“I thought with my heart about what women need from fashion—dresses, suits, blouses, coats. Life isn’t just parties and lunches,” stated Alber Elbaz before the commencement of the Lanvin F/W ‘09 show.
Furs stoles hugged the shoulders and bust, there were heavily embellished skirts and dresses with metal beading, and the resurrection of the washed charmeuse dress with exposed raw edges.
Queue the “what women want” segment – towering platform shoes from Mary-Janes to over-the-knee leather boots, crocodile handbags with tortoise shell fastenings, luxe leather gloves, and oversized tubular necklaces and bangles which gave an “in the now feeling” to his otherwise timeless show.
Images courtesy of the Fashion Spot forums.
