Alber Elbaz was born in Morocco and moved to Israel with his family when he was 10. After serving in the Israeli Armed Forces, went to college to study design. In 1987 he moved to the city and started off designing at Geoffrey Beene. After that he went to Guy Laroche, and eventually ended up at Yves Saint Laurent. When Gucci Group bought YSL, he quit fashion and even considered other careers and going to medical school. He decided not to, though, because "A doctor will give you a Tylenol. I will give you a beautiful red coat, and you will feel as good with Tylenol as with the red coat". He arrived at Lanvin in 2001 and has been designing for them ever since. This year, he won the Designer of the Year Accessories Council Excellence Award from the editor of Bazaar, Glenda Bailey. Despite all of the glamour that usually comes along with being a world-famous designer, Elbaz likes to stay humble. In a recent fashion show for his Spring 2011 collection, he changed the models' shoes from super high titanium heels to flats last minute. "Damn it with image. If you don't feel good in something, you don't look good with it," he said about why he changed them. Now, Elbaz has teamed up with H&M to make a more affordable line for fashionistas (like us!) to get a taste of the luxury of Lanvin. "Ninety-five percent of women cannot afford [Lanvin], so let them have a taste. It's like if I was living in a palace and opened some doors and said, 'Have tea with me, taste the food.' It's not about giving away something that belonged to someone else; it's about sharing." The collection is set to be released in stores and online on the 23rd. I think it can be said that I'm prettyyy excited...
Now you know a little about Alber Elbaz! Peek at a sneak peak of his H&M line on their website!
ps. like his bowties?
his H&M line! ^
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