“Fashion is what you’re offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose.” — Lauren Hutton
Monday, January 19, 2015
Alber Elbaz
Designer of the week is out of the box designer Alber Elbaz. When he moved to New York in 1985, he worked for George F Couture. After two years he switched jobs and worked for Geoffrey Beene. Beene's masterful drapery, fit and rejection of trends sparked Elbaz's interest. He than worked for Beene for seven years learning what all he could. By 1997, Elbaz moved on to the firm Guy Laroche. During this time, Laroche had become conservative so Elbaz jumped in and somewhat enhanced the firms image as well as updating their collection. However, he only staid with the firm for one year. He decided to start creating Ready-to-Wear women's clothing for Yves Saint Laurent. Elbaz's talents was recognized. He then was groomed to become the head designer of the house once Saint Laurent retired. Although, this wasn't in the cards for Elbaz. Gucci purchased YSL Rive Gauche and after three collection, Tom Ford let Elbaz go.
By 2001, he was appointed artistic director of Lanvin in Paris. He has received awards for his hard work and published a book in 2012 of 3,000 photographs documenting the work of Lanvin. The great part about Elbaz is that even though he moved around a lot. He has received so much experience and in networking.
Past Fashion Shows
Albert Elbaz for Yves Saint Laurent Fall 1999 Fashion Show & Interview
To pre-worn viewers, there are parts of this video that are in a different language but this is before Tom Ford took over.
Lanvin Autumn Winter 2002 Paris 1 of 3
When Alber Elbaz started making his appearance in Lanvin fashion shows
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