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ALBER MAKES IT-from vogue.uk
ONCE habitually referred to as "poor Alber Elbaz" after being unceremoniously dumped by YSL Rive Gauche after two seasons and then, shortly afterwards, by Krizia, the new man at Lanvin has clearly found his feet. Having transformed the image of the tired but historic Parisian house with five season's worth of gorgeous, jewelled dresses and chic trench coats, the Moroccan-born designer is apparently being considered to take over from Michael Kors at Celine or Julien Macdonald at Givenchy. But his newly-cultivated legion of Lanvin fans, which includes Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler, Chloe Sevigny and Kate Moss, want him to stay right where he is. Having infused the intricate, feminine dresses for which Jeanne Lanvin was famous with modern details and a luxurious couture feel, Elbaz has created pieces that his customers quite literally fall in love with. "I don't know how it feels to wear a silk dress with a slit to the thigh," he told The Daily Telegraph. "I am not a drag queen running around the showroom at midnight - but I talk to women all the time and ask them what they want." But whatever his level of success, Elbaz will always remain grounded by the memory of less happy days. "The night before [this] show, I was looking at the collection and looking for errors," he said. "Perfection is a very dangerous thing because where do you go from there? I still get upset now if I get a bad review and you have to remember what I went through before." (March 16 2004,
ONCE habitually referred to as "poor Alber Elbaz" after being unceremoniously dumped by YSL Rive Gauche after two seasons and then, shortly afterwards, by Krizia, the new man at Lanvin has clearly found his feet. Having transformed the image of the tired but historic Parisian house with five season's worth of gorgeous, jewelled dresses and chic trench coats, the Moroccan-born designer is apparently being considered to take over from Michael Kors at Celine or Julien Macdonald at Givenchy. But his newly-cultivated legion of Lanvin fans, which includes Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler, Chloe Sevigny and Kate Moss, want him to stay right where he is. Having infused the intricate, feminine dresses for which Jeanne Lanvin was famous with modern details and a luxurious couture feel, Elbaz has created pieces that his customers quite literally fall in love with. "I don't know how it feels to wear a silk dress with a slit to the thigh," he told The Daily Telegraph. "I am not a drag queen running around the showroom at midnight - but I talk to women all the time and ask them what they want." But whatever his level of success, Elbaz will always remain grounded by the memory of less happy days. "The night before [this] show, I was looking at the collection and looking for errors," he said. "Perfection is a very dangerous thing because where do you go from there? I still get upset now if I get a bad review and you have to remember what I went through before." (March 16 2004,
I really like him, I loved him at YSL and at Krizia and now at Lanvin he's perfect there, one of my favourite designers now. He looks like a big sweet cuddly teddy bear 
I'm not surprised I don't think that they wanted him for Celine and Givenchy - both of those houses are not as high profile as they once were and they want someone who could give it a good kick up the backside like what Elbaz did for Lanvin. Good on him for that, I hope he stays there.
