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Alber Elbaz on the Most Dangerous Thing in Fashion

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By Justin Fenner

When you’ve been highly influential for as long as Lanvin creative director Alber Elbaz has, your opinion tends to carry some weight. But Elbaz, who spent Monday afternoon on a stage doing a Q&A with Harper’s Bazaar editor in chief Glenda Bailey, was as charming and humble as he’s been for all of his 20-plus years in the business.

In a wide-ranging conversation about his life and career, Elbaz told Bailey and the assembled audience about his work for Geoffrey Beene – who taught him never to use the word “commercial” – to the fall of John Galliano, and what he thinks is the most dangerous thing facing the fashion industry today. A look at some of his thoughts, here. …read more
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Minnie Mouse's Designer Dress, Vera Wang's Steep Fee, and Mango's Cuts

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By Robert Khederian

  • Minnie Mouse debuted a gown Alber Elbaz designed for her during a runway show at Disneyland Paris this weekend. [Telegraph]
  • Shoppers at Vera Wang‘s Shanghai boutique should be prepared to spend money even if they don’t purchase a dress. Customers at the store will be charged a ¥3,000 fee (approximately $482) to try the designer’s work on. [Vogue UK]
  • Kering, the company formerly known as PPR, has acquired France Croco, a luxury tannery which specializes in crocodile skins. [WWD]
  • Nick Wooster’s plan for helping JCPenney become America’s favorite department store is simple. “I’m going to get in trouble for saying this,” he said during WWD‘s Menswear Retail Summit, “but [we need to] make cute sh*t.” [Racked]

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You Can't Fake Fashion and Tom Ford's Latest Production

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By Robert Khederian

  • The CFDA and Ebay have tapped over 90 designers including J. Mendel (left) and Prabal Gurung to design tote bags for its third “You Can’t Fake Fashion” initiative. Look for the totes exclusively online on March 18th. [Harper’s Bazaar]
  • Diane von Furstenberg and Andrew Rosen are teaming up to host Open Market, an evening of food, cocktails, and fashion to benefit the Meatpacking District Improvement Association. [Style.com]
  • The Great Gatsby is set to open the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off on May 15. [The New York Times]
  • Simon Doonan attributes his signature sense of humor to his upbringing: “It’s a big part of being English – not taking things too seriously, debunking things.” [The Business of Fashion]
  • Elle Macpherson has gotten engaged to longtime boyfriend Jeffrey Soffer. [Page Six]
  • GQ deputy editor Michael Hainey has an affinity for artful prose: “I’ve always wanted to be a poet. That’s how I started writing,” he said. “Poetry teaches you to sort of crystallize your thinking.” [MR PORTER]
  • Disneyland Paris will hold a fashion show to celebrate its 20th anniversary later this month featuring designs from the likes of Alber Elbaz and Philip Treacy. [Vogue UK]
  • Will we see another Tom Ford movie hit theaters soon? [Telegraph]

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Major Eye Candy Alert: Lanvin's Spring 2013 Accessories

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By Christina Perez

Now that the Fall 2013 shows have wrapped, we can finally turn our attention to more pressing matters: what to wear this Spring. Lanvin‘s latest batch of accessories, which have just arrived at the brand’s stores and at the flagship online, may be just the thing.

Made up of tough-chic jewels, bags, and shoes (the same ones that accented the house’s strong-shouldered runway collection last October), these are pieces that certainly showcase Alber Elbaz‘s “clever game between classicism and modernity” – but they won’t go unnoticed either. The new Platform Pump, for example, features a sky-high heel, pointed toe, and comes in green, black, and iridescent python, while the Partition shoulder bag features a serpent chain strap, stone, metal, or wood hardware, decorative screws, and calfskin textures like croc or brushed metallics. The new Oracle jewels are also major statement-makers; in the form of geometric cuffs and brass breastplates that shine like mirrors, they’re especially head-turning.

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Here's the Adorable Alber Elbaz Skype Video Everyone's Talking About

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By Justin Fenner

An actual maelstrom kept Alber Elbaz from participating in Spring 2013 campaign shoot, so he joined in on all the fun via Skype.

Hurricane Sandy and back-to-back fittings in Paris kept Elbaz from flying to New York when Steven Meisel shot the ads, according to WWD. So the creative director made a video call to oversee the proceedings that pops up in the middle of the campaign film. “It’s almost like being in New York without flying,” he says, later adding that “the perspective is just sick.”

Sick indeed – Meisel created a dreamy landscape (with models including Karlie Kloss, Saskia de Brauw, and Daria Strokous) so beautiful that even Elbaz couldn’t help but ooh and aah over the pictures. “It’s divine,” he says. “I feel I’m in a dream. I feel I’m in a cloud.” A look at the beautiful cloud below.

Photo courtesy of Lanvin

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Ooh La La: Alber Elbaz's First Cosmetics Collection Is on the Way

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By Justin Fenner

For his very first foray into makeup, Alber Elbaz has teamed up with Lancome to produce a line of cosmetics that will debut globally on June 15.

“Alber Elbaz is, without a doubt, one of the world’s most influential fashion designers,” said Lancome International president Youcef Nabi. “His sense of luxury, his vision of femininity and that hint of audacity resonate perfectly with the new values of the Maison Lancome.”

Lancome announced the collection on Monday by posting a teaser video created by Elbaz and Pascal Dangin of Box Studios to its YouTube page. In it, illustrated women sitting in the front row of what appears to be a fashion show are seen greeting each other, sending text messages, and cheering in delight for an unseen something coming down the runway. But what will the collaboration look like? That might not be known until the next video.

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