Jeez. Fashion really is in a dark place right now. Lanvin was actually one of my favorite shows for both womenswear and menswear. Say what you will about Alber getting repetitive, but you could say the same thing for Karl at Chanel.
And... what does that change? He is less repetitive because Karl is repetitive?
He was repetitive and boring for 5 years. We all love what he did at Lanvin as a whole but that's the reality. And if there are other boring brands that doesn't make Lanvin less boring. And then you'll say: I didn't care if it was boring, I liked it. Yes, you can like it even if it was boring, but that doesn't make it less boring. I don't really know why people in the fashion spot (not talking about you, Orchidee, just in general) are like this with designers, editors and everybody. They like someone and can't say what he/she does wrong. It's just irritating.
I mean burnt out in terms of mental stress, physical stress... not measuring things by whether or not YOU think a collection is fresh .
And no, not all houses have huge teams. Some have tiny tiny teams (2-3) people. And these houses, with much smaller budgets, are incredibly more stressful.
But that's something personal and you can't know for sure. It's private. I judge their collections, not their mental stress. And it's not me, it's objective. If you've seen the same collection 15 times it's not fresh. And Lanvin hype went downhill the last few years.
And what bluechip brand has a team of two people? The smallest designer brand I've worked for had 3-4 and it was veeery small, they didn't even do pre-collections.
Official statement from Alber says that his departure was Wang's decision, slash he was fired. Not sure there would be much respect involved right now.
Really? Where did you read it? Could you post it, please? It actually looks like they wanted to make things different. Plus, it's very strange that this is happening a week after Raf's departure.
And it's true that he will contradict himself if he goes to Dior. It's the total opposite of what he's been defending. But I think every designer wants to design for Chanel or Dior. Those are the crowns of fashion design. It's a very desired job. You work for Lanvin, you are great, do amazing collections... Yet you'll be remembered the same way Antonio Cánovas is remembered today. Once you've designed for Dior you enter the fashion Olympus and your name gets engraved in gold letters in the pages of fashion history... So I sort of understand him. And he is one of the three best options (Ghesquière, Olivier and him).
that wang person sounds like crap tbh...
Integrity is now crap. OK. Wang might not be the best business woman (she didn't do it that bad, though, look at Lanvin now and look at what it was...), but she let Alber do whatever he wanted to do and he has always (till now) been beyond grateful to her. In fact, she saved him. So... she's not crap at all.
I also like private owns brands... and there's nothing wrong with that.
Surprised but when looking at his collections the last few years I'm not surprised. 
