Alber Elbaz
| Alber Elbaz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1961 (age 54–55) |
| Residence | Holon, Israel |
| Nationality | Moroccan/ Israeli |
| Occupation | fashion designer |
| Partner(s) | Alex Koo |
| Awards | International Award, Council of Fashion Designers of America (2005) |
| Labels |
Lanvin (2001－2015) |
Alber Elbaz (Hebrew: אלבר אלבז; born 1961) is a Moroccan-Israeli fashion designer. Elbaz worked for the Paris fashion house Lanvin from 2001 until October 2015.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Alber Elbaz was born in 1961 in Casablanca, Morocco. He immigrated to Israel with his family at the age of 10 and grew up in Holon.[5][6] After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces, he studied at the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Ramat Gan. His life partner is Alex Koo, Lanvin's director of marketing.[7]
Fashion Career
Elbaz began designing for Lanvin in 2001. In October 2015 he announced that he had been let go from the fashion house.[8]
He designed all of the costumes Natalie Portman wore in the film A Tale of Love and Darkness which she also wrote and directed.[9]
Art and graphics
In 2006, Elbaz introduced new packaging for Lanvin, featuring a light forget-me-not blue color, a favorite shade which Lanvin purportedly had seen in a Fra Angelico fresco. Packaging included shopping bags imprinted with Paul Iribe's 1907 illustration of Lanvin and her daughter Marguerite, and shoe boxes designed like antique library files, tied with black ribbons to emphasize the precious nature of the product.
Elbaz illustrated the song "Lady Jane" in singer-songwriter Mika's extended play Songs for Sorrow.
In 2012, Elbaz published a book of 3,000 photographs documenting the work of Lanvin.[10]
Awards and recognition
- International Award, Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), June 2005
- Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur, Paris, January 25, 2007
- One of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World, 2007[11]
- Honorary doctorate awarded by the Royal College of Art, July 2014.[12]
Elbaz's simple, feminine clothing, which has been compared to Lanvin's 1920s outfits, has been lauded by the fashion press. Suzy Menkes wrote: "Elbaz is every woman's darling. And that includes Nicole, Kate, Chloë Sevigny, Sofia Coppola and a slew of rising movie names."[13]
See also
References
- ↑ "Alber Elbaz - Prestige Magazine". 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ↑ "The Tatler List". Tatler.
- ↑ "Couture for Everyday". LUX Magazine. September 2013.
- ↑ "Alber Elbaz Pushed Out at Lanvin". WWD. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- ↑
- ↑ Vogue's Alber Elbaz Biography
- ↑ The New Yorker:Profil Alber Ebaz
- ↑ CONLON, SCARLETT. "Confirmed: Alber Elbaz Departing Lanvin". Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ↑ Minow, Nell. "Interview: Natalie Portman on "A Tale of Love and Darkness"". Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ↑ The Inside Story of a Couture Dream in the Making
- ↑ The Time 100, Natalie Portman May 03, 2007
- ↑ "Honorary Doctors". RCA. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ "At Lanvin, a master of improvisation", Suzy Menkes, International Herald Tribune, May 24, 2005
External links
- Alber Elbaz at the Fashion Model Directory
- Lanvin collaborates with Acne for a 2009 jean collection, JCReport
- Alber Elbaz collaborates with H&M, VOGUE.COM UK