Need vs. Want

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While we're at it, I'll also take this.

Or this.

(top) Lanvin subtle-stripe silk dress, $2610;

(bottom) Haute Hippie short jersey dress, $601.
Both at Matches. Want.

Best Foot Forward (Daylight Savings Edition)

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...because, you know, it's been raining for seven days straight so of course I'm thinking about Spring.

Chrissie Morris Ida platform sandals, $1066.

Lanvin square-heel sandals, $892

Balenciaga Arena sandals, $472 (also in white)

Diane Von Furstenburg Elan high-heel sandals, $375

MaxMara Cordova wedges, $553

All available through Matches' (newly re-designed) website.

Need vs. Want

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Lanvin suede sneaker, made in Italy, $495 at Barneys. Want.

Need vs. Want

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A red suit. I am a bigger dude (let's call it "husky"), so it wouldn't look like this – Lanvin, Spring 2012 – but I think I could rock it in the right time and place. Need.

Best Foot Forward

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Lanvin metal-cuffed leather sandals,
$439.60 (regularly $785) at net-a-porter.
On sale just in time for the summer
that I'm sure is just around the corner.

Air Time

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Randomly came across this 2007 television commercial for Oxygène by Lanvin, directed by Bruno Aveillan and starring Gisele Bundchen. Kind of cool.

Best Foot Forward

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No BFF last week, so here are two from the runway, on pre-order for fall.

Givenchy 100 mm claw metal strap patent pumps,
$1029 at Luisaviaroma.

Lanvin 120 mm wedges,
$1631 at Luisaviaroma.

Best Foot Forward

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In tan, s.v.p.

Lanvin Sandale Clous et Strass,
$1595 (in black) at Nordstrom.

Best Foot Forward

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For those who are already thinking this far ahead: these are tied up with a bow and are Valentine's Day-ready.

Lanvin snakeskin wedge, $1200 at Kirna Zabête;
suede and python wedge, £800 at Matches.

We Need Newness but We Also Have to Know Where We're Coming From

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Suzy Menkes interviews Lanvin artistic director Alber Elbaz for the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times. I just love both of them – fashion journalist Suzy Menkes is at this point essentially a great historian, and Elbaz is funny and magnetic, a stunningly brilliant artist in his field.

[+] Select looks from Lanvin Spring/Summer 2011 via style.com

Click here to watch the video (and others) at the New York Times' website – the embed above is a little cut-off.

The Ultimate High-Low

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The Cut reports today (via WWD) that H&M's next designer collab is with Lanvin. I will stand in line for nothing by choice, but this would be an exception that proves the rule. New Yorkers, go for yours!

Dress for Success

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Will someone please introduce me to the job that requires this wardrobe, because I'm pretty sure it's for me.

Lanvin Resort 2011.
[style.com]

Don't Wake Me, I Plan on Sleeping In

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Lanvin Spring 2010. style.com

Hello? This is she.... Alber! ça va? ....Yes, yes, of course I would LOVE to wear your incredible dress to the party this New Year's. It's perfect! The necklace aussi? AND the shoes? You're too much! Drinks are on me next time I'm in town!

A girl can dream, can't she?

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See the whole show here:

Courtesy Elle magazine

They Can Copy YesterdayBut They Can't Copy Tomorrow

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Lanvin by Alber Elbaz, Spring/Summer 2010 [click to enlarge]

Most of these New York Times videos I've been posting aren't new or anything, but I think they're really good. Here's another one from T's "Screen Test" series, this time featuring the endearing and endlessly quotable Alber Elbaz, artistic director since 2001 of the house of Lanvin:


Click here to read Defying Knockoffs and Inviting Them, Cathy Horyn's review of the most recent Lanvin show. “I don’t care if people copy me — well, I do care,” Elbaz is quoted as saying. “For me, I create prototypes. They can copy yesterday but they can’t copy tomorrow.”

Much more Lanvin, including the rest of the SS2010 show, at Fashionologie.