I've crossed all of Paris today to attend to Alber Elbaz runway show for Lanvin today...
And it was totally worth it!!!
It was enough for me with the party mood that could be felt outside of the Halle Freyssinet, on the 13th arrondisement: a terribly uncomfortable place to reach, which however was absolutely crowded in spite of the unbearably cold weather that has unleashed over Paris...
A thousand guests, including all (and I mean it) the fashion editors of the entire planet!
At least a 100 photographers, although I might have run short...
The arrival itself was a show: paparazzi and bloggers fought hard between them to get a glimpse of the fashionistas, always carrying the latest trends...
When crossing the entrance, we were met by a huge 100-mts-runway with five stands on each side... Out of the blue, or maybe because of my friend Fabien Bonnin, of Lanvin, I was seated between French Vogue Carine Roitfeld, Italian Vogue Franca Sozzani and Anna Piaggi, a usual guest of these shows, with her weird hats. Anna Wintour and her lovely daughter Bee were just in front of me... I could not have asked for a better place!!!!
Flashes struck every time a celebrity arrived: Jade Jagger, Juliette Binoche, Cecile Cassel, Nathalie Baye... but of course the most followed by photographers was fashion Empress herself: Anna Wintour, who stared at them indifferently...
The last to arrive was writer Danielle Steel, wrapped in a coat bigger than herself...
Exactly at 6.20 pm an army of men dresses in black overalls lifted the plastic covering the runway as lights started fading. A perfectly rhythmic music marked the beginning of the show as models started to appear from behind a black velvet curtain. All of them carried black shoulder-length wigs with fringes... impossible to recognize who they were! Clear make-up, blackened eyes and no lipstick. Short skirts, bare legs and booties, some of them with thick straps around the ankle, which made them look as sandals. And of course, the unique style of Lanvin: drapes, coats with feathers or long-hair-furs, embroiders and excessive jewelry. Lots of black, most of it, and some no-colors, as beige or grey...
Girls walk the runway and climb a snail-like stair. A ten-minute show, 50 models, 50 looks... and a grand finale with R&B Soul music of the 70s... All together, they walk the runway again, as an army of clones... so shocking!!
After them, comes he. Alber Elbaz does a timid appearance to salute and is received with a general ovation, as a true artist deserves... short and rather fat, he looks like a panda bear... so tender...
Bravo Alber!!
Here goes the video of the show... I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did!
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