Alber Elbaz: Fashion designer dies in Paris aged 59
He worked at some of France’s best-known fashion houses and had recently launched his own label. …
When he arrived at Lanvin, founded in 1889, it was a small fashion house mainly focused on menswear. Elbaz revived Lanvin and transformed it to focus mainly on women’s fashion. His cocktail dresses, many of them featuring heavy zips, were widely praised.
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