Why does everybody love Lanvin’s Alber Elbaz?
Because everyone secretly wants the good guy to
finish first. Remember about a million years ago
in the late nineties, when Alber was handpicked
by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé to take
over design duties at Rive Gauche Yves Saint Laurent?
Then Gucci came in, bought up YSL and forced Alber
out after three seasons, replacing him with Tom
Ford? Well Tom had his admirers, especially girls
and boys who liked the image of three days of
partying without the benefit of a bath. But most
of us didn’t go for that look, the clothes
didn’t sell too well, and Ford got ousted
from the Gucci Group a few months ago.
But look at Alber. He’s just flourishing.
All the freshest and prettiest girls want
to wear his clean lined and ladylike clothes,
which only hint delicately at a time gone
by. Alber is completely modern, and his
clothes are said to be selling up a storm
at Barney’s, where these photographs
were taken in May for the Rape Treatment
Center. The event was chaired by
Anjelica Houston and Kelly Lynch,
and attracted the likes of Calista
Flockhart, Carmen Electra and Rachel Griffiths.
We love his coats the most, and can’t
wait to see his next collection.
*Designs on Jacqui Getty and
Tatiana Sorokko created by Alber Elbaz.
