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Alber Elbaz (Lanvin)
Alber Elbaz (Lanvin)
At the age of twenty-fi ve and with 800 euros in his pocket, Alber Elbaz packs his bags and
sets off to New York to seek his fortune. In 2007, he appears in Time magazine as one of
the 100 most infl uential people in the world. So far, there’s nothing so odd about this: the
typical story of a hardened man who’s had enough, drops everything in pursuit of a dream
and attains it. What is not common about it, however, is that Alber is one of the most
beloved professionals in the fi eld of fashion. His earns elicit swarms of praise not only for
his creations but for the designer himself. e creative ...