Lanvin S/S RTW 09 – Sumptous Fashion in times of Austerity
Posted by v on October 6, 2008
“Women will buy something they can’t resist – you have to give them the dream,” said the Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz, joking that, with banks crumbling, a dress looked like a good investment.
Lanvin Spring RTW 2009
Sarah Mower calls it a “ a supreme economy of cut and design. Airy shapes in poufy gazar, duchesse satin, georgette, and cloque were crafted from single shots of color in one-shouldered tops, balloon-sleeved blouses, and shifts in which the only feature is an internal drape that adds a miraculously chic fillip to the hip line. To begin with, this calm focus on the intrinsic value of structure was shown with nude shoes, so the eye had nothing to distract it from noticing, say, the way external darts ran up the hip and into the waist of a cool pair of black pants. It was intellectual and reserved, a quintessence of Lanvin that only Elbaz can achieve.
