SOURCE: Vogue.com
When Lanvin split with their chief designer Alber Elbaz, it was an industry breakup of monumental proportions. They had, after all, been together for 14 years and were synonymous with one another. From the outside, a breakup looked unexpected, a future apart, unimaginable. But, as the French are oft known to say, such is life.
So the show and business must go on, and Elbaz's successor, Bouchra Jarrar, was an undeniably satisfying and appropriate pick. Jarrar is one of those timeless women who is as wise as she is youthful, and that's the feeling she instills in her designs. Her confidence and precision is highlighted in the three basic dimensions of clothing: the fabric, the silhouette, and the palette. Her work, and this piece in particular, presents an ideal self, her ideal woman. More soft than sharp, more light than dark. She's accomplishing exactly what she desires with tremendous grace and goodwill. And that is a rare and beautiful sight.