct 10, 2006
Black and white gingham provided Stefano Pilati with his chic wardrobe for Yves Saint Laurent, and at Lanvin, Alber Elbaz' electrically-charged show had a contemporary vibe. Dries van Noten loosened things up for a sportier glamour, Valentino eyed youthful A-line fluidity and Elie Saab's golden hues were in tribute to the sunshine of post-war Beirut. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Galliano show fails to impress Oct 9, 2006
This ladylike, discreet brand is the antithesis to Galliano's flashiness and Israeli designer Alber Elbaz could not be more opposite to Galliano. Yet one could make the argument that, like Galliano, he, too, has coined a memorably stereotyped persona to help market the brand - nor is he averse to celebrity connections. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Who's next in fashion? No one. Oct 3, 2006
The industry reveres and nurtures personal talent, describing an outfit as from "Alber," referring to Alber Elbaz at Lanvin or from "Nicolas," as in Balenciaga's Nicolas Ghesquiere. But this insider enthusiasm conceals the fact that to the worldwide public even these powerful designers do not register in the way that the names of Giorgio Armani or even Pierre Cardin resonate. (International Herald Tribune)
Luxury learning curve May 22, 2006
"Ungaro is a bona fide label, a marketable name; why shouldn't it come back? Lanvin was pretty far out of the picture and it came back under Alber Elbaz, and Nina Ricci, now under Lars Nilsson, that was ever further out, and it's come back.'' But, she cautions, "the new owners have got a lot of work ahead of them. They've got to get the big department stores back, like Neiman's. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Touches of originality spice up a swag of deja vu Apr 29, 2006
Although widely publicised courtesy of Cole's first Fashion Week appearance at an estimated $12,000 fee, the collection of sharply tailored cocktail dresses and badly-made, high-waisted, bubble-skirted tulip dresses seemed heavily influenced by Roland Mouret and Alber Elbaz - designers which although infamous on the international circuit are no doubt strangers to some of Brown's local customers. "I don't go into Mercedes Australian Fashion Week for export," said Brown. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Deep thoughts on the runway Mar 7, 2006
After his tough girl collection from last season, when velvet coats came in traffic light red, and slick patent platform shoes with conical heels were sharp enough to be weapons, Alber Elbaz took it down a notch at Lanvin, going back to more unobtrusive cocktail dressing. His foray into satin suits was shaky, with the hips of a magenta jacket padded to saddle bag proportions. (Los Angeles Times)
Vuitton wraps up Paris Fashion Week Mar 6, 2006
At Lanvin, Alber Elbaz kept his eye firmly on the cut of the clothes which were largely unadorned with decoration but cut a striking pose with their defined shape, layering and play on proportion. The Israeli-American designer also blurred the line between male and female dressing, offering different takes on the tuxedo, which was cropped and worn with pants or oversized and long like a dress. (iAfrica.com)
Now it's back to the 80s Jan 20, 2006
Everyone, from Alexander McQueen to Hussein Chalayan, and from Marc Jacobs (for Louis Vuitton) to Alber Elbaz (Lanvin), has turned out body-conscious, structured clothing the likes of which haven't been seen since the 1980s heyday of Azzedine Alaia and, of course, the late Gianni Versace. Clothing is either black (yes, that again) or in full-on, rainbow colour. (New Zealand Herald)
Sarah Jessica Parker Jan 14, 2006
I love what Alber Elbaz does at Lanvin, Stefano Pilati at YSL, and I looooove Balenciaga. I don't always wear it but I love the way it looks. (Charlotte.com, NC -- Living)
