I think Ackermann no doubt is a talented designer, but for some reason many of his fans feel the need to compare his draping and designs to other designers to get their opinions across about how great he is, even if their aesthetics are completely different from each other.
I think Alber, no matter how repetitive he could be, has the ability to be never boring for the simple fact that he is not trying to push the boundaries of how to correctly dress a woman, which is to simply make her more beautiful than she already is without going overboard with theatrics, froo, unnecessary embellishments, over worked hair, and showing skin.
There's just no way i could be trying to compare his draping as a fan-reaction, for i am no big fan of Ackermann (i just thing his newest collection is remarkably good)

with that said, just take any designer doing the same thing for years and years, and no matter how beautiful: you'll be bored!
the sole meaning of fashion implies newness and change and ephemerality.
of course i see the beauty in each and every outfit from this show, I was just saying i'd rather see Alber(bear

) dare to do something a little different, explore new territory... we already know he can do this.
His last summer collection was a little daring (purple pink blue leopard
chez Lanvin?

) but at the end of the day it was good! because it was new! and it was perfect balance between signaturelanvin and "different".
it was in a way challenging to like it, but even more challenging not to!!
if he had gone in the Ackermann direction, he would have for sure come up with something even better (100x more refined 100x more beautiful) but it would've given this little bit of tension, again the challenge of how to look at it, what to like from it.
more and more i find myself loving collections that i don't necessarily like at the beginning (and not in a prada or balenciaga way where that is taken to the extreme) just collections that have this little touch, where something seems not to work, yet the whole thing in fact does. cant quite give that a name
NOTE please
Salvatore, fashionista-ta: "F _ i d _" is a name that shall never be used in Lanvin threads!! it's just not decent!