Lanvin
Designer: Alber Elbaz

• “Tuxedos everywhere. Lanvin sent out a dazzling variation on the classic theme as its designer Alber Elbaz closed day three of the Paris ready-to-wear shows for next spring.” {AFP}
• “Tough girl glamour with a wink. Well done.” {All The Rage/Los Angeles Times}
• “Alber Elbaz professed to be redefining the classics this season, but then again, isn’t that this designer’s overriding M.O.?” {Daily Front Row}
• “He took the classics–the tuxedo, the little black dress, the one-shouldered gown, the bow–and built from them the most intense shoulder lines, bold and square. … Who better than Alber Elbaz to champion women at their boldest?” {ELLEuk.com}
• “A superbly fun show with plenty of Parisian glamour for all.” {FabSugar}
• “Carefully balancing a soupçon of the street–like cut off biker jackets–with couture cutting, Elbaz made a brilliant expression of tough chic.” {Fashion Wire Daily}
• “After last season’s shebang for Lanvin’s 10th Birthday, how on earth could Alber Elbaz top it this time round? By starting from scratch and taking us back to school–literally.” {Grazia Daily Magazine}
• “Mr. Elbaz skillfully deconstructed everything.” {The New York Times}
• “This was a rebellious sense of classicism, more Manet’s sex-drenched Olympia than the (h)armless (forgive the joke) Venus de Milo. … There is something in the risk-taking that suits the designer to no end.” {Style.com}
• “The twin lodestars of Parisian chic, the tuxedo pantsuit and the little black dress, but deconstructed in an effortless sequence of variations.” {Vogue.com}
• “There was a lot to take in–most notably what seemed to be an emerging new chapter in the Lanvin story.” {Vogue.com UK}
• “The effect was chic and young, a modern kind of sexy for a woman who likes to look like she didn’t try too hard to look amazing, her pretense secured by a remarkably crafted dress.” {WWD}