The news that the fashion designer Alber Elbaz had died, aged 59, of Covid-19 hit the fashion industry like the proverbial tonne of bricks. A singularly brilliant design talent and man of unparalleled personal charm, to say Elbaz was ‘beloved’ by the industry is to drastically undersell his influence. And […]
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Alber Elbaz on his incredible life in fashion
All photos by Paolo Roversi. This story originally appeared in i-D’s ‘The Home Is Where The Heart Is’ Issue, No 306, 2010. Born in Morocco, Alber Elbaz was raised in Israel and graduated from the Tel Aviv School of Fashion and Textiles before moving to New York in 1985 to pursue a […]
Fashion designer Alber Elbaz dies of Covid aged 59
Alber Elbaz, the fashion designer whose playful designs transformed the storied French house Lanvin into an industry darling before his shock ouster in 2015, has died aged 59 after a battle with Covid-19, the Richemont luxury group said Sunday. “It was with shock and enormous sadness that I heard of […]