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Alber Elbaz is to leave Lanvin after 14 years as its creative director, fuelling rumours he might take over the vacant seat at Christian Dior.
 “Lanvin and Alber Elbaz have ended their collaboration after 14 years,” a company spokesman said of the 54-year-old Moroccan-born Israeli.
The departure comes less than a week after Raf Simons quit Christian Dior and will add to industry speculation that Elbaz might be seeking to fill his shoes at another of France’s biggest fashion names.


 Elbaz succeeded Spanish designer Cristina Ortiz at Lanvin – France’s oldest fashion house still in operation – in 2001.
 The same year, cosmetics giant L’Oreal sold the brand to a group of investors headed by Chinese businesswoman Wang Shaw-Lan.
 It is believed Elbaz – praised for his draped styles for Lanvin and admired for his affable demeanour in the high-strung fashion world – held talks with Dior in 2011 when it was seeking a replacement for British designer John Galliano after he was sacked following an anti-Semitic outburst at a Paris cafe.


 But Women's Wear Daily reported that those talks came to nothing because Elbaz had an ownership stake in Lanvin through a holding controlled by Wang, which proved to be a stumbling block to a deal.
 The departures of Elbaz and Simons cap a turbulent year in the haute couture sector.
 In October, Balenciaga named German wunderkind Demna Gvasalia as its new creative director to replace American designer Alexander Wang.
 


Lanvin’s Alber Elbaz quits fashion house after 14 years

Alber Elbaz at the end of his spring-summer 2016 ready-to-wear show for Lanvin at last month’s Paris Fashion Week. Photo: AP

Look from Alber Elbaz's spring-summer collection for Lanvin. Photo: Reuters

Look from Elbaz's spring-summer 2016 collection for Lanvin. Photo: Reuters

Look from Lanvin's spring-summer collection. Photo: Reuters

Look from Lanvin's 's spring-summer collection. Photo: Reuters 

Raf Simons bows out as Christian Dior’s creative director

(FILES) - A photo taken on July 6, 2015 shows Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons acknowledging the public during the Christian Dior 2015-2016 fall/winter Haute Couture collection fashion show in Paris. Raf Simons has quit as creative director at Christian Dior after more than three years, the fashion house said on October 22, 2015. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS GUILLOT

Models present what turned out to be Raf Simons’ last collection for Dior. Photos: EPA

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Departure fuels rumours Elbaz is looking at vacant Christian Dior seat


Lanvin’s Alber Elbaz quits fashion house after 14 years

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Departure fuels rumours Elbaz is looking at vacant Christian Dior seat