{"id":164690,"date":"2021-04-25T10:26:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T10:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/celebrated-fashion-designer-alber-elbaz-dies-at-the-age-of-59\/"},"modified":"2021-09-13T12:32:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T12:32:56","slug":"celebrated-fashion-designer-alber-elbaz-dies-at-the-age-of-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/celebrated-fashion-designer-alber-elbaz-dies-at-the-age-of-59\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrated fashion designer Alber Elbaz dies at the age of 59"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alber Elbaz, the celebrated Moroccan-born fashion designer perhaps<strong> best known for his revival of the legendary Lanvin fashion house,<\/strong> has died in Paris at the age of just 59.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Elbaz, who moved to Israel as a child, died at the American Hospital in the French capital and the cause of his death has not been revealed. It is believed he had been suffering with Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>A statement has been released by Richemont, the Swiss-based luxury conglomerate that backed his most recent venture AZ Factory.<\/p>\n<p>Its chairman Johann Rupert said:\u00a0\u201cIt was with shock and enormous sadness that I heard of Alber\u2019s sudden passing. <strong>Alber had a richly deserved reputation as one of the industry\u2019s brightest and most beloved figures. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\"I was always taken by his<strong> intelligence, sensitivity, generosity and unbridled creativity.<\/strong> He was a man of exceptional warmth and talent, and his singular vision, sense of beauty and empathy leave an indelible impression.<\/p>\n<p>\"It was a great privilege watching Alber in his last endeavour as he worked to realise his dreams of \u2018smart fashion that cares\u2019.<strong> His inclusive vision of fashion made women feel beautiful and comfortable<\/strong> by blending traditional craftsmanship with technology - highly innovative projects which sought to redefine the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\"Alber will be greatly missed by all of us who had the good fortune to know him or work with him. On behalf of all of my colleagues at Richemont and AZ Factory, I wish to extend our sincerest condolences to his family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>\"On a personal note I would like to add that I<strong> have lost not only a colleague but a beloved friend.\u00a0<\/strong>Rest in peace Alber.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elbaz was credited with taking the<strong> once-tired fashion house Lanvin on a stellar journey from 2001 to 2015<\/strong> but ended up falling out with the company's majority shareholder Shaw-Lan Wang and left the business. The brand's sales slumped following his departure and it was eventually acquired by Chinese group Forsun.<\/p>\n<p>Albez, whose career also includes stints at<strong> Guy Laroche and Yves Saint Laurent,<\/strong> took a career break. He occasionally collaborated with brands, such as Tod's, and at the end of 2019 was back with AZ Factory. The brand aimed to fuse technology with fashion and bring luxury to a wider audience at more accessible prices.<\/p>\n<p>At the start of this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/alber-elbazs-az-factory-takes-entertainment-first-approach-to-launch-with-farfetch-and-net-a-porter\/\">AZ Factory made a \"digital and entertainment-driven\" debut<\/a> on luxury platforms Farfetch and Net-A-Porter. The launch included talks with Elbaz and a digital \"world tour\" of the AZ Factory to allow consumers to explore the brand in 3D.<\/p>\n<p>Of the launch, Elbaz said:\u00a0\u201c<strong>I\u2019ve dreamt for years about a fashion reset to care,<\/strong> and that dream is even more relevant today at a time when people cannot be together. The world is changing fast, and we are all adapting to new behaviours and emotions.\"<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alber Elbaz, the celebrated Moroccan-born fashion designer perhaps best known for his revival of the legendary Lanvin fashion house, has died in Paris at the age of just 59.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":136012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10488,9763,6,20822],"tags":[10271,17107,10023,10060],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Celebrated fashion designer Alber Elbaz dies at the age of 59 - TheIndustry.fashion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alber Elbaz, the celebrated Moroccan-born fashion designer perhaps best known for his revival of the legendary Lanvin fashion house, has died in Paris at the age of just 59.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/celebrated-fashion-designer-alber-elbaz-dies-at-the-age-of-59\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Celebrated fashion designer Alber Elbaz dies at the age of 59 - TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alber Elbaz, the celebrated Moroccan-born fashion designer perhaps best known for his revival of the legendary Lanvin fashion house, has died in Paris at the age of just 59.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/celebrated-fashion-designer-alber-elbaz-dies-at-the-age-of-59\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TheIndustry.fashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theindustryfashion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-25T10:26:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-13T12:32:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20191025_Alber-Elbaz-1-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2276\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lauretta Roberts\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@theindustryfash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@theindustryfash\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lauretta Roberts\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/celebrated-fashion-designer-alber-elbaz-dies-at-the-age-of-59\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/celebrated-fashion-designer-alber-elbaz-dies-at-the-age-of-59\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lauretta Roberts\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#\/schema\/person\/85b04a16eba8c6cd7a9534c5a4262b89\"},\"headline\":\"Celebrated fashion designer Alber Elbaz dies at the age of 59\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-25T10:26:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-13T12:32:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/celebrated-fashion-designer-alber-elbaz-dies-at-the-age-of-59\/\"},\"wordCount\":478,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Alber Elbaz\",\"AZ Factory\",\"Luxury\",\"Richemont\"],\"articleSection\":{\"0\":\"Brands &amp; 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