Lanvin Pre-Fall 2011

[ForChicSake]

I am so kidnapping Elbaz one of these days

can i help you with that

 

[mistress_f]

http://pics.livejournal.com/scarletswidow/pic/003h92ws wow i need this in my life. i really like this so far (hopefully there's more looks, right?)

 

[dior_couture1245]

Hmmmm....the only look that is working here for me is the floor-length velvet skirt on Valerija. I felt like Alber was taking Lanvin in the right direction again with his Spring/Summer 2011 collection. He was cleaning it up, whipping it back in shape, just making it a bit more relevant. He had gotten so caught up in his goddess draping phase that it began to get a bit tired. So I was glad to see something a little more athletic with the last collection. This just looks like Alber back to his old ways, and I'm not particularly thrilled with the results.

 

[LagerfeldBoy]

Am I the only who who's incredibly disappointed?
Btw, those boots on Valerija....

 

[MagFan]

style.com

 

[MagFan]

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[mademoiselle_]

The preview is wonderful I can imagine the collection and then the ads

 

[MagFan]

style.com

 

[mackos]

Beautiful, charming and gorgeous, as usually. I'm already excited to see everything in HQ.

I love those two draped dresses, reminds me of the beauties from S/S 04 collection.

 

[Street_a_Licious]

a simple collection of basics, interpreted Lanvin style by Alber. it sure will sell!

 

[mikeijames]

that taxidermy freaks me out. especially the bird. with that said, i'm quite impressed with this pre-fall collection although not as blown away as i thought i'd be from the early preview pictures. those boots will sell like hotcakes....they are fashion insanity in the best possible way.

 

[mackos]

Style's review

NEW YORK, January 10, 2011

By Nicole Phelps

"It's not about Marilyn Monroe moving to India and having an acid trip," the ever quotable Alber Elbaz said about the pre-fall show he staged at the Bowery Hotel. "It's about real women's needs and desires." And since he's been noticing an increasing tendency among women to wear evening for day—"why save the best dishes for the guests?" he asked backstage—he took that as his direction. Generally speaking, that meant this collection had a much more dressed-up attitude than his hit Spring show, but fussy it wasn't.

A little black dress with a ruffled collar accessorized with scads of pearls was cut in a stretchy scuba fabric (a callback to September), and everything from a gray rib-knit sweater (worn with an ivory washed silk floor-length skirt) to a tailored jacket (the top half of a 1950's wool flannel skirtsuit) came oversized and easy. As for a bronze Lurex-shot dress, worn here with a brooch-studded tweedy cardigan jacket? It was in fact a versatile little blouse and skirt. Almost all of the looks were shown with thick ribbed tights or luxe long johns, which helped to ground even Elbaz's most romantic notions—a champagne silk slipdress dripping with necklaces, for one—in reality.

For kicks (and perhaps to make the most of the heightened visibility his collaboration with H&M has afforded the brand), he added a few Lanvin logo prints to the mix. One thing is certain: In Elbaz's hands, real life is never dull. That goes for the photo shoot in Lanvin's tiny Paris atelier that produced these lookbook pictures. Something wild, indeed.

 

[maxlinden]

Full Collection in HQ

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[Botnus]

those wolves~
i love Alber

 

[maxlinden]

Part 2 in HQ

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[chloehandbags]

Love this!

 

[markese91]

the ending collection turned out better than I expected from the preview. there are some definite ringers here, a few spillovers from Spring which I love.

 

[Fatalefashion]

Gorgeous! Yes

 

[Ives927]

So beautiful. I love that Lanvin women is starting to borrow the post-apocalypse aesthetic from menswear. Highly luxurious, but with a raw edge.

 

[xPedro]

Alber, you're a f**king genious!