{"id":37183,"date":"2021-10-07T02:33:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T15:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=202758"},"modified":"2021-10-06T23:41:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T23:41:55","slug":"alber-elbaz-tribute-paris-fashion-week","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/alber-elbaz-tribute-paris-fashion-week\/","title":{"rendered":"45 Designers Come Together To Close Paris Fashion Week With A Touching Tribute To Alber Elbaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Love Brings Love - A Tribute Fashion Show in honor of Alber Elbaz\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9aVTUBJ-V88?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The news that the fashion designer <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/vale-alber-elbaz-a-tribute-to-fashions-original-romantic\/\">Alber Elbaz had died<\/a>, 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 \u2018beloved\u2019 by the industry is to drastically undersell his influence. And so it was fitting that\u2014as the industry gathered together for the first time since the pandemic broke out\u2014Elbaz\u2019s life and work was celebrated with the highest honor the French fashion industry can bestow. AZ Factory, Elbaz\u2019s newly-launched namesake label, was given the final slot of the Paris Fashion Week Spring\/Summer 2022 schedule, closing out a fashion month like no other in history with poignancy and optimism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And what a fitting tribute it was. The cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of the modelling world\u2014Anja Rubik, Mariacarla Boscono, Karen Elson, Adut Akech, Amber Valletta\u2014modelled the 73 looks, a combination of pieces designed by Elbaz\u2019s design team and tributes to Alber crafted by 45 international designers. Elbaz\u2019s long-term partner Alex Koo, who he met in the early \u201890s while he was creative director at Lanvin and Koo was director of merchandising, explained in a voiceover before the show began that the runway presentation was inspired by Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de la Mode, a project that showcased the work of 60 prominent Parisian designers once the Second World War ended. Elbaz had reportedly long dreamed of recreating it himself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so, under the banner \u201cLove Brings Love\u201d, designers ranging from Dries Van Noten to Jean Paul Gaultier, Olivier Rousteing to Donatella Versace, crafted one-off looks that celebrated Alber. Balenciaga\u2019s Demna Gvasalia created a hot pink voluminous coat dress, Valentino\u2019s Pierpaolo Piccioli and Alexander McQueen\u2019s Sarah Burton used ruffles\u2014Elbaz famously loved them. Many of the designers\u2014Gaultier, Rousteing and van Noten, as well as Rick Owens, John Galliano, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Iris Van Herpen\u2014attended the show in person, as did France\u2019s First Lady Brigitte Macron. Amber Valletta closed the show dressed as Elbaz himself, wearing his signature oversized black coat and purple bowtie. It was difficult to watch it without tearing up\u2014or without thinking how much Alber himself would have loved the spectacle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202759\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202759\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1345022068.jpg\" alt=\"AZ Factory Alber Elbaz Paris Fashion Week Tribute\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PARIS, FRANCE &#8211; OCTOBER 05: A model walks the runway during the &#8220;Love Brings Love&#8221; show \u2013 in Honor of Alber Elbaz By AZ Factory as part of Paris Fashion Week on October 05, 2021 in Paris, France. (Photo by Kristy Sparow\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202760\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202760\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1345024396.jpg\" alt=\"AZ Factory Alber Elbaz Paris Fashion Week Tribute\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1538\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PARIS, FRANCE &#8211; OCTOBER 05:\u00a0 Amber Valletta attends the A&#8221;Love Brings Love&#8221; show \u2013 in Honor of Alber Elbaz By AZ Factory as part of Paris Fashion Week on October 05, 2021 in Paris, France. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale &#8211; Corbis\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202761\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202761\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1345025291.jpg\" alt=\"AZ Factory Alber Elbaz Paris Fashion Week Tribute\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1538\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PARIS, FRANCE &#8211; OCTOBER 05:\u00a0 Anna Cleveland walks during the A&#8221;Love Brings Love&#8221; show \u2013 in Honor of Alber Elbaz By AZ Factory as part of Paris Fashion Week on October 05, 2021 in Paris, France. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale &#8211; Corbis\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202762\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202762\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1345025260.jpg\" alt=\"AZ Factory Alber Elbaz Paris Fashion Week Tribute\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1538\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PARIS, FRANCE &#8211; OCTOBER 05:\u00a0 Model walks during the A&#8221;Love Brings Love&#8221; show \u2013 in Honor of Alber Elbaz By AZ Factory as part of Paris Fashion Week on October 05, 2021 in Paris, France. 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