Alber Elbaz at Lanvin interviews

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Originally Posted by joiedemode

I met him a while ago and he is soooo cute! He is taller than I thought...maybe 5 foot 6 or 5 foot 7 (still short but I thought he was shorter)...and he has some gray hair so he must dye it for the shows I told him that he was my favorite designer and he was so excited

I met him, too! I talked to him at the Lanvin FW 08 trunk show at Barney's in Beverly Hills. I talked to him for a good 10-15 minutes and he was so amazing. He's a bit distant, yet personable, very eloquent and so smart. He just seemed very normal and level-headed. I think he's amazing. He and I talked about design and how I wanted to pursue fashion design. He asked me about what inspires me and I said history and world cultures. Alber said he sees so many young designers who are "too vintage." He also asked me if I listened to music when I sketched, and I replied by saying that I listen to one song on repeat the whole time...he said "try, all of a sudden, changing the song to something completely different and see what comes out of it." Those two little pieces of advice have really influenced how I design now.

Thanks for all the articles, guys!!!

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I saw this short "interview" with him in it recently, and couldn't really find an appropriate place to share it on. (Why isn't there a thread dedicated entirely to him?... Or is there?)
Anyway, it's on youtube :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J52OLKy1WPk

He's so cute